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<title><![CDATA[Aus, NZ to join World Farmers']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and the Federated Farmers of New Zealand have today announced that they will both apply for membership of international agricultural advocacy body, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Welfare requirements for abattoirs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, has announced a tough new animal welfare package to lift animal welfare standards in all domestic abattoirs.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ocean temp made floods worse]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ABNORMALLY high ocean temperatures off the coast of northern Australia contributed to the extreme rainfall that flooded three-quarters of Queensland over the summer of 2010-11, scientists report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Is the carbon price right?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Is Australia's carbon price too high compared with other major countries, or will it be all right in the end?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grain industry split on WEA future]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[GRAINGROWERS are sending mixed messages to Canberra about the future of wheat export marketing arrangements currently being decided in Parliament.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greens idea ‘not practical’]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NSW Greens’ claims that The Nationals failed to strengthen the Noxious Weeds Bill to apply a nil-tenure approach where land held by public authorities was subject to the same laws and liabilities are misleading, according to The Nationals MLC Rick Colless.
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[USDA report sparks futures drop]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WITH the 2011-12 cotton pick well underway, a significant drop in prices has cotton growers across the country feeling uneasy. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Committee split on CSG]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ONE of the seven-member NSW Upper House Committee members appointed to probe the impact of coal seam gas (CSG) in the State is opposed to the committee’s own recommendations.
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coles in yoghurt deal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[FOR the second week running grocery retailing force Coles has revealed new contract arrangements with Tasmanian producers to lock in supplies for its expanding private label range.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Skins market crash worst in 10 years]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WITHDRAWAL of Chinese and eastern European buyers from the skin market has caused the fall in lamb and sheep skin prices of $8 to $10 a head on average, and even up to $20 a head.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bolton Girls' big Beef success]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THERE'S a new paddock being set up at Bolton Girls Red Angus stud at Congupna, Victoria - the interbreed champion pen.
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State assets freed up for men's sheds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE NSW Government has promised to free-up access to crown-owned facilities for the creation of more men’s sheds across the State.
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ruralco joins NFF]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RURAL services company Ruralco has joined the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) as a full associate member.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Incitec fertiliser rejig will pay off: Fazzino]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AFTER a sluggish start to the fertiliser sales year Incitec Pivot is tipping the recent restructure of its three fertiliser businesses under one management umbrella will sharpen its results.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Animal welfare, sustainability focus at vet conference]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Nation's vets will converge on Canberra this weekend for the industry's annual conference.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ag fund raises $2b]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A NEW company, TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC, has completed a raising of $US2 billion to be invested in farmland in the United States, Australia and Brazil.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 23:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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