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Latest NewsOnline lessons launch truffle trading
A 31 July 2017: A new truffle-growing co-operative is celebrating its first online sale, less than 24 hours after receiving marketing advice from Farming Together. The Australian Government-backed program provided the NSW/ACT truffle co-op with free advice that saw...
Beef, bees and business plans at farm women meeting
21 July 2017: Business models will be the subject of a planning day for women in agriculture from Port Phillip and Western Port next week. Women in Sustainable Agriculture, (WiSA) totalling about 60 beef, sheep, permaculture, fruits, vegetables, bees, vines and pork...
July 2017: Latest Farming Together ebulletin
Going to 8122 readers. Click on the following link Farming Together news: Funding, grants & scholarships to boost your ag-idea.
Sheep folk are the most-flockable
Australia’s sheep, lamb and wool producers are the nation’s keenest to form collaborations, according to the national Farming Together program. In its first 10 months, the campaign encouraging farmers, fishers and foresters to form groups has attracted more sheep,...
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Feast your ears
Join us at our national Farming Together forum in Adelaide on June 6 and feast your ears on these speakers: Dr Mike Briers AO, the CEO of the new Food Agility CRC, named as Australia’s chief evangelist for big data and the Internet of Things. He co-founded the agtech...
Farmer info gap concerns: survey
Primary producers are more concerned about information gaps between farmers than information gaps among the consumers of their products. A running survey of more than 200 people who have so far registered for the Farming Together forum on June 6 reveals that 48.5% of...
Strength in numbers …
Sheepmeat innovators developing kindest cut of all
19 MAY 2017: An on-farm micro-abattoir service for small-scale meat producers is planning a major expansion mid-year … and farmers are invited to hear the story next month in Adelaide. The husband-and-wife team developing the service say there is appetite among...
Online DIY co-op builder an Australian-first
15 MAY 2017: Want to launch a co-op? Don't know where to start? Australia’s first co-op builder will be free and online from next month. The Farm Co-op Builder has been developed by the national Farming Together program and will be launched on June 6. Developed in...