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Growing landholder interest in carbon sink opportunities

06 Feb 12 | THE number of landholders investigating carbon sink opportunities with CO2 Australia, the largest provider in the sector, has increased by 681% since the introduction of the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) in August 2011. |

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Unleaded will be phased out under mandate: ALFA

01 Feb 12 | THE Australian Lot Feeders’ Association says that while the NSW Government's decision to dump the proposed phase out of regular unleaded petrol from July this year is the right one, the retention of the current 6pc ethanol mandate will still effectively deliver the same result.

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ASX listing talk for SunRice as it doubles profit

01 Feb 12 | ONE of the largest rice food companies in the world, SunRice, more than doubled its earnings in the first half, after shareholders fended off a $610 million takeover by Spanish rice marketer Ebro last year.

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Big two push their labels

25 Jan 12 | GROCERY shelves will be dominated by private label brands if plans by supermarket rivals Coles and Woolworths to dramatically increase the produce they own come to fruition. |

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Farmers feel pain of fuel hike, again

16 Jan 12 | FARMERS will bear the brunt of escalating fuel prices in coming weeks as increasing tension between Iran and the West pushes international oil prices skywards.

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Wool’s falling trend

16 Dec 11 | AS THE largest offering of wool this financial year went under the hammer last week – 50,304 bales – the market continued its downward trend. |

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