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Carbon land use concerns raised in Senate Estimates

  A SENATE committee has heard that new legislation forcing big emitters into a heavier reliance on carbon credits could result in companies forcing up the value of land and taking it out of agricultural production. The Albanese Government’s proposed reforms of the ‘safeguard mechanism’, which requires big emitters to keep their emissions below a […]

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NVLX Wodonga 7 March 2023: Dry conditions reflected in yarding

Yarding 1300 Change +300 File picture of selling action at Wodononga. The offering was mixed with a number of cattle having slipped in quality due to the dry conditions. Most of the usual export and domestic buyers were at the sale, however some processors were quite selective. The reduced supply of vealers sold to solid […]

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Top 25 Lotfeeders: No. 22 Condabri Feedlot

Location: Miles, Qld One time capacity: 20,000 head 2022 cattle turnoff: 60,000 head 2015 position: n/a 2003 position n/a THE Drury family’s Condabri Feedlot is a genuine family farming success story. Established by Simon and Kylie Drury in the late 1990s, over the past 25 years “Condabri” has been developed into a highly intensive, vertically integrated farming enterprise, with a […]

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ABARES releases annual commodity forecasts

A third consecutive year of high rainfall and high commodity prices has been reflected in ABARES’ annual round of agricultural sector updates and forecasts released in Canberra this morning. Overall the gross value of production for agriculture, fisheries and forestry for 2022-23 is expected to reach $96 billion this financial year (2022-23). Of that total, […]

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