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28 Apr 2004 | Island to become fruit and vegetable oasis
Torrens Island will become a major hydroponic fruit and vegetable producer with the development of a $75 million greenhouse precinct. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2004 | Roo meat a 'disease preventer'
Research by a WA animal biology student, in collaboration with CSIRO Livestock Industries, has found that kangaroo meat is rich in a healthy fat. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2004 | Cattle ID backlash
A producer backlash in NSW against the National Livestock Identification System has prompted the Federal Agriculture Minister to state he has no problem if NSW bows to pressure and delays its start. ...... FULL STORY
22 Apr 2004 | Chooks find secret to plucking up
Queensland's Primary Industries Minister hopes a new vaccine will stop the spread of coccidiosis, a potentially deadly bacterial chicken disease. ...... FULL STORY
20 Apr 2004 | Speedy spud machine is the pick of inventors' crop
A 73-year-old farmer from South Australia has designed a four-row potato harvester which can harvest 30 tonnes of potatoes an hour. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2004 | Breeding mastitis out of the dairy herd
New technology developed by CSIRO Livestock Industries will lead to strategies which should substantially reduce the $140 million lost each year due to dairy cows contracting udder infections. ...... FULL STORY
13 Apr 2004 | GM cotton trials for struggling sugar belt
Sugarcane farmers may get approvals within a week to test genetically modified cotton on the Burdekin River. ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2004 | Export trade fear shrinks GM crop trials
The NSW Government has ruled out a 3,000ha trial of GM canola after strong concerns were voiced by AWB Ltd. ...... FULL STORY
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