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Sun 12 May 2013

AgroTrend 2013 a huge success

WHILE the region may still be recovering from the extreme weather events of January, a few scattered showers were not enough to get in the way of AgroTrend.

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Sat 11 May 2013

Irrigators form group to fight power hikes

A GROUP of Bundaberg irrigators have formed an organisation to fight electricity price rises, which could soar by 17.5% a year for the next seven years.

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Dairy farmer pleads for community to buy branded milk

A FLOOD-HIT dairy farmer is pleading with Bundaberg consumers to buy branded milk, saying the industry is at an all-time low.

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Bidding fierce at AgroTrend

GOING once, going twice, and sold ... as hundreds of people searching for a bargain packed into the Ray White Auction Centre at AgroTrend.

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Fri 10 May 2013

AgroTrend draws a crowd from near and far

IT WAS early morning and cars were already lined up in anticipation, ready for the AgroTrend field days.

More disaster relief for primary producers

ADDITIONAL disaster relief grants will be available to primary producers who sustained damage in flooding caused by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.

Horticulture women celebrated at event

THEY are often the unseen, forgotten faces who play a fundamental role in driving Australian horticulture.

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Thu 9 May 2013

Flood help field day for Bundaberg region

A FIELD day at Tegege near Bundaberg on May 16 will focus on helping disaster-affected primary producers recover from the effects of ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.

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Tougher market at Burnett meatworks and store sale

BURNETT Livestock and Realty’s meatworks and store sale on Monday saw a yarding of 1003 head.

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Weaners sell strongly at Burnett sale

BURNETT Livestock and Realty’s Weaner Sale last Thursday saw a yarding of 2536 head.

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Woolies’ ag course scholarships offered

QUEENSLAND’S young farmers are encouraged to apply for the Woolworths Agricultural Business Scholarship Program.

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No mining entry without permission

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has backed farmers fighting mining companies, saying miners should not be allowed to enter land without landholder permission.

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AgroTrend gets a major facelift

CROWDS at this year’s AgroTrend will find much more than agricultural machinery when they peruse the attractions of the popular exhibition.

The good word on grasses

DAMIEN O’Sullivan from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said grasses in a paddock told the history of management of that paddock.

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More help to get Bundy past damage from floods

IF YOU are a flood-affected primary producer or community environmental group living near Bundaberg who needs some help with flood recovery, help is available.

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<strong>OPINION:</strong> WHEN I was studying journalism at university, one of the most important things I learned was that everything sits within a context.

It’s about things being in context

OPINION: WHEN I was studying journalism at university, one of the most important things I learned was that everything sits within a context.

Plans to fire up sugar mill’s cogeneration plant

REVITALISATION of Condong’s cogeneration plant has been listed as a key opportunity for bioenergy in the Tweed, a report claims.

Power hike to up pressure on farmers

ELECTRICITY prices are set to soar, with Mackay region cane farmers feeling the heat as they look down the barrel of a 17.5% rise in electricity bills.

Canegrowers continue to benefit after super fund merger

THE industry super fund for rural and regional Australia, AustSafe Super, has merged with boutique super fund Canegrowers Retirement Fund (CRF).

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Thu 2 May 2013

Nutting out a way to improve productivity

THE macadamia industry has always placed a great deal of emphasis on research towards better, more productive varieties with higher kernel recovery.

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