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Weekly rainfall update + rain outlook 12 October 2022

A series of low pressure systems and surface troughs dragged tropical air from the warm ocean waters, delivering thunderstorms and rainfall to large parts of the Northern Territory, eastern and south-eastern Australia. There is increasing humidity and convective activity / thunderstorms across the tropical north in the lead-up to the wet season. Weekly rainfall totals […]

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation commits $30m to grazing fund

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed $30 million to a sustainable grazing company. Photo: CEFC THE Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed up to $30 million to a grazing fund, which aims to deliver carbon credits alongside enhanced biodiversity protection and sustainable red meat production. The Wyuna Regenerative Agriculture Investment Fund (the Fund) has […]

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Scammers swindle farm businesses out of $1.2 million

AUSTRALIAN farm businesses lost more than $1.2 million to scammers in the first eight months of 2022, prompting a warning to heavy machinery buyers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said farmers and small businesses in rural and regional areas are urged to be cautious, particularly when buying heavy machinery, following a spike in scams […]

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The heavier steer – ep3

The Detail It has taken a few years but the Australian Heavy Steer has now moved back into discount price spread territory compared to it’s equivalent US counterpart, the Choice Fed Steer. In mid-2020 tight domestic supplies and the beginnings of a herd rebuild saw the Australian Heavy Steer price move ahead of the US […]

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Josie Angus to speak at Rural Press Club of Queensland

CENTRAL Queensland cattle producer, beef industry innovator and agricultural advocate Josie Angus will be the guest speaker at a special Rural Press Club of Queensland lunch and networking event in Brisbane next Thursday, October 20, to celebrate International Rural Women’s Day. Over three decades Josie and her husband Blair have built their family cattle producing […]

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Paul Thompson on almond prices: “I think we’ve seen the boom”

Australia’s almond industry has witnessed the peak of its growth, as land near suitable water sources becomes increasingly scarce, according to one of the nation’s biggest growers. Select Harvests chief executive Paul Thompson told The Australian Ag Podcast, out today, he believed the almond industry’s rapid paced growth over the past decade was on its […]

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