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Foreign ownership about the right balance

Posted: 25 Jan 12 | DURING the early 1990s, a series of motions dealing with the surge in foreign ownership of Australian farming land and legislation needed to stop the takeover were debated at NFF meetings. |

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Gas ads must take real people seriously

Posted: 14 Sep 11 | ON ABC TV's The Gruen Transfer, one of the most popular segments is ''The Pitch'', where rival ad agencies go head to head on a controversial subject. Although it's a joke, the campaigns often manage to strike at the heart of the issues. |

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Foreign investment - not all bad

Posted: 06 Sep 11 | There has been a considerable amount of discussion swirling on the topic of foreign investment in Australian farmland and agribusiness, but do we really have to fear from such investment, asks Marcus Elgin. |

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Family farming the way of the future

Posted: 05 Sep 11 | The sale of farmland to foreign states represents a largely irreversible loss to Australia, writes Dr Tony Meppem. |

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Celebrate the small things in Landcare week

Posted: 02 Sep 11 | NEXT week marks 2011 Landcare Week and is the time when we celebrate the contribution that tens of thousands of people across the country have made. |

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Chance to be a beef leader

Posted: 31 Aug 11 | The Australian beef cattle industry is an exciting one, where there are huge opportunities on a number of levels, writes Beef Industry Rising Champion Alison McIntosh. |

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GM crops play a vital role

Posted: 29 Aug 11 | After a raid by Greenpeace, the head of CSIRO responds to critics of plant gene research and genetically modified crops. |

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A letter to Four Corners from Wellard Rural Exports

Posted: 13 Jun 11 | A letter to ABC's Four Corners from Wellard Rural Exports marketing manager, Scot Braithwaite./ |

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Carbon sense makes economic sense

Posted: 13 Jun 11 | FARMERS need to manage the risks associated with carbon regardless of their stance on the science, writes farmer and Climate Institute chairman, Mark Wootton. |

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Coles high on emotion, low on science

Posted: 11 Mar 11 | Recent announcements by Coles supermarkets potentially threaten the sustainable and ethical production of food by Australian farmers, according to an open letter from concerned Australian scientists. |

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Is it time to listen to so-called "deniers"?

Posted: 20 Jan 11 | PROFESSOR Stewart Franks, a hydrologist at NSW's University of Newcastle, warned in a peer-reviewed scientific article published in 2006 that the risk of serious flooding in southern Queensland and NSW increases significantly when a negative phase of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation corresponds with a La Nina event. |

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And not a stop to think, as water ignored

Posted: 03 Jan 11 | All this water around, but what are we going to do with it, asks Coalition spokesman for regional development, local government and water, Barnaby Joyce. |

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Barrage blocking flow of Murray debate

Posted: 29 Oct 10 | AT THE very bottom of the Murray Darling system are five large steel and concrete barriers blocking 90 per cent of the natural ebb and flow between Lake Alexandrina and the Southern Ocean. |

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More to farming than productivity

Posted: 08 Sep 10 | One of the most concerted publicity drives to highlight inadequate government funding for agricultural research in Australia has been in play this year, writes Patrick Francis, editor of Australian Farm Journal. |

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How the green/farmer alliance will move Queensland toward sustainability

Posted: 07 Sep 10 | Friends of the Earth spokesman Drew Hutton gave this speech to Queensland's Rural Press Club arguing how environmentalists and farmers can become political partners. |

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Why farmers need a pay rise

Posted: 01 Sep 10 | THE world's farmers need a pay rise - or, come the mid-century, the other 8 billion of us may well find we do not have enough to eat, argues Professor Julian Cribb. |

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A vision for agriculture doesn’t cost a cent

Posted: 12 Aug 10 | NATIONAL Farmers Federation President David Crombie outlines his vision for regional Australia and agriculture. |

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Farmers' voice needs to be loud and proud to bridge the divide

Posted: 05 May 10 | Farmers need to stand up and speak out as advocates for their industry. |

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Drought pilot up and away

Posted: 05 May 10 | A REVOLUTIONARY new approach to drought policy will be piloted in Western Australia. National Farmers’ Federation President David Crombie says shifting how Australia deals with drought from reactive relief to proactively managing climate risks, is essential. |

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Does the ABC hate livestock farmers?

Posted: 31 Mar 10 | AUSTRALIAN Farm Institute executive director Mick Keogh hits back at a recent Lateline interview damning livestock production systems, claiming the program showed extreme bias and a lack of research. |

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