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Recruitment: Five ways to motivate staff and improve their engagement

Latest listings on Jobs Central: Senior Farm Hands (2), WA – via Drover Ag Assistant Farm Manager, Vic – via Drover Ag Assistant Manager, NSW – via Drover Ag Chief Financial Officer, Carpendale Agri – via Rimfire Resources Business Project Manager – via Rimfire Resources Assistant Manager, Narwietooma NT – Hewitt Cattle Australia Senior Labour […]

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Monaro landholders have lovegrass options | The Land

“Crop and pasture competition has slowed the growth and development of African lovegrass and our research has expanded to investigate pasture species, including phalaris, white and sub clovers and perennial dual-purpose grain crops, mountain rye and Kernza. Click to check the original article.

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Inclusion index reveals corporate champions of change

The inaugural Disability Confidence Awards has celebrated organisations improving employment opportunities for Australians. See who makes the list. Westpac and Australia Post have been recognised for making systemic changes to improve employment opportunities for people living with disabilities. They were among some of Australia’s biggest employers – including the Attorney-General’s Department and the Australian Taxation […]

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Farm Progress America, June 9, 2022

Max Armstrong discusses how weather is impacting food supply including potatoes where the supply in storage has fallen. Wet conditions are impacting harvest of spring and summer potatoes. Max looks at California supply and weather impact, though there’s good news for chipping potatoes. However the run up for input prices and rising competing commodity prices […]

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Trees can be a win-win for farming and the environment

Increasing biodiversity, boosting carbon capture, preventing soil erosion, reducing flood risk… these are just some of the many benefits of planting trees, and The Woodland Trust’s MOREwoods scheme can help. Planting trees has an extraordinary effect on the world around us. Not only are they magnificent natural structures in our landscape, they soak up […]

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