Archive for March, 2011

BULLS infected with pestivirus are proving a disaster for Australian beef producers.

PROCESSING tomato growers have lost more than half of this season’s crop to rain and flooding.

FOR every dollar spent by federal and state government agencies on locust control, $19 worth of crop and pastures were saved.

FARMERS still don’t know if they’ll be able to sell permits into the initial emissions trading scheme.

CARL Sudholz’s crop was a winner, and then the rain came crashing down, writes KATE DOWLER

RICH in anti-oxidants, purple vegies are set to colour our supermarket shelves, ANDREW MOLE writes

IMPROVING opportunities for rural youth will be in the spotlight at a rural summit at Rutherglen this month.

IN ORDER to escape the demands Midge has placed on him, Ted McNabb has suddenly become enmeshed in the climate change debate.

HIGH prices make it a sellers’ market, but there’s volatility on the horizon, writes KATE DOWLER

LANDHOLDERS wanting answers on soil carbon can attend a seminar in Victoria’s North East on April 1.