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23 Dec 2005 | Controversial cotton irrigator merges with neighbour
Cubbie Station at Dirranbandi in southwest Queensland, has merged with nearby Blache Cotton and been turned into an unlisted public company, Cubbie Group Limited, chaired by former Queensland Treasurer Keith De Lacy. ...... FULL STORY
23 Dec 2005 | AWB set to lose Iraq market to US
Australian wheat sales to Iraq, the world’s fourth largest market, are set to cease after more than fifty years of trade, because AWB has apparently baulked at the Iraqi governments’ insistence on taking over responsibility for all shipping. ...... FULL STORY
23 Dec 2005 | Grape industry to suffer from another good harvest
Another record grape harvest this year will add to the severe oversupply problems affecting growers throughout the industry. ...... FULL STORY
22 Dec 2005 | Aussie meat endorsed by leading Japanese chef
Japan’s most popular cooking personality, Harumi Kurihara has been recruited by Meat and Livestock Australia to front a Christmas advertising campaign promoting Aussie beef and lamb dishes in 3000 supermarkets across Japan. ...... FULL STORY
22 Dec 2005 | Grape growers left without buyers
About 75 wine grape growers in the Riverland region of South Australia have been told by Fosters and McGuigan Simeon that their contracts for this years vintage will not be renewed, leaving them without buyers for their crops. ...... FULL STORY
22 Dec 2005 | Water storages fill up in Victoria
Victoria's main irrigation storage, Lake Eildon is currently 48 per cent full as recent rains have brought water and fodder for livestock across most of the north of Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
22 Dec 2005 | Farmers condemn transport fee rises
The National Transport Commission says that B-double trucks should pay up to 40 per cent more in registration costs and that on-road diesel excise rebates for all trucks needs to be cut by 2.1 per cent to help pay for road maintenance. ...... FULL STORY
22 Dec 2005 | Green family rejected by administrator of Harvey
The administrator of the debt laden EG Green Harvey meatworks has recommended that creditors reject the Green family’s proposal for the company in favour of foreign funds Stark Investments and Harmony Capital Partners. ...... FULL STORY
21 Dec 2005 | GrainCorp buys into woodchip exporter
GrainCorp joined with privately owned Geelong-based woodchipper Midway to offer about $12 million to take over Queensland Commodity Exports, another woodchipping business part-owned by Patrick Corporation. ...... FULL STORY
21 Dec 2005 | No compensation for regulated wetlands
The West Australian government has rejected an independent panel's recommendation to compensate landowners who are barred from developing their land under a wetland conservation program. ...... FULL STORY
21 Dec 2005 | SA egg producers at breaking point
Some producers in South Australia are selling eggs for 79 cents a dozen and healthy hens are being slaughtered. ...... FULL STORY
20 Dec 2005 | Goulburn Valley growers get no help from state
Four years of natural disasters in “Victoria’s fruit bowl”, the Goulburn Valley, have left many growers facing financial ruin, but their pleas for assistance were rejected by the state government.... ...... FULL STORY
20 Dec 2005 | New world trade deal signed
Agricultural export subsidies will be phased out by rich countries within seven years but farm tariffs will remain under the agreement signed by trade ministers at the WTO talks in Hong Kong. ...... FULL STORY
20 Dec 2005 | Its not Roo meat, its Australus
The “Skippy syndrome” is holding back human consumption of kangaroo meat, with most of the 3.9 million kangaroos culled this year to be fed to dogs. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2005 | Harvey creditors look to sell to new owners
London investment fund Stark Investments and Harmony Capital Partners have bid for the Harvey Meatworks from creditors of EG Green and Company and revealed plans to restructure and grow the business. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2005 | Guest workers flood in
More than 28,000 skilled workers have entered the country in the past five months on temporary visas. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2005 | Earth hots up
June and October were the hottest months ever recorded around the world as a result of increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2005 | Dairy partners sell out
Mining magnate Robert Champion de Crespigny, Wolf Blass and Perry Gunner have dissolved their partnership in the Coorong Dairies and Lakes Dairies after falling milk prices and tensions between the former friends made the deal impossible to manage. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2005 | Wheat monopoly under sustained fire
