Jeff Beavis and Meryl Reed have kept Stan Reed's legendary involvement with Hereford cattle alive.

Jeff Beavis and Meryl Reed have kept Stan Reed's legendary involvement with Hereford cattle alive.

Dams no option in food plan

Ord Dam

A RESEARCH report that found there was insufficient water to make northern Australia a food bowl for the nation did not consider building dams because it was against Labor policy.

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Petrol leak no danger to wetlands

A 3.5-million-litre petrol tank leak has been contained at Mobil Altona

A 3.5-million-litre petrol tank leak has been contained at an oil refinery surrounded by wetlands in Melbourne.

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No ETS yet, but staff on the job

Power station

ABOUT 70 bureaucrats are working on the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme - despite the fact it may never get off the ground. 

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Drought link to climate change

Drought

SCIENTISTS have found an "amazing" link between drought in Australia and increased snowfall in eastern Antarctica.

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Hearts for horses day success

Hearts for Horses Family Fun Day and Market at Yarra Glen Hunt Club

PERHAPS if one were to choose a theme song for this year's Hearts for Horses Family Fun Day and Market, it would be something resembling Four Seasons in One Day by Crowded House.

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Stunning Corralla

Pictures: This Yarck cropping and grazing property has a beautiful home and frontage to Home Creek.

Farmers rally

Pictures: Farmers rally in Canberra against laws that limit land clearing.

Beef Week 2010

Pictures: More than 200 beef studs are on display in this year’s Beef Week field days.

Graham's big guns

Pictures: Big gear is used to plant accurately at Ungarie, NSW.

Beef on the back foot

Australian beef on t he backfoot

SAM Kekovich's lectures to the world on why we should eat more lamb are making many beef producers angry and frustrated.

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Hunt is on for vetch

Demand for vetch hay

THERE is a small, yet notable, demand for higher-quality hay at the moment.

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Getting rust out of Africa

Cereal rust research

AUSTRALIA'S leading cereal rust authority has won a $480,000 grant from Microsoft founder Bill Gates to develop and train east African scientists in disease control.

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Additive keeps cows Kool

Bos Koolus Betaine

DAIRY farmers have been turning to a new feed additive to help cows beat the summer heat.

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Water woes for SA wineries

Penfolds' winemaker Kym Schroeter in a vineyard at Nuriootpa

SOUTH Australia has lost its long-held position as the nation's largest wine-producing state for the first time since early last century.

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Horsham's seedy past

Bob Redden

WHEAT from Wales, barley from Belgium and chick peas from China are packed away in a climate-controlled room at Horsham.

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