<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The WeeklyTimeNow On Farm</title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/rss/on-farm-news.xml</link><description></description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:32:40 EST</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Bellellen Organics a paradise patch]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/07/38785_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/07/38785_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[ROD Blake is a happy farmer. Sitting at his 48ha patch on the outskirts of Stawell in Victoria, he passionately talks about his certified organic vegetables and herbs.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stick to blue gums for soil health]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/07/38795_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/07/38795_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[LOVE them or hate them, blue gum plantations have less impact on soil nutrition than most other forms of agriculture.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cereal crops a windfall for Gippsland]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/07/39195_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/07/39195_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[GROWING more cereal crops could bring Gippsland a $75 million windfall and create 1800 jobs. JOHN PARRY explains]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rate cuts will boost rural confidence: Qld Min]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/06/39021_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/06/39021_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[QUEENSLAND primary producers and rural small business will benefit from interest rate cuts on QRAA loans of up 3.62 per cent, the state%u2019s primary industries minister says.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 06:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value-add to water]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/02/37341_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/01/02/37341_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[DISPENSING water to the most valuable wine grape varieties may be the answer for growers experiencing long-term drought.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 2 Jan 2009 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheers to green dream]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/31/37335_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/31/37335_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[AS SOON as you hit the hilltop property's curling drive, it's clear this place is different.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bio-char chicken a tasty alternative]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/31/37355_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/31/37355_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[POWER from poultry poo could soon give chicken meat producers a means of reducing their environmental footprint.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trees put Brownlows out on a limb]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/31/37365_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/31/37365_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[THE Brownlows couldn't see the wood for the trees when they put a plantation in five years ago.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New chemicals website]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/29/36005_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/29/36005_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[A RURAL women's group has launched a chemicals-compliance website.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes sire, sex sells for Holstein guns]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/29/36415_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/29/36415_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[SEXED semen is being used on a Goulburn Valley dairy farm to achieve faster genetic gains and top-end surplus heifers.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday? Not until the cows come home]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/26/37041_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/26/37041_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[SANTA'S sleigh had barely disappeared from the sky when dairy farmer Campbell Chapman gathered his herd for milking in the fog before sunrise.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salinity in focus in Albury]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/26/35995_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/26/35995_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[THE latest in salinity management will be the focus of a two-day conference in Albury in Victoria early next year.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agri research quantified]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/25/35885_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/25/35885_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[AUSTRALIA'S rural research projects generate returns of 11 times their cost.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adding value to dairy goats]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/24/35855_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/24/35855_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[PRODUCING half the nation's goat milk is all in a day's work for John Gommans and Penny Gandar.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is wool, but is there a way?]]></title><link>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/24/35865_on-farm.html</link><guid>http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/12/24/35865_on-farm.html</guid><description><![CDATA[ONE of the Western District's largest wool growers plans to leave wool for new enterprises if the market does not improve within three years.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>