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30 Apr 2007 | Good rain brings hope but not certainty
Farmers are sowing crops after rains fell across most of southern Australia last week. ...... FULL STORY
30 Apr 2007 | Not enough dam rain
Last week’s rain may have given some hope to farmers but it wasn’t enough to raise dam levels. ...... FULL STORY
30 Apr 2007 | Push to keep single desk
Farm leaders from four states will write to Prime Minister John Howard today urging the federal government to give a demerged AWB International control over Australia’s national wheat marketing system. ...... FULL STORY
30 Apr 2007 | Grape growers fear crushing blow
The nation’s wine industry is expected to experience further damage by the strengthening of the Australian dollar. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2007 | Beef prices to rise as state runs dry
Beef prices are expected to rise with Queensland farmers preparing to sell tens of thousands of head from drought ravaged properties or move long distances to greener pastures. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2007 | PM wants growers’ ears
Prime Minister John Howard has played down the likelihood of immediate deregulation of wheat marketing regulation in Australia. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2007 | Long dry broken in SA
The long dry in South Australia was finally broken yesterday as a deluge soaked all corners of the state. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2007 | Howard budgets $1 billion for struggling exporters
The Howard government will boost assistance to industry by up to $1 billion under federal budget plan to encourage export growth in manufacturing, mining, farming and service businesses. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2007 | Pet lovers have wool pulled over their eyes
Thousands of Japanese have been deceived in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles. ...... FULL STORY
26 Apr 2007 | Growers to be briefed on new code
Growers can learn about how the new Horticultural Code of Conduct may affect their business when it comes into force next month. ...... FULL STORY
26 Apr 2007 | Bega buys Tatura
Tatura Milk shareholders have accepted Bega Cheese’s $39 million buy out bid. ...... FULL STORY
26 Apr 2007 | Barley pool payout
ABB Grain Limited has paid out $6 million to Victorian and South Australian growers who took the extended pool option last harvest. ...... FULL STORY
26 Apr 2007 | Dry towns face shutdown
Two towns on the Darling Downs are almost out of water and may be evacuated. ...... FULL STORY
26 Apr 2007 | Canegrowers to meet CEO for merger sweet talk
Maryborough Sugar Factory chief executive Mike Barry will accept an invitation from Mulgrave Central Mill to appear before its shareholders growers. ...... FULL STORY
24 Apr 2007 | Dry winter despite the rain
Rain continued flood parts of the New South Wales east coast yesterday but farmers beyond the ranges again missed out and have little prospects of heavy falls in the near future. ...... FULL STORY
24 Apr 2007 | States battle over Murray plan
A South Australian request for guaranteed additional supplies of water from the Murray River has hardened Victoria’s opposition to the commonwealth’s proposed plan. ...... FULL STORY
24 Apr 2007 | Numbers plunge in cattle yards
A few months ago in the cattle yards at Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, cattle were brimming over at the weekly sales with up to 6,000 sales a day. ...... FULL STORY
24 Apr 2007 | WA’s wheatbelt gets rain in parts
Scattered thunderstorms in Western Australia have brought rain to some farms while neighbouring properties barely registered a drop. ...... FULL STORY
23 Apr 2007 | Howard tells states to help fund relief
Prime Minister John Howard will meet irrigators and rural groups within weeks as major water users in the Murray-Darling basin prepare for tough efficiency to start on July 1. ...... FULL STORY
23 Apr 2007 | Tax issue threatens irrigation compensation package
Irrigators are scheduled to meet with senior federal government advisors today to discuss tax issues threatening to derail a $100 million compensation package for thousands of farmers. ...... FULL STORY
23 Apr 2007 | Pigs get another ten years of cramped conditions
Agricultural ministers have given Australian pig farmers until 2017 to change the conditions in which they keep breeding sows. ...... FULL STORY
23 Apr 2007 | Four inducted into Shearers’ Hall of Fame
Another four legends have been inducted into the Australian Shearers’ Hall of Fame, in the western Riverina town of Hay yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
20 Apr 2007 | Howard’s water warning
Yesterday Prime Minister John Howard said he had received a report warning of an "unprecedented dangerous" situation in the Murray-Darling Basin. ...... FULL STORY
20 Apr 2007 | Irrigators fear food price hike
Irrigators are predicting that water shortages will result in dramatic price hikes similar to the surge in banana prices after Cyclone Larry last year. ...... FULL STORY
20 Apr 2007 | Dire outlook for tree crops
NSW Irrigators Council chief executive Doug Miell said zero water allocation would destroy the permanent planting sector, including citrus, almonds, stone fruits and olives. ...... FULL STORY
20 Apr 2007 | Grape growers hope for La Nina
