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New Generation Grain Growers Agribusiness Forum

Source: GAF 4/02/2004 1:02:16 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Grain- January 16, 2004 - Partners in Grain Vic/Tas and NSW are pleased to present the opportunity for New Generation Grain Growers to attend an Agribusiness Forum in Rutherglen.

Gene Technology Workshop

Source: GAF 4/02/2004 12:45:30 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Training - January 16, 2004 - Partners in Grain Vic/Tas and NSW together with Agrifood Awareness Australia are pleased to announce that they will be holding a Gene Technology Workshop at CSIRO in Canberra on March 25-26 2004.

WoolProducers welcome live export review

Source: Farmonline 13/01/2004 11:23:30 a.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Wool - 12th Jan 2004 - WoolProducers, the peak representative body for woolgrowers in Australia, has welcomed the release of the Live Export Review conducted by Dr John Keniry.

Vic lamb sales open strongly

Source: Farmonline 13/01/2004 11:20:30 a.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Lamb - 12th Jan 2004 - Demand for lambs at Victorian sales opened strongly on pre-Christmas rates at the two major selling centres of Bendigo and Ballarat this week.

CSIRO brings home the bacon

Source: Farmonline 13/01/2004 11:17:42 a.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Pork - 12th Jan 2004 - A team of CSIRO Livestock Industries researchers is helping to make pigs healthier and happier, while fattening the bottom line.

Japan assured of additional Australian beef supplies

Source: Stock & Land 13/01/2004 11:11:47 a.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Beef - 12th Jan 2004 - The Australian Government and beef industry have assured a Japanese delegation Australia will make every effort to provide additional supplies of beef until the US is able to resume its place in the Japanese market, Agriculture Minister Warren Truss said today.

No wool market cheer yet

Source: Stock & Land 9/01/2004 3:00:44 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Wool - 9th Jan 2004 - There was no sound of champagne corks popping when wool sales kicked off for 2004 in Melbourne on Tuesday, with the Australian dollar's barnstorming climb towards US 80c raining on any hopes of a New Year price party.

Weather limits disease

Source: Stock & Land 9/01/2004 2:00:17 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Viticulture - 9th Jan 2004 - Weather conditions have generally been reasonable in regard to disease concerns, with only a few reports of light-brown apple moth and downy mildew.

New GWRDC chairman appointed

Source: Stock & Land 9/01/2004 1:55:55 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Viticulture - 9th Jan 2004 - Dennis Mutton has been appointed as the new chair of the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Judith Troeth said he would bring a wealth of experience and industry understanding to the corporation.

New year holds promise for dairy

Source: Stock & land 9/01/2004 1:49:34 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Dairy - 9th Jan 2004 - As I write this, like many other dairyfarmers around the country, I am doing my business activity statement and reflecting on the financial position of my own business as well as that of the industry. There is no question that 2003 was tough.

Dollar's rise costs farmers $4 billion

Source: Stock & Land 9/01/2004 1:46:02 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
General - 9th Jan 2004 - The Australian dollar's rise of more than 30 per cent against the US Greenback over the past year has cost Australian farmers upwards of $4 billion in lost income.

GO-AHEAD FOR EASTERN IRRIGATION SCHEME

Source: Minister 9/01/2004 1:35:39 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
General - 9th Jan 2004 - A $20 million project to deliver recycled water to dozens of irrigators and agribusinesses in Melbourne's outer east has today been given the green light by the Bracks Government.

Gippsland records hotter December

Source: ABC newsonline 9/01/2004 1:30:06 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
General - 9th Jan 2004 - December was a hotter and drier month than normal across Gippsland in south-east Victoria. The region's highest temperature of 41.3 degrees was recorded at Orbost on December 30.

Dairy Cow Reminders For January 2004

Source: DPI 9/01/2004 1:23:54 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Dairy - 9th Jan 2004 - Long-term perennial rye grass pasture growth rates for January on dry land pastures in Gippsland are 12 to 17 kg DM/ha/day. These low growth rates reflect the lack of soil moisture as the limiting factor that reduces plant growth......

Opening of the Sandy Point Fire Station

Source: CFA 9/01/2004 12:05:31 p.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
Gippsland - 9th Jan 2004 - You are invited to the opening of a new community asset in Sandy Point. The Fish Creek and District Fire Brigade invite you to the opening of the Sandy Point Fire Station on Saturday 17th January, 2004 at 12.30pm. The new station is located on Ocean View Parade, Sandy Point.

Keniry Report

Source: AFFA 9/01/2004 10:26:11 a.m. Type: News In: Agrinews
General - 9th Jan 2004 - Australian Agriculture Minister Warren Truss today released the Report of the Keniry Inquiry into Australia’s $1 billion live export trade.Minister Truss announced the broad-ranging review of Australia’s livestock export industry, with particular reference to the MV Cormo Express incident, on 10 October 2003.