Sheep
Two AWI directors told to quit
A CALL has been made for Australian Wool Innovation directors Dr Meredith Sheil and Chick Olsson to resign from the board.
More Oz wool going to China
MORE than half of Australia's wool is now being processed and manufactured to be worn by Chinese consumers, according to market analyst Chris Wilcox.
Numbers increase at Wagga Wagga
NUMBERS increased slightly and quality was quite good across all grades at Wagga Wagga in NSW.
Urana ewes top at $188
THE restocker madness for joinable and scanned-in-lamb Merino ewes continued at Urana in southern NSW today, with prices hitting $188.
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EASTERN STATES DAILY INDICATORS
Solid start for Viterra
VITERRA Australia has contributed the lion's share of the Canadian company's first quarter earnings in 2009-10.
High cattle 'will return'
THE Victorian Coalition has refuted claims it cannot honour its election pledge to return cattle to the Alpine National Park.
Farmers hail rain
THE earliest autumn break for decades has well and truly arrived in southeast Australia, according to farm leaders.
Joy as storms deliver
A WEEK of freak storms has delivered spectacular rainfall across vast areas of southeast Australia.
Vic infrastructure canned
THE engineering profession's peak body has labelled the north-south pipeline "odd" in its latest appraisal of Victorian infrastructure.
Export wheat eases
GRAIN markets are in a holding pattern with demand being met by a small but steady supply of selling from both traders and farmers.
Machine
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Harvesters ready to roll
WITH sleeves rolled and a fleet of Gregoire harvesters stripped down and rebuilt, a Yarra Glen vineyard contractor is busy harvesting, ANDREA MAYES writes
