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31 Oct 2005 | Bush phone lines may cost much more
Telstra warned that people in rural areas could end up paying 10 times more for their telephone lines if the competition regulator forces Telstra to cut the amount it charges competing telcos for network access in the city. ...... FULL STORY
31 Oct 2005 | Tasmanian government underwrites Meander dam
The Tasmanian government said it would underwrite the purchase of water from the proposed Meander Dam from Tasmanian Water Solutions. ...... FULL STORY
31 Oct 2005 | Case and New Holland go their separate ways
CNH will fully divorce the marketing of its red and blue brand of tractors and other agricultural equipment. ...... FULL STORY
31 Oct 2005 | China open to Aussie citrus
The Australian government has negotiated access to China for citrus. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2005 | Wholesale egg prices under cost of production
An egg price war in South Australia has cut prices at some retailers to as low as $1 a dozen. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2005 | Some GM contamination tolerated
State and federal agriculture ministers have agreed to adjust moratoria on genetically modified crops to allow a threshold of 0.9 per cent contamination in crops. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2005 | Haulage rates soar in NSW
A hike in haulage rates and header running costs on the back of this year's soaring fuel prices is set to make the big grain harvest in New South Wales this season the most expensive on record. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2005 | Agents won’t work with sheep ID rules
Stock and station agents say they will boycott the sheep National Livestock Identification System. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2005 | Wool growers seek salvation in US market
After a decade of inexorably declining prices and production, the wool industry is gearing up for a US$7 million marketing program in the United States. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2005 | Bird import ban lifted
Australian quarantine authorities lifted a short-lived ban on bird imports. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2005 | Irrigators guaranteed water allocation for 15 years
Victoria’s government said it would maintain farmers' irrigation entitlements for at least 15 years. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2005 | Visual tracking system for sheep
The Sheepmeat Council said it would adopt a visual identification, rather than an electronic system, to identify sheep and goats. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2005 | Growers doubt AWB’s optimism over wheat harvest
AWB revised its forecast for the Australian 2005/06 wheat harvest, lifting it by nine per cent into the 23 million to 25 million tonne range. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2005 | AWB loses Iraq wheat contract
Iraq awarded a tender for one million tonnes of wheat to two US firms, Columbia Grains and Louis Dreyfus. ...... FULL STORY
26 Oct 2005 | Hail storms through granite belt
Hail storms destroyed apple crops and hail netting worth at least $20 million in Queensland’s south-east granite belt on Monday afternoon. ...... FULL STORY
26 Oct 2005 | Decent rain breaks SA drought
Regular rain since late September will lift income of South Australia’s farmers by an estimated $250 million this year. ...... FULL STORY
26 Oct 2005 | Pacific Island nations seek to supply seasonal labour
Australia’s horticultural skills shortage could be relieved with the help of workers from the Pacific Islands according researchers from Swinburne’s Institute for Social Research, in Melbourne. ...... FULL STORY
25 Oct 2005 | Agribusiness confidence cool, but warming
Agricultural processors say their confidence about the business outlook is at its lowest level since the drought three years ago. ...... FULL STORY
25 Oct 2005 | Milk price rise but profits fall for Dairy Farmers
Dairy co-operative Dairy Farmers incurred a $12.2 million loss in the year to June 2005 as it undertook a financial restructure in preparation for a public listing. ...... FULL STORY
25 Oct 2005 | Avocado market information ripens
Avocados Australia, an industry body, said it developed Infocado, an internet-based marketing information system to enable the industry to smooth out the peaks and troughs in weekly volumes of fruit. ...... FULL STORY
25 Oct 2005 | Saudi sheep trade picks up
Live sheep exports from Western Australia to Saudi Arabia are up to 350,000 sheep since the trade resumed in July. ...... FULL STORY
24 Oct 2005 | Cotton contractors leaving the business
Cotton contractors say that drought, tightening margins and rising yields are making the contract harvesting unprofitable. ...... FULL STORY
21 Oct 2005 | NSW agencies seek steep rise in water charges
The State Water Corporation and Department of Natural Resources recommended steep rises in the price of irrigated water, in submissions to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal. ...... FULL STORY
21 Oct 2005 | Administrator disputes ownership of grain
The administrator of Creasy’s Grain Enterprises in north-western NSW wants to sell grain, in the name of the company, rather than treating the grain as owned by farmers. ...... FULL STORY
21 Oct 2005 | Hail a wrecker in WA wheat belt
A surprise hail storm destroyed about 25,000 hectares of crops in the West Australian wheat belt. ...... FULL STORY
21 Oct 2005 | Supermarkets prefer Queensland bananas
Banana growers in Queensland are enjoying a $17 a carton price advantage over growers in NSW, due to the more even quality of their fruit, which suits supermarket buyers. ...... FULL STORY
20 Oct 2005 | Poultry and bird owners must register flocks
Poultry owners, bird fanciers and owners of birds used for sporting events must register their flocks with the Department of Primary Industries in Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
