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28 Feb 2006 | Cattle barons over-invest in feedlots
Grain-fed beef now accounts for more than 40 per cent of total beef exports, and the proportion is likely to rise further. ...... FULL STORY
28 Feb 2006 | Water table may fall to quench Perth water demand
The Water Corporation of Western Australia plans to draw 45 gigalitres of water from the Yarragadee aquifer to meet Perth's demand for water. ...... FULL STORY
28 Feb 2006 | North Queensland land values rocket
Revaluation of rural property in north Queensland shires shows some land values increased by a factor of between three and seven times over five years. ...... FULL STORY
28 Feb 2006 | 2006 wine yield only average
Australia's wine glut could ease slightly with early indications of only an "average" yield from the 2006 winegrape vintage. ...... FULL STORY
28 Feb 2006 | Sugar revival will keep marginal cane farmers in business
National Australia Bank’s head of agribusiness, Mike Carroll, said the rise in the sugar price was enough to persuade marginal cane farmers to remain in business. ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2006 | Live cattle exports to Egypt suspended
The export of live cattle to Egypt has been banned until the Egyptian Government proves its abattoirs are not severely mistreating animals. ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2006 | Iraq now happy to buy wheat, but not from AWB
Iraq will buy Australian wheat, as long as it is not not from AWB Ltd. ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2006 | AWB International may severe ties with AWB
The compliance committee of the AWB International board, which consists of directors who are not on the AWB board, should now review the relationship with AWB.... ...... FULL STORY
24 Feb 2006 | Squeze on water in south-east Queensland
Farmers in south-east Queensland face a dry future after the state government signalled it could put city residents and industry ahead of farmers when it allocates water from new dams. ...... FULL STORY
24 Feb 2006 | Bird Flu not here yet
The avian flu virus H5N1 has not yet reached Australia said a leading scientist from the Australian Biosecurity Co-operative Research Centre. ...... FULL STORY
24 Feb 2006 | AWB chairman re-elected
AWB chairman Brendan Stewart has survived an angry shareholders meeting in Melbourne to be reelected yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
24 Feb 2006 | Westpac dedicates deposit to Landcare
Westpac said it would manage an environmentally-focused 100 day term deposit that partners with Landcare Australia. ...... FULL STORY
23 Feb 2006 | AWB board face shareholders today
The board of AWB face shareholders in Melbourne at today’s AGM. ...... FULL STORY
23 Feb 2006 | Horticulture is wasting water
The wine grape and citrus industries are wasting water on "produce that cannot be sold" says a dairy industry submission to the Productivity Commission. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2006 | Grains Council seeks four licences for wheat exports
The Grains Council of Australia is lobbying for the federal government to licence additional exporters for the wheat crop, bypassing the veto of AWB. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2006 | Transport safety will drive up prices
Safe driving plans proposed by the union for long-haul truck drivers would increase the cost of groceries say employers. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2006 | Chiquita reports rising profit
Chiquita Brands South Pacific has reported a 30 per cent increase in net profit for the half year to 31 December, up to $7million. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2006 | Live exports down
Australian live cattle exports declined 10 per cent during 2005, continuing the downward trend of the last three years. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2006 | Sheep e-sier to manage
The e-sheep project uses automated gates to measure each individual animals’ weight, age, sex or wool thickness without the farmer ever leaving the farm house. ...... FULL STORY
21 Feb 2006 | Iraq confirms it won’t buy Aussie wheat
Australia may have already lost its Iraq wheat contract, after the Iraqi Grain Board confirmed it would exclude the monopoly exporter, AWB, from any new purchases and buy up to $200million in grain from the US, Canada and Europe. ...... FULL STORY
21 Feb 2006 | Fewer than 1000 payphones earmarked for the chop
Telstra has denied that 5000 public phones will go, saying that only 950 have been earmarked for removal, with a further 4050 under review. ...... FULL STORY
21 Feb 2006 | Chips down in potato tussle
Rebel grower Tony Galati will challenge the authority of Western Australia’s potato regulator, the last of its kind in Australia. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2006 | Pregnant ewes ship to Mexico
Twenty thousand pregnant ewes will be live exported to Mexico to reignite the trade and boost Mexican sheep stocks. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2006 | Wheat growers say AWB is being scapegoated
A majority of wheat growers continue to support AWB and the single desk. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2006 | Plantation forest sets WA farm record
Tree plantation company Integrated Tree Cropping has paid a record $30 million for Linkletter's Place, an 8800 hectare property near Condingup, in the biggest single farm transaction in WA’s history. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2006 | Public pay phones to go