Unless the Murray River system receives much needed rain over the coming months, citrus and wine grape growers could be forced to leave the land in droves. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2007 | Dairy industry seeks sustainability
Australia’s dairy industry has committed itself to developing a sustainability benchmark, with the launch of an environmental report. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2007 | Methomyl off the banned list
Methomyl, a pesticide used by vegetable growers to control pests in field crops, has been taken off the banned list for chemicals after it was originally added late last year. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2007 | First drought and now birds
Apple growers in the Harcourt area were already battling drought, hail and frost but now birds have become another threat to their livelihood. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2007 | AWB reels from futures market hit
AWB suffered a massive loss in the US futures market last year after a surge in the global wheat price left it badly exposed. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2007 | Government gives wool merger go-ahead
The government has approved the merger of Australian Wool Innovation and The Australian Wool Services and will contribute $15 million, allowing AWI to buy AWS assets. ...... FULL STORY
18 Apr 2007 | AWB being sued in two countries
AWB faces a $US100 million ($120 million) class action from American wheat farmers in relation to the $290 million in kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime. ...... FULL STORY
18 Apr 2007 | PM stands by Australia’s water
Yesterday at a community meeting in Lowood in south east Queensland, John Howard said that the Labour states were being insensitive to farmers and drought ravaged bush communities by seeking to contain the nation’s water resources within their borders. ...... FULL STORY
18 Apr 2007 | No drought relief in sight
World experts have warned that Australia’s farmers face more severe droughts, fires and floods over the next two decades due to climate change. ...... FULL STORY
18 Apr 2007 | Agriculture gets an image makeover
The National Farming Federation is preparing a major advertising campaign to lift the image of agriculture. ...... FULL STORY
18 Apr 2007 | Salt tolerant wheat on the way
Groundbreaking Australian research could make way for new varieties of salt-tolerant wheat. ...... FULL STORY
17 Apr 2007 | Farmers need $2.4 million a day
Farming families are getting $2.4 million dollars a day from the government to help them cope with the worst drought on record. ...... FULL STORY
17 Apr 2007 | Groups aim to buy 1,000km nature strip
Conservation groups in Western Australia have embarked on an unprecedented multi-million dollar buying spree, aiming to turn farms and bush into a 1,000 kilometre nature strip up to 2 kilometres wide... ...... FULL STORY
17 Apr 2007 | First the drought, now the dollar
Australian wheat farmers are facing lower returns for last season’s harvest, due to the strong Australian dollar. ...... FULL STORY
17 Apr 2007 | ACT moves to ban battery hens
If new laws being drafted by the ACT Greens are adopted by the Assembly next month, the ACT will become the first Australian state or territory to ban battery egg production. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2007 | Flying doctors get more funding
The Royal Flying Doctors Service will receive an extra $154 million over four years as part of next month’s budget spending. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2007 | Mt Isa’s lead pollution at toxic levels
Lead pollution in popular swimming areas along the Leichhardt River in Mt Isa is hundreds of times higher than levels permitted by the government. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2007 | Cattlemen face eviction
For more than 150 years, cattle producers have grazed stock in Barmah State Forest on a Murray River flood plain between Echuca and Tocumwal in Victoria’s north. ...... FULL STORY
13 Apr 2007 | Farmers damn water plans
NSW farmers, environmentalists and politicians have criticised a $1.5 billion federal government plan to dam northern NSW rivers and pump water into south eastern Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
13 Apr 2007 | PM’s water plan waits on data
At the heart of the Prime Minister’s $10 billion water plan lie the CSIRO’s water calculations and yet they may not be available for months and may not be released until after the federal election. ...... FULL STORY
13 Apr 2007 | Lead leaves more birds dead
Lead has been blamed for more bird deaths in Esperance, with residents reporting more than 50 fatalities in the past month. ...... FULL STORY
12 Apr 2007 | The grape race begins
Nervous wineries are already looking for wine grapes for next year’s vintage as fears grow that low or non-existent water allocations could create a small 2008 vintage. ...... FULL STORY
12 Apr 2007 | Farmers demand new deal
Australia is currently involved in talks with South Korea about a possible free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations. ...... FULL STORY
12 Apr 2007 | ACCC to favour rural doctors
The Australia Competition and Consumer Commission is proposing to allow family doctors who work together in practises to collectively negotiate with public hospitals over visiting medical officer contracts. ...... FULL STORY
