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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1976

9 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Visit by Canadian Farmers

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 4 February 1976 · page 3

A group of 24 Canadian farmers and ranchers will spend two days on the…

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Train Killed 7 Cattle

Sawtell Guardian · Friday 26 March 1976 · page 4

A fast goods train slammed into seven head of meatworks catle half a mile south of Macksville…

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Cowper ALP Supports N.C. Dairymen

Sawtell Guardian · Friday 26 March 1976 · page 4

The ALP Cowper electorate Council meeting at Bellingen carried a resolution expressing…

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Dairy Pasture Council to meet at Bellingen

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 10 November 1976 · page 9

The inaugural meeting of the Mid North Coast Daily and Pasture Council will be held at Bellingen this month. The meeting will be held in the Bellingen CWA Rooms at 8 pm on Wednesday, November 17…

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Cattle brands in short supply

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 17 November 1976 · page 3

Simple cattle brands are hard to come by, according to Mr. G. Gee, of the Port Macquarie Pastures Protection Board. Mr. Gee has appealed to stockowners…

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Beef cattle symposium in Grafton tomorrow

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 17 November 1976 · page 4

The controversial issue of cascase classification will be the theme at the North…

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Herdsmen’s Notes: Chance for dairy farmers to grow

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 24 November 1976 · page 4

The inability, to find and keep good help is one. reason why some dairymen have stopped dairying or cannot expand their scale of operations. Providing the promised increase for milk is substantial, many dairy…

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Herdsmen’s Notes: Bloat: A big killer in dairy cattle herds

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 1 December 1976 · page 4

Bloat is a serious complaint which kills dairy cows in the Coffs Harbour district each year. Farmers suffer losses in several ways. These losses includes the replacement value and the total loss of production of dead animals…

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Wonderfully productive vine crops Your Garden

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 15 December 1976 · page 11

Vine crops which belong to the “cucurbit family” are wonderfully productive and summer favourites with housewife and gardener…

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