Josh Becker
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ABC Rural Reporter, South East NSW. Views my own. [email protected]
Joined January 2012
Bega Cheese Limited profits are down by 74 per cent in the half year financial results released to the ASX today. High farm gate milk prices have put pressure on margins for the dairy processor. @ABCRural
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Bega Valley farmers raise more than $80 000 for little Hugo to help him seek medical treatment in the UK for rare genetic disorder @ABCRural #agchatoz
https://t.co/TCeP4sGt3z
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Millions spent in world-record-breaking bull sale as Australian cattle market booms via @ABCRural by @joshvbecker and @ellybradfield
https://t.co/mZ9iBUcjh2 via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
A stud sale in the NSW central west has set a new world record, after more than $5 million was spent by farmers, leading to an average sale price of more than $43,000 per bull.
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Bega Cheese profits slide but revenue grows to $3 billion as company announces full-year results via @ABCRural by @joshvbecker
abc.net.au
Bega Cheese shares have soared by 12 per cent after the company revealed a "milestone" revenue jump and a positive outlook for the coming year, despite a 69 per cent drop in statutory profits.
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Two months, 99 infected sites and still no answers on where bee parasite varroa mite came from 🐝 @kimhonan @joshvbecker @ABCRural
abc.net.au
It's the tiny parasite that has beekeepers on edge, threatening to rip $70 million a year from Australia's honey industry, and still many questions remain.
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Fuel thefts double on farms as prices remain high, landholders urged to lock up @joshvbecker @HaleySheridan88
https://t.co/v2Ni0ju7Zw via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Rural crime investigators share "concerning" trend as thousands of litres of fuel are being stolen from farms and utes in recent weeks.
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#Inverell cattle station Paradise Creek Station sells for $22m after four generations via @joshvbecker @ABCRural
https://t.co/jh43NeiBF3 via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Wilmot Cattle Company expands its NSW portfolio by buying Inverell property Paradise Creek, which has been in the same farming family for four generations.
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"Greenwashing is rife": wool and cotton push to change EU labelling laws that will see natural fibres rated worse than synthetic alternatives. @ABCRural #agchatoz #WOOL
https://t.co/eF2uGHI3yp
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Australian Wool Innovation Director election results - Jock Laurie, Don McDonald and Georgia Hack elected to the board. #AWIAGM
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Fair Work Commission says farmers must pay a minimum rate to fruit pickers - major win for AWU and end to piece rates. https://t.co/V6PI0iYwEc
abc.net.au
In what the union describes as one of the most significant industrial decisions of modern times, the Fair Work Commission rules workers picking fruit on a piece rate must be guaranteed a minimum wage.
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Tasmanian Poll Dorset ram Lyell breaks breed record https://t.co/0dZwpUfg2p via @Hughiehogan
abc.net.au
A Poll Dorset ram from northern Tasmania has captured more than $40,000 in an online auction.
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#Earthquake M5.6 Near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 9mins ago 21 Sep 23:15 UTC - report/info: https://t.co/z5rnhJKOwP
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BREAKING: Covid-19 detected in South East NSW - Bega MP @AndrewConstance tells @SimonLauder on ABC South East that there are 7 cases in the Southern LHD. 1 person in Batemans Bay and 1 person in Cooma.
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Big brekkie spread spat ends in $9m payment to Bega Cheese:
abc.net.au
The humble jar of peanut butter on your breakfast table is about to cost an international company a lot of money.
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Dairy industry spent millions on a strategic plan, but was it worth it? @ABCRural #dairy
https://t.co/uXrads4CeL
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Irrigators accused of water theft, face fines totalling millions of dollars @ABCRural
https://t.co/EnuoaDNRRp
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#BREAKING A 13c/kgMS step-up coming for suppliers of another major dairy processor https://t.co/BT95qyQszu
@ABCRural @kellazzaro
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NSW Farmers unsure what new #koala protection policy means, while greens group label it a 'death blow' @ABCRural
https://t.co/9phcE2GYTc
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Farmers 'broadly supportive' of plans to end NSW's genetically modified crop ban @ABCRural
https://t.co/BP6whiUlVc
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A step up in milk price for Bega suppliers 👇
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