20 Oct 2005 | Cattlemen push for compromise on alpine grazing
Mountain cattlemen in Victoria said they would broaden their fight to regain access for cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park. ...... FULL STORY
20 Oct 2005 | Riverland Fruit Cop-op creditors wait for dividend
Creditors of the Riverland Fruit Co-operative have had their second dividend payment delayed by court action. ...... FULL STORY
19 Oct 2005 | WA faces milk shortage
Western Australian dairy producers may be unable to supply enough fresh milk to meet local demand this summer. ...... FULL STORY
19 Oct 2005 | Collective bargaining blocked by ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission issued a draft determination that would deny authorisation to Dairy WA to negotiate collectively on behalf of dairy farmers. ...... FULL STORY
19 Oct 2005 | Struggling Tatura loses customers and money
Tatura Milk Industries in northern Victoria traded in the red in the last financial year, with a pre-tax loss of $6.1 million. ...... FULL STORY
19 Oct 2005 | NSW frees local rice market
The NSW Government said it would deregulate the state’s domestic rice market, but maintain the single export desk. ...... FULL STORY
18 Oct 2005 | Dam Leak cost midland farmers
Farmers say they have lost water worth $300,000 through the leak and emergency works on the Tunbridge dam in Tasmania’s midlands. ...... FULL STORY
18 Oct 2005 | Farms spring back to life in New South Wales
Four months ago most of NSW was a dust bowl. ...... FULL STORY
18 Oct 2005 | Water allocations rise for Murrumbidgee irrigators
Good spring rains in NSW should see a near doubling on last year’s Australian rice planting, rising to 80,000 hectares. ...... FULL STORY
18 Oct 2005 | Winter wheat crop above average
Australian Wheat Forecasters expects the national winter wheat crop to come in at just under 24 million tonnes, above the average crop of 20.6 million tonnes for the past five years. ...... FULL STORY
18 Oct 2005 | Classified fertiliser a scarce commodity
Wine grape growers say they are finding it difficult to obtain ammonium nitrate because it has been reclassified as high consequence dangerous goods. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2005 | Farm subsidies inefficient and degrading, finds CSIRO
Government subsidies for poor and drought-stricken farmers are doing more harm than good by encouraging struggling farmers to stay on the land, analysis by the CSIRO found. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2005 | Timber schemes make more money from horticulture
Timber plantation companies are moving into fruits, nuts and even cows as land prices for timber rise and investor priorities shift. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2005 | Rain eases drought in SE Queensland
Rain at the weekend across southeast Queensland gave many farmers a chance to plant summer crops. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2005 | Queensland subsidies protection of native vegetation
The Queensland government wants landholders in south east to take part in the Vegetation Incentives Program. ...... FULL STORY
14 Oct 2005 | Elders front runner for Harvey beef
At least four parties, including the Green family, are seeking to buy Western Australia’s biggest beef producer and exporter, E.G. Green and Sons. ...... FULL STORY
14 Oct 2005 | ABARE takes hard line against GM moratorium
Australian grain growers may lose at least $3 billion in income over the next 15 years if the state governments did not lift their moratoriums banning commercial planting of genetically modified crops... ...... FULL STORY
14 Oct 2005 | Queensland slaps new charge on cotton irrigators
Cotton irrigators in the Dirranbandi region of south-western Queensland are smarting over an administration charge of $4 per megalitre of water. ...... FULL STORY
14 Oct 2005 | Dairy farmers won’t share in milk price hike
National Foods said it would pass any of the increased retail milk prices back to dairy farmers. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2005 | Goulburn water reform delayed until 2007
The Victorian Government has agreed to delay water reforms that unbundle northern irrigators' water rights into three new components until July 2007. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2005 | ABARE digs into Tasmanian vegetable growers
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics will investigate the viability of Tasmanian vegetable growers. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2005 | Telstra turns to Elders to market bush broadband
Telstra and Elders said Mt Gambier in South Australia’s South-East would be the third pilot site for a joint initiative aimed at improving rural access to telecommunications products and services. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2005 | Elders quits wool exchange
Elders quit the Australian Wool Exchange. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2005 | More GM canola found in Victoria
The first traceable case of genetically modified contamination in commercially grown non-GM canola in Australia was recorded last week in the West Wimmera, Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2005 | FNQ farmers land Coles potato contract
A group of north Queensland potato farmers has signed a contract with Coles Myer to supply 2,000 tonnes of spuds. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2005 | Valencia orange supply in excess
More than 50,000 tonnes of valencia oranges may be dumped or fed to cattle this season because of a flood of Brazilian orange juice imports. ...... FULL STORY
12 Oct 2005 | Rising fuel costs eats into farm profits
The rising cost of diesel and petrol will cut into the profits of Australian farmers this financial year. ...... FULL STORY
12 Oct 2005 | Heritage fund turns cattle station over to conservation