Telstra plans to remove 5,000 unprofitable pay phones from country areas and minimise consultation with stakeholders over the move. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2006 | McGuigan strikes deal with 10 grape growers
McGuigan Simeon has signed a profit sharing agreement with ten grape growers to fill a one off US order, leaving 160 McGuigan suppliers still without buyers for this years’ harvest. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2006 | Taskforce says end drought relief
A review of Australia’s farming sector by a high powered group of industry leaders, including the head of the National Farmers Federation, recommended that the government promote self reliance amongst farmers by ending drought relief subsidies. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2006 | AWB wheat the only option for Iraq exports
The government defended its decision to include AWB in the trade delegation to Iraq, saying that only AWB can supply wheat from the national pool for the current Iraqi tender. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2006 | Rabbits immune to calicivirus
Rabbits were becoming increasingly immune to calicivirus but no government was funding any research into the matter, leaving Australia vulnerable said Australia’s top rabbit scientist. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2006 | Mulesing clips in testing
AWI has invested $200,000 in a clip mulesing system initially envisaged by AWI chairman Ian McLachlan and now being tested on his property near Hay. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2006 | AWB caves on single desk
AWB will temporarily allow other companies to export wheat. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2006 | Vaile under pressure on AWB
Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile will head to Iraq to try to salvage Australian wheat sales which have been suspended by the Iraqi Grains Board, pending the outcome of the Cole Inquiry. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2006 | Incitec makes up with Elders
Incitec Pivot has signed a new fertilizer deal with ELF, a partnership of Elders and Landmark to end a damaging rift. ...... FULL STORY
15 Feb 2006 | Cotton up but not in Queensland
Cottonseed production is predicted to grow by six per cent to 891,000 tonnes in 2005/06, while cotton lint production will also grow by six per cent to 578,000 tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
15 Feb 2006 | Howard supports breach in single desk for wheat exports
Prime Minister John Howard has asked the Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jaafari to reconsider the ban on AWB whilst the Cole inquiry continues. ...... FULL STORY
15 Feb 2006 | Bumper crops
Farmers brought in the nation's second largest winter crop, after good rains and warm temperatures combined for record fields of wheat, barley and oats. ...... FULL STORY
14 Feb 2006 | Beef production down, weights up
Australian beef and veal production fell slightly in 2005 to 2.09 million tonnes and adult cattle slaughter rates also fell, down 3 per cent to 7.6 million head. ...... FULL STORY
14 Feb 2006 | Grape growers turn to ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will consider McGuigan Simeon’s suspension of 170 Riverland and Murray Valley grape growers contracts that has left 30,000 tonnes of grapes with no market. ...... FULL STORY
14 Feb 2006 | AWB loses all exports to Iraq
Australian Grain Exporters Association wants other companies to be granted export licenses immediately because the whole industry is at risk and Australia’s international reputation is in tatters a result of AWB’s actions in Iraq. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2006 | Increased truck taxes on the table
The National Transport Commission is considering the introduction of a road user charge scheme. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2006 | AACo in the market for cattle and stations
Australian Agricultural Company said the organisation, Australia's largest cattle producer, had to grow by developing its substantial land and cattle assets. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2006 | Wheat growers overcharged for marketing and storage
AWB charges wheat farmers in Australia $20 a tonne for storage, double the cost of storage in overseas markets. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2006 | Bore water allocations cut in NSW
Some farmers in New South Wales face cuts of as much as 90 per cent in their entitlement to bore water. ...... FULL STORY
10 Feb 2006 | Victorian farms get vegetation plans
Victorian farmers will enter 10-year agreements with the government regarding land clearing and general land management issues under proposals now being discussed with the Victorian Farmers Federation. ...... FULL STORY
10 Feb 2006 | AWB CEO walks
CEO Andrew Lindberg will resign as of the 30th April “in the best interests of the company” said AWB in a statement. ...... FULL STORY
10 Feb 2006 | AWB corporate governance to be overhauled
KPMG will review corporate governance structures at AWB and two committees will be set up to help manage the company. ...... FULL STORY
10 Feb 2006 | Wheat competition good for growers
Elders’ owners Futuris Corp want to secure 15 to 20 per cent of the wheat export market if AWB’s monopoly is ended. ...... FULL STORY
9 Feb 2006 | AAC invests in breeders
The country's largest cattle producer, Australian Agricultural Company, will boost its breeding stock by 22,000 in the next two years and by 100,000 eventually as it undertakes a major program of investment and expansion in northern Australia. ...... FULL STORY