AWB used its veto on Friday to prevent WA rival CBH exporting a bulk wheat shipment to Indonesia as its monopoly on wheat sales came under further attack. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2005 | Mango harvest a fizzer
The 2005 Mango harvest is down by between 50 per cent and 70 per cent on last season with prices for Australian consumers up as a result. ...... FULL STORY
16 Dec 2005 | Beef prices and profits fall
Australian Agricultural Co announced yesterday that low cattle prices would cut the company's after-tax profit by $10 million this year. ...... FULL STORY
16 Dec 2005 | Sugar price hits new high
Sugar prices hit an eight-year high of US 13.26c/lb last week after the USA announced it would lift import quotas by 450,000 tonnes to help alleviate shortages caused by hurricanes in Louisiana and Florida. ...... FULL STORY
16 Dec 2005 | Fishing industry overhaul
Fisheries Minister Senator Ian Macdonald has instructed the Australian Fisheries Management Authority to enhance its monitoring of all fishing activity. ...... FULL STORY
15 Dec 2005 | Lamb exports set new records
Australian sheep meat exports to the US are on track to set new trading records with an in of 27 per cent in the eleven months to November, including a monthly record of 4000 tonnes of lamb sold last month alone. ...... FULL STORY
15 Dec 2005 | AQIS expands in SA
South Australian primary industry exporters and importers will benefit from a new AQIS one-stop-shop for export facilitation and certification said Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Peter McGauran. ...... FULL STORY
15 Dec 2005 | Sheep and Goats to come under NLIS
The implementation of an identification and tracing system for the sheep and goat industries has been allocated $2.5 million in federal funding for the next three years. ...... FULL STORY
15 Dec 2005 | EC drought support extended for Qld Vic and NSW
Exceptional Circumstances Drought relief funding has now been extended until well into 2006 for many beef and dairy producers in northern Victoria, many areas in western NSW and all farmers in South western Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
15 Dec 2005 | Ruralco renews bid for Roberts
Ruralco which trades under the CRT, Town & Country and Grow Force brand names, has renewed its bid to merge with Tasmanian rural supplier Roberts, six months after previous talks broke down. ...... FULL STORY
14 Dec 2005 | AWB monopoly under fire
WA grain storage and handling giant CBH has been encouraged by strong grower support in its bid to break AWB’s wheat export monopoly and will file further applications to sell directly to Asia if... ...... FULL STORY
14 Dec 2005 | Locusts on rampage
There is little that can be done to stop locusts attacking Victorian lucerne, canola, horticulture crops and other green plants, the Department of Primary Industries said. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2005 | Tasmania not happy over rail deal
A federal government package designed to keep freight trains running on the Hobart-Launceston-Burnie line for at least the next 10 years has been labelled “a bigger heist than the Great Train Robbery" by the Tasmanian government. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2005 | Japan buying beef from the US again
The Japanese government yesterday announced a partial resumption of US and Canadian beef imports in a move that is expected to have only minor impact upon Australian sales. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2005 | Fruit and vegies to get country of origin labels
New country of origin food labelling rules have been announced for unpackaged fruit, vegetables, nuts and seafood products to come into force in six months' time, for unpackaged pork products in 12 months and for packaged goods in two years' time. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2005 | Imported timber must be sustainable and legal
The federal government will ban timber imports from unsustainable and illegal timber operations under a certification scheme currently being hammered out with environmental and industry groups, Senator Ian MacDonald announced yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
12 Dec 2005 | Woolgrowers revive saline land
Australian Wool Innovation chief executive Len Stephens said improved land management practices had restored once saline land to productivity. ...... FULL STORY
12 Dec 2005 | CBH seeks wheat export licence
Grain handling and storage giant CBH has shelved plans for corporatisation and a public listing. ...... FULL STORY
12 Dec 2005 | Cane growers prefer to stay put
