27 March 2015 Matt Brann and Warwick Long ABC Rural The temporary suspension of the live cattle trade to Indonesia in 2011 is still being felt by many producers across Australia’s north, […]
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Article – Online vision set to reignite NFF
2 April 2015 Colin Bettles North Queensland Register THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) unveiled cutting-edge plans to implement a world-leading online advocacy and policy development platform to federal politicians last week. NFF […]
Read moreArticle – North Queensland port breaks cattle export records
23 April 2015 Eliza Rogers/Isobel Roe ABC Rural North Queensland’s Townsville Port is continuing to crack its records for live cattle exports, but there is concern supply will struggle to keep up. […]
Read moreArticle – Rural property revival
23 April 2015 Andrew Marshall The Land AFTER more than four years in the doldrums, beef is back on the rural property investor’s shopping list and mainstream farmland price signals are finally […]
Read moreArticle – HCM City, Northern Australia broaden agro-aquatic partnership
24 April 2015 Nhan Dan An Australian delegation headed by Deputy Governor Willem Westra van Holthe is in Ho Chi Minh City to seek ways to promote agro-aquatic collaboration with the southern […]
Read moreArticle – Budget boost for WA’s north
5 May 2015 Nick Butterly and Andrew Probyn The West Australian Australia’s economic engine room — northern WA — will be at the heart of a multibillion-dollar Federal Government plan to boost […]
Read moreArticle – Entsch lands barra as focus turns to aquaculture
April 2015 Boyd Robertson Newsport Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch stopped in at Wonga Beach on Wednesday to open Daintree Barramundi Fish Farms as focus turns toward aquaculture in Far North Queensland. […]
Read moreArticle – Former treasurer DeLacy says north must be developed
16 April 2015 Eric Johnston The Australian The development of northern Australia presents a “great opportunity” for Australia to help feed growing demand for food globally, according to Keith DeLacy, a former […]
Read moreArticle – Northern Australian food bowl dream a risky fantasy: John Foss
13 April 2015 Damon Kitney The Australian One of the nation’s most successful international agricultural entrepreneurs, the New York-based John Foss, has warned that the development of broadacre commodity crops in northern […]
Read moreArticle – Prawn farmers hopeful northern aquaculture inquiry will drive industry expansion
20 March 2015 Carmen Brown ABC Rural Commercial prawn farmers are hopeful a parliamentary inquiry into northern aquaculture will help drive investment and expansion across the industry. The inquiry was announced by […]
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