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Steaks seem to be the most popular meat with barbecues an Aussie way of life.

Campaign says more food label info vital

BEEF imports were a hot topic as the Australian Made Campaign appeared before the Senate standing committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport.

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THERE was clearly a better quality line-up at Emerald last Thursday, which was reflected in an improvement in most categories.

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AS A child, Rose Wright watched her father's annual ritual of sending his bananas to market, only to discover he’d barely covered costs – if at all.

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Small retailers support local food group

WHAT started as an idea to cut the carbon footprint of food production has developed into a food distribution network and a model for regional food systems.

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Barbera Family Farms’ Kevin Sergiacomi battles the muddy conditions while picking capsicums yesterday.

Horticulture: an industry bursting with potential

HORTICULTURE'S "enormous" potential in Queensland was illustrated this week through the release of the State's land audit.

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LAST week, I became fairly excited about controlling the large and increasing populations of wild pigs in our cropping country.

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Macadamia oil is used in a range of products, from fine foods to beauty treatments.

The good oil on a very versatile oil

AUSTRALIANS are going nuts for macadamia oil sourced from plantations up and down Australia’s east coast, including Bundaberg.

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INCREASING numbers of landholders are looking for more sustainable ways to produce crops and raise animals.

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A changing culture for permaculture

CENTRAL Queensland’s agricultural industry has been valued at more than half-a-billion dollars, according to the latest figures released.

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Central QLD agricultural industry valued at $766 million

SOILS are an incredibly complex interwoven system of nutrients and micro organisms.

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Taking care of the engine room that drives growth

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New cane varieties show promising yield

A NEW variety of sugarcane is available to growers in the southern growing region, after endorsements from the Variety Adoption Committees.

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FRASER Coast landholders have the opportunity to learn important forest management skills on Friday.

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Landholders get the hard word on hardwood

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Ford to close Broadmeadows production line and Geelong plant

A LOCAL group is helping the soybean industry in Central and North Queensland by importing and evaluating new, non-GMO soy varieties.

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Field walk looks at soy trials

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Principal research scientist and Soil Biology Initiative co-ordinator, Associate Professor Pauline Mele, says soils are the engine room of grain production systems.

Soils begin to reveal their deepest secrets

SCIENTISTS are making inroads into unlocking the biological secrets held within the nation’s cropping soils which could hold the key to higher yielding crops.

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OATS growers will be forgiven for a doing a little rain dance of joy this week, amid forecasts of widespread wet weather across the Southern Downs.

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Forecast rain sure to boost oats crops

AUSTRALIAN grain markets are riding higher – with sorghum and barley bids at close to A$300/MT NTP Brisbane and Newcastle at their best levels since 2007/08.

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Best grains prices in five years

THE MORAWITZ family grows nearly everything on their properties at Comet, from sorghum to cotton to mungbeans.

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Rice looks nice for versatile farming family

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