The Australian Bush Heritage Fund paid $3.7 million to buy the Craven’s Park cattle station in western Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
12 Oct 2005 | US wool promotion gets go-ahead
A multi-million dollar promotion of Australian wool in the United States will go ahead after Woolmark Company and Australian Wool Innovation signed off on the plan. ...... FULL STORY
11 Oct 2005 | Wide range of forecasts for winter crops
Late sowing of winter crops, including wheat in eastern Australia, has complicated forecasting. ...... FULL STORY
11 Oct 2005 | Frost damage trims WA grain crop forecast
The 2005/06 harvest has commenced in Western Australia with the first load of lupins delivered to the CBH Group Geraldton Terminal. ...... FULL STORY
11 Oct 2005 | AWB loses Iraq contract
Iraq handed a plum order to farmers in the United States, overlooking Australian wheat farmers who have traditionally been the main supplier to the Middle East. ...... FULL STORY
11 Oct 2005 | Higher truck rego proposed
The National Transport Commission will recommend increases in registration and diesel excise charges on trucks. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2005 | Beef brands fatten margins
Australian Agricultural Co is achieving increased sales of branded beef products. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2005 | Foreign investors cool on top end cattle
Five cattle stations in the Northern Territory owned by interests associated with the Sultan of Brunei are for sale, and are expected to sell for more than $30 million. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2005 | Timber a top earner in Gippsland
The timber industry turns over $1.2 billion a year in Victoria’s Gippsland region, the same level as for tourism and behind agriculture, at $1.7 billion. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2005 | Restrictions lifted on Murray irrigators
Heavy rainfall in north-eastern Victoria during September produced improved inflows into the Murray River. ...... FULL STORY
7 Oct 2005 | Ruralco open to Roberts bid
Ruralco Holdings said it would be prepared to revisit merger talks with Tasmania-based competitor Roberts. ...... FULL STORY
7 Oct 2005 | Farmers get five years to adopt company status
The federal government will extend the time farmers and small businesses have to become companies in order to be covered by the new federal employment laws. ...... FULL STORY
7 Oct 2005 | Cherry farmers see red
Cherry farmers face a huge glut of fruit. ...... FULL STORY
7 Oct 2005 | Many canola crops likely to include GM seeds
The canola crop of a Wimmera farmer has been found to be contaminated with Bayer's Liberty Link gene at a level of 0.5 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
7 Oct 2005 | Western farm lobbies target wheat monopoly
WAFarmers and the Pastoralists and Graziers Association, rival farm lobbies in Western Australia, have joined in calls for AWB International to take greater control of wheat pool management and to outsource services to companies other than AWB Ltd. ...... FULL STORY
6 Oct 2005 | East coast grain crop looking bright
Bulk handler GrainCorp said it expected a rise of at least 26 per cent in the level of grain receivals for the 2005/06 winter crop. ...... FULL STORY
6 Oct 2005 | Australia and China trade pears and oranges
Biosecurity Australia, the quarantine authority, said it would allow imports of ya pears from China. ...... FULL STORY
6 Oct 2005 | Ricegrowers emerges from Sunrice
The SunRice cooperative will convert to a company following endorsement by 91 per cent of the 2000 member growers. ...... FULL STORY
6 Oct 2005 | Queensland Cotton may buy Colly gins
Queensland Cotton Holdings said it may bid for the ginning and marketing assets of Colly Cotton. ...... FULL STORY
5 Oct 2005 | Outsiders free to buy farm water
Up to 10 per cent of Victoria's irrigation water may be sold to anyone, and not necessarily to farmers, under new laws. ...... FULL STORY
5 Oct 2005 | Water price rises in northern Victoria
Goulburn Murray Water plans to raise water prices by between 19 per cent and 25 per cent by July 2007, with more increases to come. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2005 | Rate rebate for Vic farmers
Farmers in Victoria may qualify for rebates of their local government rates if they are also eligible for federal government “exceptional circumstances” assistance. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2005 | Warm weather sends prices bananas
Banana growers and traders say a warm winter in northern Queensland, where 80 per cent of the fruit is grown in Australia, has caused the price of the fruit to exceed $1 each. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2005 | Murray Goulburn profit back in business
Diary co-operative Murray Goulburn returned to profit after two bad years attributed to the drought. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2005 | Truck rego may increase fourfold
The National Transport Commission wants to increase registration fees paid by some truck operators by four times. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2005 | Too few goats to sustain abattoirs
Australian goat meat exports increased by 16 per cent 2004/05 to a record 18,700 tonnes, making Australia the largest global exporter of goat meat. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2005 | All clear for second stage of Ord scheme
The West Australian government and Miriuwong Gajerrong traditional owners are expected to sign off on the second stage of the Ord River irrigation scheme, bringing to an end a decade-long native title claim. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2005 | Fertiliser prices rise five per cent
Incitec Pivot said it would increase the price of its high volume fertilisers - urea, DAP, superphosphate and Muriate of Potash - in October by five per cent. ...... FULL STORY
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