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25 Sep 2003 | Cheap satellite phones for bush
Telstra is believed to be close to signing a deal with Tele-IP which will see solar-powered phones using satellite technology supplied to remote and rural areas. ...... FULL STORY
22 Sep 2003 | Pampered porkers and woolly well-being
CSIRO Livestock Industries researcher, Dr Caroline Kerr, will use an award from the Department of Agriculture to find out whether certain immune system molecules can be used to reduce livestock stress levels. ...... FULL STORY
16 Sep 2003 | New nitrogen fertiliser management tool
CSIRO Plant Industry has released a computer program, maNage Wheat, designed to assist wheat growers to more effectively manage their use of nitrogen fertilisers, which can cost $50,000 and $100,000 a year. ...... FULL STORY
9 Sep 2003 | Farm inventions win awards
Russell Meaton, a principal of the Misty Hills superfine Merino stud in Kojonup, Western Australia, says he'd had enough of for ever putting a stock crate on his ute and then having to remove it the next day so he could use the load space. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2003 | ABC rural program cuts 'thoughtless': Anderson
The Deputy Prime Minister, John Anderson, says the ABC is being "thoughtless" in cutting local regional and rural radio news broadcasts with nationally-produced programs. ...... FULL STORY
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