12 Apr 2007 | Pressure increases to leave AWB in place
Prime Minister John Howard said the government had the interests of wheat growers at heart as it continued its deliberations over the future of Australia’s wheat marketing system. ...... FULL STORY
11 Apr 2007 | Legal precedent could be set in grains industry
A group of Riverina maize growers will take up their case against Cargill Australia later this year and could set a legal precedent in the grains industry. ...... FULL STORY
11 Apr 2007 | Nervous wait for autumn rain
April is considered by some to be the ideal time for rain, and now that the middle of the month is fast approaching farmers are getting nervous. ...... FULL STORY
11 Apr 2007 | Water licence compo raises tax question
Malcolm Turnbull, Australian Environment Minister, is administering the achieving sustainable groundwater entitlements (ASGE) scheme. ...... FULL STORY
11 Apr 2007 | Climate change up for debate
On Friday a $300 million dollar plus project to map the impact of climate change on coastal areas and farmlands will be considered by national leaders. ...... FULL STORY
10 Apr 2007 | TNC needs more farmers
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global conservation organisation and has been operating in Australia since 1999. ...... FULL STORY
10 Apr 2007 | Sugar bid not sweet enough
Mulgrave Central Mill is facing rising anger from many shareholder growers, who believe that they are being forced into accepting a takeover bid from Bundaberg Sugar... ...... FULL STORY
10 Apr 2007 | New ways to beat the drought
Struggling farmers are having to find other sources of income in order to survive the drought. ...... FULL STORY
10 Apr 2007 | Check for hitchhiking toads
Truckers, motorists, tourists and locals crossing the Northern Territory border into WA are being asked to check their vehicles for hitchhiking cane toads. ...... FULL STORY
5 Apr 2007 | Apple growers given another chance
Australian growers will get another chance to air their concerns about the plan to import apples from New Zealand. ...... FULL STORY
5 Apr 2007 | Barley marketing deregulated in SA
From July 1 barley marketing will be deregulated in South Australia. ...... FULL STORY
5 Apr 2007 | AWB prices beaten
AWB’s ability to achieve the best prices for wheat growers has come into question after a report by the Wheat Export Authority found that non-AWB exporters often achieve better prices and do not undermine the national pool. ...... FULL STORY
5 Apr 2007 | Farmers reject carbon tax
The National Farmers Federation has expressed support for a carbon trading scheme. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2007 | NSW farmers plant double crops
New South Wales farmers will plant 4.63 million hectares of winter crops; almost double last year’s 2.62 million hectares. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2007 | Testing costs too high
Fears that the Department of Primary Industries is struggling to monitor the health of the state’s flocks and herds have arisen due to a shortage of government vets and a massive increase in pathology costs. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2007 | New design sons sell for more
Lawsons Angus on-property production sale at Yea last week was strengthened by the sale of 47 bulls by renowned US Angus sire Bon View New Design 1407. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2007 | MacTiernan lead contamination minister
The West Australian Premier has appointed Planning and Infrastructure minister Alannah MacTiernan to coordinate the State Government’s response to the lead contamination scare in Esperance. ...... FULL STORY
3 Apr 2007 | Only rain needed for bright agriculture outlook
Economists believe that Australia’s $100 billion agricultural sector is set for a post drought rebound, with commodity prices as high as they have been for 20 years. ...... FULL STORY
3 Apr 2007 | More health fears in Esperance
Residents in the West Australian port town of Esperance are facing another health scare with white blotches appearing on roofs and plants. ...... FULL STORY
3 Apr 2007 | Call for inquiry into AWB wheat sales
Liberal senator Bill Heffernan has called for a forensic audit of, as well as an independent inquiry into, AWB after the company failed to sell 10 per cent of the 2005 wheat pool which cost growers $500 million. ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2007 | Toad found in Sydney
A large cane toad has been found in a backyard in Quakers Hill, New South Wales. ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2007 | No horse gymkhana
The organisers of the annual William Creek Gymkhana had to change their plans this year with the drought leaving the horses in the South Australian outback looking a little worse for wear. ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2007 | Camel plague on the horizon
Camels, stricken by the drought, are invading far north communities and causing havoc. ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2007 | Wheat exporters want certainty
Four major wheat exporters, AWB, CBH, Graincorp and ABB, have united in an attempt to find a solution to the political impasse over the future of the single desk wheat marketing arrangements. ...... FULL STORY
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