The Federal Government's latest assistance package will provide farmers affected by the live cattle export ban with an initial $5000 payment and then up to an extra $20,000 in assistance through Centrelink.
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AFGC welcomes first steps to National Food Plan
The Federal Government’s National Food Plan issues paper is an important first step towards safeguarding the food and grocery manufacturing industry’s long-term sustainability and robust future, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) said yesterday.
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Live cattle export workers to get $3m compensation package
The Federal Government has announced a $3 million compensation package for workers who have been affected by the ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia.
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Ludwig encourages public comment on National Food Plan
The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Senator Joe Ludwig, is encouraging the public to comment on the proposed National Food Plan, which aims to develop a single vision for Australia’s food industry across all states and territories.
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Kraft invests $10m to address child malnutrition
Kraft Foods has partnered with Project Laser Beam in a UN-led program to help eradicate child malnutrition.
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Qld launches $2m food policy
The Queensland Government has announced a new food policy today as part of its 2011-12 State Budget.
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Cloned cow produces human milk
Argentinean scientists have created the first transgenic cow that produces human milk.
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Pfizer suspends animal drug after arsenic found in chickens
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced it will suspend the sale of an animal drug used by poultry producers in the US after traces of arsenic were found in treated chickens.
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Meat sales slump after cruel cattle slaughtering in Indonesia
Meat sales across the country have dropped 10 to 15 per cent since ABC’s Four Corners program showed footage of gross cattle slaughtering in Indonesia last Monday.
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New directors for sugar research appointed
The directors of the Sugar Research Development Corporation board have been appointed by Federal Agriculture Minister, Senator Joe Ludwig.
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Qld food bowl protected from mining developments
A new and unprecedented government policy has been brought in to protect Queensland croplands from mining and other developments.
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Tight security saves Qld strawberry farm
Tight security has saved 170-acres of strawberries from being poisoned at a farm in Queensland.
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Grains industry to benefit from snail eradication research
Australian researchers have found an environmentally-friendly means of eradicating the land sail – a major pest to the Australian grains industry.
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Chinese, Australian and multinational groups all have their sights set on Tully.
With many Queensland farmers financially ruined following this year’s natural disasters; China wanting to secure a source for its sugar; and various multinationals vying for a major part of the Asia-Pacific sugar market, shareholders will be meeting this week to decide the fate of Tully Sugar.
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Quarantine policy on NZ apples now available for comment
The Federal Government is calling for comments on a draft report reviewing Australia’s import policy for New Zealand apples.
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Aussie scientists in chemical-free grain treatment breakthrough
A research team in Western Australia has found a chemical free way to rid grain of insects post-harvest.
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Biofuels contributing to high commodity prices and food shortage, according to the GMA
The Grocery Manfacturers Association (GMA) in the U.S. has called for a reform of the country’s biofuel policy, amid rising commodity prices and food shortages.
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Farmers’ market founder appointed QLD food ambassador
Co-founder of Brisbane’s Farmers’ market, Alison Alexander, has been appointed the inaugural role of Queensland's Food Fellow.
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ADM named world’s most admired food processor
Agricultural processor company, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), has been ranked the world’s most admired food manufacturing company for the third consecutive year by CNN’s Fortune Magazine.
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Ants, termites boost dryland wheat yields
Ants and termites have a significant positive impact on crop yields in dryland agriculture, according to new research by the CSIRO and University of Sydney.
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