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Dalby’s Soya Feeds changes hands for first time

Stephen Aisthorpe, Smarter Nutrition, and Philip Kelly, Colliers, with former Soya Feeds owners Margaret and Greg Bailey. AFTER 35 years, Darling Downs soybean industry pioneers, Greg and Margaret Bailey, have sold their Dalby-based manufacturing facility Soya Feeds to Queensland animal-nutrition business, Smarter Nutrition. It wasn’t an easy decision for the Baileys to call time on […]

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Iron ore price: China pays for Australian iron ore in yuan

The US dollar might be a thing of the past when it comes to global trade, as Australia’s iron ore industry welcomes this new payment method. A ship carrying Australian iron ore docked in China’s Shandong province last week. As Australia’s biggest buyer, there’s nothing unusual about that. What was remarkable was how that iron […]

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Mayor's plea to graziers, travellers

A foot and mouth disease outbreak would be “devastating” for Goondiwindi’s $591 million agriculture industry, prompting the Mayor to release an important message. Click to check the original article.

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Foot and Mouth Disease will become endemic in Australia unless drastic action is taken on travel from Indonesia says farmer who lived through horrific experience in Britain | The Land

“This country is already behind the eight-ball,” said the farmer from Cudgee via Warrnambool, and formerly from Glencoe near Glen Innes. “The federal government should have already put in place a temporary ban on tourism to Indonesia. It is not if FMD comes to Australia but when and then it will shut down the whole […]

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Bali travel ban is "commonsense" says FMD survivor

Having lived through the worst experience of their lives during the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain, these sheep breeders are calling for a complete travel ban between Australia and Indonesia until the problem is brought under control. Click to check the original article.

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Recruitment: Eight good reasons to listen to your employees

Latest listings on Jobs Central recruitment page: Sales Executive, Brisbane – Stockyard Senior Station Hand, Crowther – via DroverAg Farm Hand, Vic – via DroverAg Design & Project Management Rep, Proway – via DroverAg Farm Operations Manager, SA – via DroverAg Farm Manager, Intensive Grazing, Vic – via DroverAg Farm Hand, Riverina NSW – via […]

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Tombola inks deal to buy Lorena gold mine assets | The North West Star

Lorena is 30km from the company’s flagship Mt Freda gold mine in Cloncurry and assets include an integrated CIL (Carbon-In-Leach) processing facility capable of treating 300,000 tonnes of ore year, a tailings storage facility, a tenement package with mining and exploration leases, and the open cut gold and copper mine. Click to check the original […]

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Scamwatch: Online shoppers targeted in modified scams | The North West Star

Scams, and the con artists behind them, are forever evolving and becoming more sophisticated and harder to spot. ACM has compiled a list of current scams identified on sites such as scamwatch.gov.au, cyber.gov.au and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s website dedicated to informing people about fraudulent and dishonest activities. Scams associated with online shopping […]

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