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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 30 August 2023

Several cold fronts crossed the south-west of Western Australia, Tasmania and southern Victoria during the week bringing showers.  Easterly on-shore airflow resulted in showers for parts of the east coast.  Weekly rainfall totals greater than 15 mm were recorded in western and northern Tasmania, parts of north-eastern Victoria, south-eastern New South Wales, the Northern Tropical Coast in Queensland, and in […]

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Stem rot resistance genes discovered for canola | Farm Weekly

“As far as we know, no single gene will provide a good level of resistance against sclerotinia stem rot, and unfortunately, we are unlikely to achieve complete resistance to this disease, but we can put together smaller puzzle pieces to create a strong partial resistance. Click to check the original article.

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Roma sale 29 Aug 2023: Prices down in 5206 head yarding

Yarding 5206 Change -850 Cattle were drawn from far Western Queensland, the Warrego area of NSW and the local district. All processors were in attendance and operating as well as lotfeeders and backgrounders. Similar to last week’s sale prices continued to falter, however, buyers opted to purchase the better bred lines. Light weight yearling steers […]

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