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• Celebrating Australian farmers in 2012

  Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Sid Sidebottom, have welcomed 2012 - the Australian Year of the Farmer - as an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate the significant contribution our farmers make to the country.
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• Farm export earnings forecast to rise

  Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, today welcomed the forecast rise in Australia’s agricultural export earnings in 2011–12.
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• RECORD WINTER CROP HARVEST IN SIGHT

  Generally favourable winter and spring growing conditions are expected to lead to a record 2011-12 national winter crop, according to the latest edition of the Australian Crop Report.
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• Orange Pickers Turning Grey

  Grey nomads are often associated with large caravans and slow driving but these mobile retirees also form an important source of labour in the rural sector.
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