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Tough Times Call For A Review Of Farm Business Performance, Martin Van Bueren, John Young

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Most Australian farm businesses specialising in wool production are operating at a loss at current wool prices. After both short term operating and long term costs of capital depreciation are accounted for, only a small number of wool growers are able to make a profit with the wool market indicator below 500c/kg.

Poor prices have stimulated wool growers to review their operations and look to ways of improving cash flow in the short term, such as diversifying into cropping. The downturn should also prompt growers to address the longer term trends of declining terms of trade and historically poor productivity …

Diversification In The Woolbelt, John Allen

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The productivity and diversification initiative for wool growers incorporates two leves of diversification.

Greatest emphasis is placed on industry wide increases in cropping intensity and in the range of crop types grown.

The second level involves non-traditional, alternative enterprises, each offering prospects for expansion of a limited number of wool growing businesses, suited to particular parts of the woolbelt.

The alternative enterprises include floriculture, aquaculture, export hay, farm tourism, commercial timber, horticulture and new animal industries.

Holding Our Edge In Noodle Wheat, Graham Crosbie

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

For many years, the Japanese milling and noodle industries have regarded Australian Standard White (ASW) wheat from Western Australia as the best in the world for the manufacture of white, salted Japanese noodles known as 'udon' (pronounced oo-don).

Recently, the Australian Wheat Board has also developed a significant market for this wheat type in South Korea, where it has been readily accepted for the production of Korean dried noodles.

The Wheat Board has estimated the total market demand from Japan and South Korea for this type of wheat to be 1.0-1.2 million tonnes, equivalent to about 20-25 per cent of …

1994 Agriculture Outlook & Policy Issues, University Of Nebraska Agricultural Economics Department, Lynn H. Lutgen Compiler

Department of Agricultural Economics: News, Announcements, and Information

Introduction – Sam Cordes, Department Head

1994 General Economic Outlook — A.L. (Roy) Frederick

Agricultural Export Trading Companies: Their Potential for Nebraska Under NAFTA – Robert L. McGeorge

NAFTA and Agriculture in Nebraska – Jay E. Rempe and E. Wesley F. Peterson

Long-term Trends in Nebraska's Farm Product Mix – Rlchard K. Perrin

The State of the State's Transportation System – Dale G. Anderson

Issues For The 1994 Nebraska Legislature –A.L. (Roy) Frederlck

Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook – H. Doug Jose

Production Cost Prospects for 1994 – H. Doug Jose

1994 Custom Rates Outlook – Raymond E. Massey

Projected …

Beef Farms : Thriving Profits To Expensive Lifestyles, Bevan Kingdon, Greg Sawyer

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Low wool prices in the last few years have stimulated interest in beef production in many areas of the State. Market sales at $500 and above for vealers sound attractive, but profitability of farms varies greatly. A BeefFarm Survey conducted by the Department of Agriculture has some interesting preliminary findings. Based on fairly modest returns for the operator's time, some farms are actually losing rather than making money on their beef enterprise, although potential profits are sizeable with good management. Interestingly, the biggest farms are not always the most efficient.

Awassi Fat Tails : A Chance For Premium Exports, Fiona Sunderman, Michael Johns

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Most prople have heard of the Awassi, even if they have never seen one. This unique breed of fat tail sheep, imported into Astralia in 1987, was released from quarantine for commercial development nearly 12 months ago. Its supporters believe Awassis could form the basis of a high-value export industry while replacing imports. Developments over the next few years will test its potential and should result in the Awassi playing an important role in an increasingly diversified Australian farming scene.

New Lamb Marketing Opportunities, Tim Marshall

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The changes to the future operations of the Western Australian Meat Marketing Corporation will provide increased opportunities for prime lamb producers.

In summary, these changes are the removal of acquisition from the domestic market while retaining it for lambs destined for export, and the establishment of the Corporation as a single desk seller on the export market.

This should result in increased domestic consumption of lamb, less reliance on lower priced export markets, a change in the type of lamb produced, and a reduction of imports of lamb from the Eastern States.

Bulletin 4270 - Meat Quality In Beef Cattle, Brian Mcintyre

Bulletins 4000 -

Meat quality is the sole concern of the consumer once the product reaches the supermarket shelf. Breeding, feeding or any other factors that may have been important to the beef producer have no influence over the buyer's choice. Meat quality can be divided into two components — appearance and eating quality.

