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Natural resource management officers in the central wheatbelt in Western Australia say they lack the funds to address the region's worsening salinity problems....Friday 3 September 2010
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Here's a question. How much thought do you give to the ground beneath your feet?...
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Southern Agcare is a not-for-profit community organisation providing free, confidential psychological support services for farmers in the Great Southern region....
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Insufficient healthcare services in remote and regional Australia is hardly a new problem. Sparsely populated regional areas in Australia have continually struggled to attract and retain sufficient GPs for their local communities....
Wednesday 1 September 2010 -
This year's cropping season has been cut short for some farmers in the far eastern wheatbelt who've have started spraying out crops due to lack of rain. So far this season's been a blue sky winter and many of our grain crops are now under a great deal of stress. This week Hyden farmer Trevor Hinck ...Tuesday 31 August 2010
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Calling for celebratory, thoughtful, descriptive, creative works that engage with the human/avian relationship. Birds are everywhere. Even in the center of the cities, the white cockatoos call as they form silhouettes against blue sky; the rosellas squabble for fruit. And in the bush birds ...Friday 30 July 2010
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Australia's small but burgeoning camel industry has been given a grant to help develop commercial trade. The industry says camel culls are hurting them at a time when it needs to capitalise on the huge international demand for camel meat and milk....
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Farmers across the country are reporting an increasing number of attacks on livestock from bigger and more aggressive wild dogs. Feral domestic dogs are taking over traditional dingo territory and it's feared it won't be long until this new predator attacks a human. ...
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Pigs have returned to this year's Royal Adelaide Show after the Swine Flu outbreak last year, which prevented producers and breeders from exhibiting their animals. Adelaide is one of the few Royal Shows in the country that continues to judge stud pigs. ...
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Farmers in North East Victoria are moving livestock and machinery in preparation for expected flooding, this weekend and next week. Maureen Cottam lives on the Broken River near Benalla and she could be cut off by flood waters. She says she's shifted her cattle to higher ground. "We're very very ...Friday 3 September 2010
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