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Ideology taking over science in some global markets, TropAg conference told

Federal Government special ag advisor Su McCluskey at the TropAg conference in Brisbane. AS GOVERNMENTS across the world set ambitious targets to tackle climate change, an Australian agricultural representative says the industry must engage in more “truth telling” to avoid ideology drowning out science in the formation of policy. Federal Government special representative for Australian […]

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Chilled beef airfreight shipments launched into San Francisco

Fifteen tonnes of high quality chilled Australian beef was loaded as part of the first airfreight consignment leaving Brisbane Airport for San Francisco on the US west coast this morning. The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger/freight service was launched this week by United Airlines, which has previously operated only out of Sydney and Melbourne airports. […]

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Carbon confusion shines through at Clermont conference

AS PRESSURE ramps up on the cattle industry to reduce emissions, a group of Central Queensland producers have taken a panel of scientists to task in an effort to better understand the challenges ahead. Carbon was one of the main topics of the Clermont Beef Up forum, with the local research committee highlighting it as […]

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