In today's National Rural News:  

** Early Total Fire bans in the Northern Territory could be a sign of things to come in the southern states,

** A new reports shows the vast majority of productivity gains are happening in country Australia - with calls to start measuring national productivity by location,

** And positive news - at least for now - for Tasmanian potato farmers, as talks resume with the atate's largest processor - Simplot, 

Plus the latest from the markets and more. 

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