Opinion
Animal laws go too far
LEGISLATION to deal with puppy farms casts too wide a net, writes CHRIS McLENNAN
We must beat pest plagues
PESTS such as rabbits, foxes, wild dogs, mice, feral pigs and carp cost Australia more than $1 billion a year.
Foreign land grab is madness
A LACK of monitoring will see foreign companies and governments target Australian farmland, writes LESLIE WHITE
SunRice trade will unlock real value
THE big Australian company is undervalued, writes JULIAN MENEGAZZO
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.
Year of the WoolPoll
IT MIGHT be the year of the dragon for Australia's major customer, but for wool producers, 2012 is the year of the WoolPoll.
Prices hit by dollar
GROWERS frustrated with low grain prices over the harvest period will be impressed with the recent rise in world prices.
Tesco ditches carbon label
SEVERAL years ago, the UK's biggest supermarket chain started a minor environmental revolution.
Historic station for auction
THELANGERIN Station, one of the Riverina's finest historic sheep and cattle grazing stations, is to be auctioned.
Redgate exports genetics
RUTHERGLEN Hereford stud Redgate is about to notch up its 10th export destination for genetics.
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