The sugar industry expects too few growers will leave the industry to take advantage of all the subsidies offered by the federal government to push through an industry restructure. ...... FULL STORY
9 Dec 2005 | Rice plantings recover in the Riverina
Irrigators in the southern Riverina have planted 100,000 hectares of rice this season, up from 40,000 hectares last year. ...... FULL STORY
9 Dec 2005 | Three bidders for Harvey Meatworks
Three groups have emerged as bidders for the Harvey meatworks', previously run by the collapsed company EG Green, including the Green family and Elders. ...... FULL STORY
9 Dec 2005 | Kiwis angry over effective apple ban
Pipfruit New Zealand said the safeguards proposed by Biosecurity Australia on the possible import of Apples from New Zealand were so onerous they would deny any meaningful access to the Australian market. ...... FULL STORY
9 Dec 2005 | Drought funding continues in NSW
Agriculture Minister, Peter McGauran announced an extension of Exceptional Circumstances drought funding for farmers in much of NSW, despite recent spring rains. ...... FULL STORY
8 Dec 2005 | Paradise Dam gets green light
Queensland’s government said it would fund a dam on the Barnett River. ...... FULL STORY
8 Dec 2005 | Locusts invade Victoria
Locusts have hatched at more than 470 sites across Victoria with swarms expected to cover up to 5000 hectares as the pests reach adulthood. ...... FULL STORY
7 Dec 2005 | Salinity exaggerated
Dryland salinity problems in Australia are exaggerated, according to a report published by the Australian Farm Institute. ...... FULL STORY
7 Dec 2005 | Rural confidence down
Confidence in the rural economy is down according to Rabobank with only 27 per cent of primary producers expecting a better outlook in 2006, down from 39 per cent last quarter. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2005 | 2005 the warmest year on record
The 2005 calendar year is certain to go down as the warmest since nationwide climate records for Australia began in 2005. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2005 | AWB and Futuris buy BHP out of Hi-Fert
AWB and Futuris hope to further erode the dominant market position of Incitec in the supply and distribution of fertiliser in eastern Australia. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2005 | Murray River recovers from drought
Co-ordinated management and 600 gigalitres of extra water are helping the Coorong Wetlands at the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia to recover from the drought. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2005 | GM crops under fire
Genetically modified cropping is on the brink of collapse in the USA says an agricultural expert now touring Australia to warn farmers off GM technology. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2005 | Land clearing restricted on Tasmanian farms
The Tasmanian government adopted a new policy that restricts farmers clearing forested land, known as the Permanent Forest Estate policy. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2005 | Organic demand outgrows supply
Producers in the organic food chain are experiencing a clash of cultures, between the idealistic principles of organic production and the reality of contemporary retailing. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2005 | McGuigan suspends wine grape contracts
McGuigan Simeon has begun suspending contracts with grape growers. ...... FULL STORY
2 Dec 2005 | Kiwi apple imports likely
Australia will not allow the import of any apples from New Zealand into Western Australia, but NZ apples may be allowed for import into eastern Australia. ...... FULL STORY
2 Dec 2005 | Wesfarmers broke UN sanctions on phosphate import
CSBP, a subsidiary of Wesfarmers, confirmed that it ordered a controversial shipment of phosphate fertiliser from a Moroccan company and sourced from the Western Sahara. ...... FULL STORY
2 Dec 2005 | NSW water prices may rise
Farmers in New South Wales can expect to pay more for water. The State Water Corporation and the Department of Natural Resources asked the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal to agree to rises in the price of water to cover 85 per cent of costs.. ...... FULL STORY
1 Dec 2005 | Palandri turns grape glut into a high yield investment option
Palandri Wines is looking for investors to fund its growing stock of grapes, which the winery cannot readily process into wine, as the winery cannot readily sell wine into an oversupplied market either. ...... FULL STORY
1 Dec 2005 | Divergent estimates for wheat crop
Two Australian government agencies published divergent estimates of wheat production. ...... FULL STORY
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