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31 Jul 2003 | Charters Towers fails to cling to bullride
A plan to keep the cost of gate prices down at the Charters Towers show has failed. ...... FULL STORY
31 Jul 2003 | Farm focus on child safety
The winner of WA Child Safety on Farms competition is Christine Sadler. ...... FULL STORY
31 Jul 2003 | SA farmers urged to sign up for Show seminars
South Australian farmers should sign up quickly for the 2003 Royal Farm Expo seminar program series, from August 29 to September 5 at the Royal Adelaide Show. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jul 2003 | Mallee family's fight for farm is over
The McFarlanes' nine-year fight to save their Mallee farm is over, with the farm being sold by tender to a Melbourne buyer for over $400,000. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jul 2003 | Tug of war over sheep show home
A heated battle may jeopardise plans for new facilities to house Bendigo's Australian Sheep and Wool Show. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jul 2003 | Ethanol aid has feedlot farmers up in arms
The Australian Lot Feeders Association has attacked the Federal Government's subsidies for ethanol production, arguing they will hurt rural beef and pork producers by driving up the price of feed grains. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jul 2003 | Brainy farmers aim for city cred
Farmers are looking for funding for an advertising campaign designed to give rural residents a hipper image with an intellectual edge, ...... FULL STORY
22 Jul 2003 | Organic food passes the test
A major survey by Victoria's Department of Primary Industries has found that the state's organic produce contains fewer unwanted chemicals than conventional food crops and produce surveyed overseas. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jul 2003 | Banana plan a winner on paper
Tom Johnston is a man on a mission: he wants to raise $3 million for a banana paper factory in north Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jul 2003 | Invaders sour honey's future
Beekeepers are under siege: the drought has cut NSW honey production by 70 per cent, and now a South African honey-sliming beetle is spreading through the nation's hives. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jul 2003 | Focus on olive tree confusion
Olive growers who thought they were planting different varieties may have inadvertently planted more of the same, according to the National Olive Variety Assessment Project. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jul 2003 | Fidos vie for votes
The search for Australia's most popular dog has kicked off and the competition is looking for entrants from country Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jul 2003 | Young farmers in battle of wits
Eight of Australia's most skilled young farmers will compete in the National Young Farmer Championships at Geelong next week. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jul 2003 | Bananas bend the rules in paper manufacturing
A Queensland man, Tom Johnston, has established a company called Transform Australia, which manufactures products made from natural banana paper. ...... FULL STORY
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