Cauliflower Exports Show Strong Growth, Dennis Phillips

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Cauliflowers were Western Australia's second most valuable horticultural export crop after carrots in 1993-94 with 11,593 tonnes exported for an estimated FOB value of $12.9 million.

Exports have increased 89 per cent in the last five years with spectacular growth in the January to March period. Western Australian exporters have effectively displaced Taiwan from the Singapore and Malaysian markets in this period to become year-round suppliers.

The crop is exported fresh by air or sea with Singapore and Malaysia accounting for more than 90 per cent of sales. Other traditional markets include Hong Kong and Brunei with small quantities going …

Lupin Logic Number 41

Lupin Logic

Content:

Kiev lupins for export

Lupin variety recommendations for 1994

Stubble grazing

Storage of lupin information

Resistance to testing?

Christmas message

193/94 Estimateed lupin equities

Bulletin 4272 - Growing Bananas In Carnarvon, Terry Hill

Bulletins 4000 -

The banana industry in Carnarvon began with small plantings. plantings in the 1940s. Since that time the industry has grown and become the mainstay of the region's horticulture industry.

In 1991, there were 360 ha planted to bananas and the industry was valued at $18.2 million. The major market for the crop is the Perth metropolitan area and Carnarvon remains the major supplier to this market. In recent years the development of a banana industry in Kununurra has resulted in increased competition, particularly in the winter months.

The industry is sited on land bordering the Gascoyne River, close to the …

A Socio-Economic Study Of Nature Tourist Behavior In Louisiana, Rudolf Walter Jacobs Ast

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Miscellaneous Publication 42/93 - Development And Dissemination Of Design Methods For Rangeland Paddocks Which Maximise Animal Production And Minimise Land Degradation, Shane Cridland, Mark Stafford Smith

Animal production and livestock published reports

Surveys of rangeland resources in Western Australia to date have shown that 23% of the area surveyed is in poor range condition. Poor condition is characterised by the loss of perennial vegetation allowing wind and water erosion. Approximately another 37% is in only fair range condition (Curry and Hacker 1990).

The loss of range condition is partly due to uneven use of paddocks by sheep and cattle. The areas close to water and the preferred pasture types are often over-utilised, while areas well away from water and less preferred pasture types are under-utilised. The result is that rangeland in good, …

Lupin Logic Number 40

Lupin Logic

Contents

Albus lupin warning

Market outlook

Seed quality testing

Binder and index

Furrow seeding

Bulletin 4267 - Growing Macadamia Nuts, John Dick, Alec Mccarthy

Bulletins 4000 -

The macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia and M. tetraphylla) are native Australian trees that have been developed as a commercial food crop.

About two million macadamia trees are planted in Australia over 6000 hectares. These produce about 12,000 tonnes of nuts. New South Wales and Queensland account for 90 per cent of the trees.

Unfortunately, Western Australian conditions are different again to the eastern States. Therefore, local trials will be required before varieties particularly suited to this State's conditions can be developed.

Department Of Fisheries Annual Report 1992/93, Department Of Fisheries, Western Australia

Department of Fisheries Annual Reports

In accordance with Section 62 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985, I submit for your information and presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of the Fisheries Department for the financial year ending 30 June 1993.

The Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 and Sections 57 and 35M of the Fisheries Act 1905.

From this year the State of the Fisheries report will be incorporated into the Annual Report. It is also intended that the State of Fisheries be published as an extract of the Annual Report, …

Lupin Logic Number 39

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lunar landscape

- Rhizoctonia patch

- Eradu patch

- Action required

Back saving bin

Row orientation

Manganese spraying

Reminders

Correction

1992/93 Pool payments

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 36 Number 1, Fall 1993, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

10 - DISCONNECTED A loss of continuity and connectedness could be the price we pay for this era of decentralized, customized technology. By Timothy J. Lukes

14 - STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT Private colleges scramble to control financial aid costs, and families struggle with too few aid dollars to go around. Here are the stories of four families who have worked in partnership with the University to make it through. By Elizabeth Fernandez '79, Overview by Elise Banducci '87

23 - THE MORAL LIFE In his recent encyclical, the pope speaks out on human nature, Christian boundaries, and universal truths. …

Lupin Logic Number 38

Lupin Logic

Contents

Attitudes to dry seeding lupins

Communication corrections

Liming and lupins

- Editors note

CMV testing 1993/94

- Changes for 1993

Reminders

1992/93 Pool payments

Lupin Logic Number 37

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupin yields

Western flower thrips

Stubble handling

Broome seed banks

Reminders

Communication channels

Lupin Logic Number 36

Lupin Logic

Contents

Paddock walk?