9 Feb 2006 | Beef producer invests in grain feeding.
The Australian Agricultural Company is investing heavily in feedlots as it plans to expand its branded beef products in Japan and South Korea. ...... FULL STORY
9 Feb 2006 | WA joins water scheme
The government of Western Australia said it would sign up to the federal government’s national water initiative. ...... FULL STORY
8 Feb 2006 | More Cattle on feed for Japan
The value of beef exports to Japan was up five per cent or $111 million dollars in 2005 to over $2.3 billion, nearly three times the value of beef exports to Japan in 1990. ...... FULL STORY
7 Feb 2006 | Fire blight risk excessive for some
Federal government backbencher Russell Broadbent said the New Zealand campaign to end to the current ban on the importation of their apples into Australia should be resisted... ...... FULL STORY
7 Feb 2006 | Broadacre property rises strongly in SA and WA
The Australian Rural Property Index report compiled by Elders found the value of broadacre property sales increased by 84 per cent over three years, from $4.7 billion in 2001/02 to $8.6 billion in 2004/05. ...... FULL STORY
7 Feb 2006 | Sheep sales below average
Meat and Livestock Australia said the number of lambs sold through saleyards in January was steady with December at around 663,000 head, and consistent with the five-year average while the number of sheep sold increased by 12 per cent... ...... FULL STORY
6 Feb 2006 | Wool goes above 700 cents
The benchmark eastern wool market indicator rose 13 cents last week to close at 704 cents per kilo as European buyers competed with the Chinese to push up prices. ...... FULL STORY
6 Feb 2006 | Three more years of wine oversupply
The wine industry’s oversupply problems could last another three years because of the large amount of stock already held by makers says Hardy Wines. ...... FULL STORY
6 Feb 2006 | Wine lake set to expand
Another record harvest of wine grapes is looming says winemaker McGuigan Simeon. ...... FULL STORY
6 Feb 2006 | AWB faces US bans
AWB should be banned from US wheat and futures exchanges according to lobby group US Wheat Associates. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2006 | Government knew about wheat kickbacks
AWB’s middle east manager told the Cole inquiry that he helped set up a system of payments to the Saddam Hussein regime when the wheat exporter was still a government owned board. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2006 | Tablelands farmers get relief payments
About 450 primary producers in the NSW northern tablelands area will benefit from the extension of exceptional circumstances declarations. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2006 | Livestock market improves
Cattle and Sheep volumes and prices were up this week at saleyards around the country. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2006 | AWB monopoly under sustained pressure
AWB faces losing its monopoly and control over bulk wheat exports. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2006 | Farmers face mixed outlook
Cotton, lamb, grains, dairy and sugar prices are expected to improve in the first half of 2006 whilst beef prices cool and wool falls ten per cent according to Westpac’s latest regional economic report. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2006 | Taiwan may be lost for good
Exporters fear Australia's biggest single stone fruit market, Taiwan, has been lost for good as cheaper produce from Chile replaces Australian product. ...... FULL STORY
1 Feb 2006 | GM Grain perfect match for no-till method
Grain growers have nothing to fear from genetically modified crops and in fact GM technology can help producers plant using no-tillage methods, the South Australian No-Tillage Farmers conference was told yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
1 Feb 2006 | Riverland growers pick grapes in the dark
Riverland Grape growers will vote next Monday on whether to proceed with legal action against McGuigan Simeon Wines as the McGuigan board failed to publicly respond to grower proposals for a new pricing method... ...... FULL STORY
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