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Creating moneymaker cow requires solid business model

Do you have a favorite cow or two or three? Maybe she greets you each morning and waits to be scratched behind the ears. Maybe she looks picture perfect like she just stepped off a glossy magazine cover, or consistently raises the biggest calf each year. Maybe it’s sentimental. My favorite is my daughter’s very […]

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Inspirational Porta Romana lighting and furniture now on sale

The exclusive and inspirational brand Porta Romana has started its January sale, offering a unique opportunity to purchase 1,300 items online with discounts of up to 70 per cent. Since it was launched over three decades ago, Porta Romana has created some of the world’s most beautiful lighting and furniture, employing craftsmanship that might otherwise […]

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My favourite painting: The Duke of Buccleuch

The Duke of Buccleuch’s art collection includes works by Thomas Gainsborough and other household names, but he chooses a piece from a more obscure painter. The Duke of Buccleuch chooses Chalk Cliffs on Rügen by Caspar David Friedrich ‘I love this engagingly beautiful antidote to dark, damp winter nights, with its sunlit glare from the […]

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Coles to release $500k sustainability grants for producers

APPLICATIONS are open for the latest of grants from the Coles Nurture Fund, which is targeted towards producers developing new market-leading products and sustainable processes and technologies. The will allow small to medium size businesses to apply for grants of up to $500,000. Businesses with innovative ideas, fewer than 50 full time employees and turnover of […]

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Vale John Keir – Beef Central

AN indelible 60-year contribution to the Australian meat and livestock industry ended on Thursday following the passing of John Keir, aged 76. John spent a lifetime in the northern Australian livestock agency and later meat processing industry, rising through the ranks based on his astute understanding of cattle, production cycles, trading conditions, weather and seasonal […]

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