Virus resitant lupins

Fest lupins

Beethoven not good enough!

Lupin receivals

Kiev post plant weed control

Mailing list

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 35 Number 3, Summer 1993, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

9 - MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS When people come together to make a family, the result is a holy union of imperfection. By Mitch Finley '73

12 - THE CLEANUP ARMY A $l34 billion industry thrives on cleaning up what's hazardous to your health. Plus, is the environmental movement racist? By Susan Frey

20 - UP CLOSE: GERALD UELMEN SCU's law dean takes nothing more seriously than his field and his goals for the School of Law, yet he manages to find humor at almost every tum. By Sabrina Brown

24 - BEYOND 'THE SPHERE FOR WHICH …

Lupin Logic Number 35

Lupin Logic

Contents

Transgenic lupins

Seventh international Lupin Conference

Inoculation

Lupin Survey

Post emergence weed control

Fungicides post plant

Yield estimates

Projected 1992/93 Pool payments/tonne

Central Bank Of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin, June 1993, Central Bank Of Nigeria

CBN Statistical Bulletin

This volume/year presents data on the Money and Banking sub-sector, including central banking, financial markets, non-bank financial institutions, clearing house activities, merchant and commercial banking, and public finance statistics. The data includes consolidation of commercial and merchant banks' first and second schedule statistical returns, computation of liquidity ratio, cash reserve ratio, loan/deposit ratio, proportion of loans to rural borrowers and small-scale enterprises, and reconstitution of the Central Bank's balance sheet. The data also indicates the level of banking habit in the industry.

It further explains the classification of insurance companies by their business type, including whole life, non-life, and mixed …

Lupin Logic Number 34

Lupin Logic

Contents

Kiev Mutant

- Soil type

- Rainfall

- Seed treatment

Time of seeding

- Seeding rate and agitation

- Weed control

- Insects

- Harvest

- Stubble grazing

- Marketing

Breeding Albus lupins - Beavan Buirchell

4.5 tonnes per hectare

Lupin outlook - John Orr

Fisheries Management Paper No 53 - Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee - Report To The Minister For Fisheries And Management Arrangements For 1992/93, Fisheries Department Of Western Australia

Fisheries Management Papers

The Minister for Fisheries announced the 1992/93 fishing season management arrangements for West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery on 11 August 1992. These arrangements arose as a result of the Minister's consideration of the Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee's recommendations outlined in Fisheries Management Paper no.46.

Following this announcement, on 28 August 1992, the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council Sub-Committee on rock lobster submitted a range of alternative management proposals.

The Rock Lobster Industry Advisory Committee (RLIAC) met in Perth on the 9 September 1992 at the request of the Minister for Fisheries to further examine and report on management arrangements.

Lupin Logic Number 33

Lupin Logic

Contents

Phosphorus for lupin crops

- Using the table

Phosphate source

Lupin seeding rates

Lime and lupins

Time of planting

1992/93 Pool payments

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 35 Number 2, Spring 1993, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

9 - HOW SCU ALUMS PUT CLINTON IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT Before there was a President Clinton, there was a long-shot campaign energized by SCU grads. In Ride Around America, White House Press Sec retary Dec Dee Myers '83 details some decisive days on the road to Washington (page 10). Voting the Unthinkable: Why Silicon Valley Got on the Clinton-Gore Bus by Susan Frey describes how Apple's Dave Barram MBA '73 convinced high-tech Republicans to take a chance on Clinton (page 14).

16 - HIV-POSITIVE One of every 250 Americans is infected with the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus. This chilling, …

Lupin Logic Number 32

Lupin Logic

Contents

Lupin survey

- Lupin time of planting census 1992

- Yield

- Stand density

- Concession

- Dry seeding

- Time of seeding

Tonnes or grams

Inoculant and seed treatments

Yield losses with 0.5% CMV seed

Stubble burn?

New research on early establishment of lupins

Lupin Logic Number 31

Lupin Logic

Contents

The 1992/93 harvests - Chris Maughan, Grain Pool of WA

International market report - John Orr, Grain Pool WA

Price forecast

Early planting survey

Lupin outlook meetings

Lupins for feed and food - Barry Cox, Grain Pool WA

- Stockfeed

- Human consumption

CMV testing

Seed size