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            <description><![CDATA[A man has been fined $1250 in a Longreach court for moving horses across the cattle tick line without correct treatments, permits or a waybill. ]]></description>
            
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            <title>Farm trials key to consistent irrigated wheat yields</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Central Queensland irrigators keen to improve irrigated wheat yields within their cotton rotation are being encouraged to trial altered agronomic strategies on small-scale areas.]]></description>
            
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            <title>QPIF promises must-see display at Ag-Grow</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries' display site at next week&acute;s 2009 Emerald Ag-Grow field days (July 9 - 11) will focus on Best Management Practices (BMP) that will help grain growers, irrigators and cattle producers to boost enterprise profitability.]]></description>
            
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            <title>New fishing rules start Wednesday</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Commercial fishers will need to brush up on their rules from 1 July 2009 with a number of regulation changes coming into effect along Queensland&acute;s east coast that will affect the shark and ray fishery in particular.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Unlocking the secrets of high-quality beef: field day for NQ graziers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A succulent, juicy, tender steak is the Holy Grail for many foodies - and Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF) is using its scientific expertise and beef breeding and rearing skills to help more graziers achieve this meat lover&acute;s utopia.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Junior critics rave &#45; horse welfare books are a winner</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kids all over Queensland have given a big thumbs-up to Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries&acute; (QPIF) series of animal welfare books about caring for horses in an Indigenous community.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Quick response to control new Townsville crazy ant infestation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Biosecurity Queensland is moving to control a new infestation of yellow crazy ants at Douglas.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Prepared onion growers don&acute;t cry</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There were no tears in Gatton last week when more than 50 of the state&acute;s onion growers, resellers, agronomists and packers gathered to hear the latest research to help them manage onion thrip.]]></description>
            
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            <title>US wine expert reveals peek-a-boo effect </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although Stanthorpe is more renowned for its cool climes than sunshine, it was the recent destination of choice for more than 50 of the state&acute;s wine growers and industry experts eager to learn more about the effects of sunlight on grapes.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Lantana control field days focus on planning</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Planning of a well-timed and well-resourced on-property management strategy is the key to reclaiming the economic productivity of Central Coast grazing lands infested with lantana. ]]></description>
            
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            <title>Green thumbs up for Nambour eco office</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Queensland Government&acute;s first environmentally friendly office building, which boasts significant reductions in energy and water use, has taken top honours at the Sunshine Coast&acute;s premier environmental awards. ]]></description>
            
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            <title>Know your javelin</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fishers wetting a line throughout Queensland are reminded to brush up on the new rules that now apply to javelin. ]]></description>
            
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            <title>New equipment ensures important rabbit fence work continues</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[For those working on the rabbit fence, it's business as usual but with 555 km of fence to look after, you don&acute;t need an unreliable, prone-to-overheating tractor - so it&acute;s out with the old and in with the new.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Study reviews grazing land regeneration economics</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Injecting capital into restoring the long-term economic viability of degraded grazing land is an attractive investment option for brigalow-blackbutt landholders but it represents an economic challenge for those on narrow-leaf ironbark woodlands.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Beef industry business advice at your fingertips at Beef 2009</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Visitors to the Beef Australia 2009 expo in Rockhampton next month will be able to spend 45 minutes receiving free, uninterrupted advice from one of the experts with Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Murray cod &#45; a stocking dilemma</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fisheries scientists are investigating whether millions of introduced Murray cod in Queensland waterways are impacting on native fish populations to determine the best level of fish stocking.]]></description>
            
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            <title>Sorghum yields a research priority</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Continuing high demand for feed grain is stimulating the on-going quest to lift yields and their reliability for one of Queensland&acute;s major cereal crops. ]]></description>
            
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            <title>Wheat growers can pocket fertiliser savings</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Wheat growers putting extra starter fertiliser on their crops at the start of the season are not getting any extra benefit, according to trials conducted by Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF).]]></description>
            
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            <title>Native fish stocks needing a boost</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Southern Queensland residents are being urged to help reverse the problem of declining native fish numbers, not only in their local area, but throughout Australia. ]]></description>
            
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            <title>Downs regional extension officer appointed </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPIF) has appointed a new extension officer to work with the cotton and grain industries on the Darling Downs. ]]></description>
            
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