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'No big change to AWI's position on mulesing': Merriman

21/11/2008 | The new chairman of Australian Wool Innovation, Wal Merriman, has reaffirmed that there has been no fundamental change to AWI's position on mulesing as a result of the board election two days ago. |

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Victorians get ready for wild and wet weekend

9:08 AM AEST | Victorians have been warned to prepare their homes and secure loose items in anticipation of storms and possible floods this weekend. | Widespread rain to continue in ...

Wool prices rebound 9pc in two weeks

21/11/2008 | Wool prices have rebounded by 9pc during the past two weeks. This week, the EMI added 2.9pc on top of last week's surge, lifting it to 788¢/kg - a 65¢/kg rebound after the October-November slump. | AWI and government support for ... | Challengers shoot down ...

Widespread rain to continue in Qld, parts of NSW, too

Turnbull backs the lifting of ban on GM crops

'Wool producers must end mulesing by 2010': RSPCA

Lamb prices lift as supply concerns mount

Canberra landmark wine: this sweet drop comes once in a century

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VIDEO: Big wet hits with a vengeance

20/11/2008 | Floods have hit farmers in the South East corner, but the big wet has also set up parts of rural Queensland for the season ahead.

SLIDESHOW: Housing shortage hits rural industry

VIDEO: Relay crops pass water baton

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Barley pays off at Boggabilla

4:00 AM AEST | A DECISION to make barley his main winter cereal crop this year because of high wheat seed prices and shortages looks like paying off for Boggabilla farmer Wal Taylor.

2PH citrus back on track

21/11/2008 | Three-and-a-half years after the last trace of citrus canker was found in Emerald, Queensland, local producers 2PH Farms are ready to get back into the market.

Global financial shock hits Growcom

Growers in banana bunker

DPI poised to 'disinvest' R&D sites

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Questions linger in cattle duffing case

MORE than three months after being cleared of cattle theft charges, Springsure grazier Graeme ...

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