Opinion

Animal laws go too far

Pet problems

LEGISLATION to deal with puppy farms casts too wide a net, writes CHRIS McLENNAN

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We must beat pest plagues

Pests are costing our economy millions.

PESTS such as rabbits, foxes, wild dogs, mice, feral pigs and carp cost Australia more than $1 billion a year.

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Foreign land grab is madness

Farmland sale

A LACK of monitoring will see foreign companies and governments target Australian farmland, writes LESLIE WHITE

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SunRice trade will unlock real value

SunRice product

THE big Australian company is undervalued, writes JULIAN MENEGAZZO

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Harrison: Buying a gun

PLENTY of hunters, me included, have been putting the cart ahead of the horse when we enter a gun shop with a pocketful of money.

AWB returns extra $40m

WHEAT growers who used AWB's harvest finance option for this season's pools received $40 million in top-up payments last week.

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Year of the WoolPoll

Combings and Cardings with Brian Clancy

IT MIGHT be the year of the dragon for Australia's major customer, but for wool producers, 2012 is the year of the WoolPoll.

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Prices hit by dollar

Grain Talk

GROWERS frustrated with low grain prices over the harvest period will be impressed with the recent rise in world prices.

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Tesco ditches carbon label

SEVERAL years ago, the UK's biggest supermarket chain started a minor environmental revolution.

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Historic station for auction

THELANGERIN Station, one of the Riverina's finest historic sheep and cattle grazing stations, is to be auctioned.

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Redgate exports genetics

Fiona Myers with Ringside

RUTHERGLEN Hereford stud Redgate is about to notch up its 10th export destination for genetics.

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