Dismayed: northwest Victorian sheep farmer Bob Rollinson said he was dismayed to see Australian Wool Innovation chief executive Brenda McGahan resign.

Dismayed: northwest Victorian sheep farmer Bob Rollinson said he was dismayed to see Australian Wool Innovation chief executive Brenda McGahan resign.

Your money down the drain

Kevin Rudd's water plan has been called a water waster for handing country football clubs hot water services they don't need

KEVIN Rudd is in more hot water after revelations that a country footy club was given almost as many hot water systems as it has players.

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Combet's $50m foil clean-up bill

The government's $175m green loans program is beset with problems, including $10m in incentives to householders yet to be paid and a backlog of 100,000 environmental assessment reports still sitting with the government.

TAXPAYERS will foot the $50 million bill to help correct faults in the federal government's bungled $2.45 billion home insulation scheme.

Benalla beef farmer Woman of the Year

Alana Johnson

BENALLA beef farmer Alana Johnson is the Victorian Woman of the Year.

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Solid start for Viterra

Viterra Australia has contributed the lion's share of the Canadian company's first quarter earnings in 2009-10

VITERRA Australia has contributed the lion's share of the Canadian company's first quarter earnings in 2009-10.

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Triple triumph for Gleeson

Des Gleeson

DES Gleeson's great season got even better last week after shining at the Border and District Show Jumping Club's annual Ken Gibbs Memorial Championships.

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Elmore B&S Ball

Pictures: Revellers rejoiced as rain fell at the Elmore Summer Send Off B&S Ball.

Riverina floods

Pictures: A bird's-eye view of the floods at Wyvern Station near Hay after 112mm of rain at the weekend.

Wimmera Field Days

Pictures: All the action from last week's Wimmera Machinery Field Days.

Harcourt Applefest

Pictures: More than a 1000 people flocked to Harcourt for its annual apple festival.

Export wheat eases

Grain exports

GRAIN markets are in a holding pattern with demand being met by a small but steady supply of selling from both traders and farmers.

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Wool flock needs single shepherd

It's make-or-break time for the crisis-riddled Australian Wool Innovation

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation must be unified, writes BRIAN CLANCY

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Solid start for Viterra

Viterra Australia has contributed the lion's share of the Canadian company's first quarter earnings in 2009-10

VITERRA Australia has contributed the lion's share of the Canadian company's first quarter earnings in 2009-10.

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WMP price rises online

Whole milk powder prices soar.

THE price of whole milk powder rose 0.8 per cent on Fonterra's online auction system last month.

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Horti loses its voice

Horticulture Australia Council has shut down

AUSTRALIAN horticulture's political lobby group has collapsed, leaving the industry without a voice in Canberra.

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Tim's weed tips

Weeds such as heliotrope are flourishing thanks to summer rain

WEEDS such as heliotrope, melon, fat-hen and caltrope are flourishing across a wide area of southeast Australia thanks to summer rain.

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