Graincorp announces takeover offer for Ridley
16/05/2008 | Ridley Corporation has been placed in a trading halt as of 2.05pm, following today's announcement that GrainCorp intends to make an off-market takeover offer for all the used shares in Ridley.
NT mine offers hope for fertiliser price relief
16/05/2008 | An Australian mining company will produce an essential ingredient in fertiliser production that could soon help ease the pressure on local fertiliser supply and pricing.
Chance to stand down in a year as WA's ag minister
16/05/2008 | WA's Agriculture Minister Kim Chance will leave politics in about a year.
Chance announces date of retirement
STATE Agriculture Minister Kim Chance will leave politics in about a year.

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SLIDESHOW: E-tags in the shed

E-tags in the shed
15/05/2008 | New electronic eartags are being put under a fierce test in a century-old woolshed in western Victoria where some 4000 stud sheep at Nareeb Narreb, Glenthompson, have been tagged with the new National Livestock Identification Scheme electronic tags.

Stand by your sheep, growers urged
16/05/2008 | WOOL producers across Western Australia have rejected a mulesing peace deal proposed by radical animal activists.
16/05/2008 | MYSTERY surrounds the identity of a local importer and maker of agricultural chemicals which was raided by the industry’s watchdog and police last week.

17/05/2008 | Government cracks down on dole cheats, giving Centrelink investigators easier access to welfare recipients' bank accounts.

16/05/2008 | A 19-year-old flight attendant has been accused of setting a fire aboard a commercial airplane after he lost his tempter.
Farmers can wear the cuts, but not the uncertainty
15/05/2008 | As the dust settles on Labor's first budget, it's the lack of detail, not the funding cuts, which should have farmers upset.
Q: Do you support the Federal Government's initiatives in re-opening the live export trade with Egypt?




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