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26 Feb 2008 | Floods cause food shortage in Queensland
Producers are warning of a spike in meat prices with flooding across the north of the country causing the loss of thousands of cattle from drowning and disease. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2008 | Inquiry into fertiliser prices
Prices for fertilisers and chemicals have more than doubled over the past year, eating into farm profits as many try to recover from years of drought. ...... FULL STORY
21 Feb 2008 | Victorian farmers struggle to stay on land
The drought is estimated to have cut about 3.75 per cent of Victoria's gross domestic product growth for 2007-08 and almost 60 per cent of the state's regional businesses say that their revenue and sales have fallen. ...... FULL STORY
21 Feb 2008 | Urgent rethink of water required
The government is being called on to take urgent action to cut the volume of water licences in the Murray-Darling basin by as much as 50 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
12 Feb 2008 | Queensland apples have rosy blush
Conditions have been ideal for growing apples in Queensland's Granite Belt. ...... FULL STORY
11 Feb 2008 | SA says no to GM
While Victoria and NSW have lifted their bans on GM crops, South Australia has bucked the trend by deciding to keep their ban. ...... FULL STORY
8 Feb 2008 | Hard line on fruit movements
The fruit fly inspectors controlling movement of fruit into the Riverland area are taking a tough line and have confiscated many kilos of fruit. ...... FULL STORY
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