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ABC Rural News: Red tape delays drought destocking

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/drought-trucking-permit/4695936
A Queensland trucking company says its taking too long for the state government to approve special drought trucking permits. John Rogers from Road Trains of Australian in Longreach says its taking up to four days for authorities to approve the permit. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Animal welfare standards consultation extended

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201305/s3761381.htm
Sheep and cattle producers now have until the fifth of August to respond to proposed new animal welfare standards and guidelines. Animal Health Australia has worked with industry to draw up the new standards, which will be legally enforceable. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Calf attacks increase after wild dog baiting

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/dog-calf-attacks/4695616
A new study into wild dogs has shown that calf attacks rise after baiting. Dr Lee Allen from the Queensland Department of Agriculture says attacks increase because more immature and brazen dogs enter the area that has been cleaned out. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Indigenous camel company gets over the hump

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/feral-camel-company/4695750
A new camel company has been formed in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands near the Western Australia-Northern Territory border to muster and sell feral camels. Set up by Ngaanyatjarra Council, it will service about a dozen Indigenous communities and has created 16 jobs so far. Head of land and culture Alex Knight says they've mustered over 7000 camels in their first few months. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Tough season for Kakadu Plum

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/kakadu-plum-yields/4696262
Yields of the bush fruit known as Kakadu Plum (or gubinge) have been severely affected by the poor wet season across northern Australia. David Boehme from Wild Harvest NT, says yields in parts of the Top End are down 80 per cent on last year. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Airline alliance to boost Aussie beef sales

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/airline-alliance-to-boost-aussie-beef-sales/4696094
A new alliance between two major airlines is tipped to benefit Australian beef exporters. The Qantas-Emirates deal will take Europe visitors via Dubai, a market that has huge sales in high-end Australian beef. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: New fund offers BJD cattle payments

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/nrn-bjd-compensation/4696188
A compensation scheme will offer Queensland cattle producers caught up in an outbreak of a cattle wasting disease up to half the value of any animals that have to be slaughtered. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: DAFF imposes stricter conditions on live exports to Kuwait

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/kuwait-daff/4696396
A Federal Department of Agriculture investigation has concluded that it's "highly likely" Australian sheep were sold and killed outside ESCAS-approved supply chains in Kuwait in August last year. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: PNG a weak link in Australia's biosecurity system, expert warns

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2013/s3757861.htm
Dr Andrew Peters researched wild bird diseases in Papua New Guinea in 2012. He says insects and birds move very easily between PNG and Australia and could carry animal or human diseases such as avian influenza, also known as bird flu. A variant of avian influenza was detected in Western Papua several years ago. (Monday, 13/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Texas wasp eats crop-destroying pest

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-14/wasp-white-fly/4687470
A bug expert says the best way to control white fly outbreaks isn't with chemicals but with a predator wasp imported from Texas. Dr Siva Subramaniam, a senior entomologist with the Department of Agriculture at Bowen in north Queensland, says the wasp seeks out white fly eggs and feeds on the nutrients. (Tuesday, 14/05/2013)

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