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Chinese land grab tests farm dynasties

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

MICHAEL Clift is a sixth-generation Liverpool Plains farmer, his family having worked the rich black soil of the NSW region for 175 years.

Cattle ban could cost 1000 jobs

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

AT least 1000 jobs could be lost as a result of the Gillard government's live cattle export ban to Indonesia

Cash prompts call for inquiry

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

A FORMER director of the nation's peak meat-processing research body has backed calls for an inquiry into the meat industry

Cattle trade aid package 'not enough'

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:16:24 GMT

CATTLE farmers are "outraged" over a $3 million federal assistance package for workers affected by a suspension of live exports to Indonesia, saying it will do little to help.

$3m aid to workers hit by cattle ban

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:10:37 GMT

THE federal government has announced a $3 million assistance package for workers affected by the suspension of live cattle exports to Indonesia.

Abbott calls for trip to Indonesia

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

TONY Abbott's proposal for a joint trip to Indonesia with Julia Gillard to tackle the live cattle crisis has failed.

Meat research payouts not in reports

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

THE nation's peak meat-processing research body has made undisclosed payments to the Australian arm of the world's largest meat company.

Chinese miner snaps up 43 farms

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

A CHINESE government-controlled mining giant has spent $213 million buying up 43 farms so it can explore for coal outside Gunnedah in NSW

Australia pushes reform to feed starving

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

AUSTRALIA has urged European nations to lift trade barriers as part of a push to use trade reform to tackle looming global food shortages.

Dangers in the new wheat market

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

THREE years after Labor deregulated Australia's wheat market, farm groups say the new system is proving to be a dangerous and freakish place.