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ABC Rural News: Central Queensland rice harvest proves successful

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-26/cq-rice-harvest/4652814
Less than impressive cotton prices had farmers in irrigated areas of central Queensland searching for alternative crops at the beginning of the summer season. Steve Morowitz took a gamble with long grain rice, and as the header moves through the fields, it appears to have paid off. (Friday, 26/04/2013)

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Soybean improvement in the tropics & subtropics

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Lawn B
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Proceedings of Australia-Indonesia Agriculture & Food Security Workshop
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http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/15014/

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ABC Rural News: North Queensland food bowl prospects ramping up

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2013/s3721458.htm
The push to grow food in northern Australia is gaining momentum with a variety of trial and commercial crops planted this year. Cotton, lucerne and legumes have been farmed sporadically in north west Queensland in recent decades, but trial sized crops of rice and guar are signalling a renewed interest in converting cattle country to mixed cropping land. (Friday, 22/03/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Fruit and veg crop losses could exceed $100 million

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201301/s3679283.htm
Early estimates predict the damage bill from recent floods could cost Queensland's horticulture industry more than $100 million. (Wednesday, 30/01/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Boom in world sugar production will challenge Australian growers

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201212/s3658310.htm
Global sugar production is expected to ramp up next year to record levels, presenting a challenge for the Australian cane industry which currently supplies 80 per cent of its sugar to the world market. (Thursday, 20/12/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Burdekin sugar crush not so sweet

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201212/s3648764.htm
The finish line is in sight for Australia's largest sugar cane district, with the season's crushing expected to wrap up this weekend. The Burdekin crop is likely to come in at about 7.5 million tonnes, well down on the initial estimate of 8.3 million. (Thursday, 06/12/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Queensland farm groups offer ideas on doubling production by 2040

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201212/s3647201.htm
Around Queensland, farm groups and individuals are this week finalising their comments on a 30-year government target to double the value of the state's agricultural production. It's currently worth around $14.7 billion, so that makes the target almost $30 billion by 2040. (Tuesday, 04/12/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Sugar waste could become lucrative ingredient in drugs

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201212/s3646087.htm
Professors at James Cook University, at Townsville in Queensland, are using sunlight to convert a derivative of bagasse - known as furfural - into building blocks for highly valuable pharmaceutical products. (Monday, 03/12/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Rice harvest underway in the Northern Territory

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3641791.htm
The biggest rice crop seen in the Northern Territory for decades is being harvested on Mt Keppler Station, about 100 kilometres south of Darwin. (Tuesday, 27/11/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Mackay running on sugar power

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201211/s3633288.htm
From today, 30 per cent of the electricity needs of Mackay on Queensland's central coast will be supplied by the Racecourse Sugar Mill located on the city's outskirts. (Thursday, 15/11/2012)

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