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Agriculture Today October 2005

Agriculture Today (often referred to as 'Ag Today') is a NSW Department of Primary Industries newspaper. It carries news and features on research, advisory and management issues in agriculture and natural resources in NSW. It also contains information on services, courses, upcoming events, and products.

Eleven issues of Agriculture Today are produced each year. Each issue is available, as an insert, in The Land newspaper on the last Thursday of each month (except January).

October's main stories

News articles

Multi purpose soybeans 
Oysters get clean flush 
Sensory volunteers oil panel 
Periurban ag – big contributor 
E-sheep: dog’s life no more? 

Animal welfare

New spray for mulesing relief 

Pre-harvest

Control powdery mildew in grapes 
Heliothis hitch on westerlies 
Harvest time parthenium risk 
Survey backs oat breeding program 

Natural resources management

Backswamps fatten cattle, fish, birds 
Carbon correction could boost commercial forests 
Overview of bees, logging 
Get paid for improving pasture 
More farms get fish friendly 
Mangrove area rehabilitated 

This is a small selection of stories from the October edition of Agriculture Today.

Click here to view previous editions of Agriculture Today.

A feature in the November edition, to publish in The Land on October 27, will cover farm safety.

October edition front page

Regular columns

Beef cuts - Brian Cumming
  Have you got an old tedder out the back?
Environmental Agriculture - Rebecca Lines-Kelly
  Diamond futures riveting
Agriculture on the Move - Ian Macdonald
  NLIS demand encouraging

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  • Editor:
    Ron Aggs. Ph: (02) 4640 6457; Fax: (02) 4640 6340
  • Production Editor:
    Matthew Watson. Ph: (02) 4570 4444; Fax: (02) 4570 4650
  • Advertising Manager:
    Rhonda Johnston. Ph: (02) 6766 7488; Fax: (02) 6766 1125

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