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Story celebrating farmers with a disability wins top rural journalism award

Halina will travel to Canada for the 2023 IFAJ Congress A story celebrating an online community that highlights the contribution people with disabilities make in the agricultural sector has been awarded one of Australia’s top prizes for rural journalism. ABC Landline’s Halina Baczkowski (pictured right)has won the Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting, sponsored by Rabobank, with […]

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Australian farm levy payers list topped by grain growers | The Land

Grain: Levies are collected at the first point of sale at a rate of 0.99 percent on wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, triticale, millets/panicums, cereal rye, canary seed, lupins, field peas, chickpeas, faba beans, vetch, peanuts, mung beans, navy beans, pigeon peas, soybeans, cowpeas, lentils, canola, sunflower, safflower and linseed. Maize is levied at 0.693%. Click […]

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NSW DPI employs behavioural scientists for traceability project | The Land

Evidn chief behavioural scientist, John Pickering, whose team has been speaking to producers in the Central West around Cowra and Forbes, as well as Broken Hill, said their work was to understand the perspective of producers and other key parties towards P2P transfers and traceability requirements, including entry into the NLIS database. Click to check […]

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Leroy Brown shares his story during National Road Safety Week in a bid to keep others safe behind the wheel | Queensland Country Life

Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]

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