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28 Sep 2007 | Grim Reaper Garrett?
The assistant Water Minister, John Cobb, has said that farmers in his seat of Parkes are terrified about what might happen to them if Labour wins the next election. ...... FULL STORY
28 Sep 2007 | Drought cause hard to find
The current drought in Australia is no worse than other prolonged dry periods according to Professor Amanda Lynch from Monash University. ...... FULL STORY
28 Sep 2007 | Drought may even push up electricity price
George Weston Foods has warned that bread prices could increase by 20 cents a loaf as grain supplies fall. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2007 | Farmers caught in futures trap
Farm lobby groups have written to the Australian Banker's Association seeking help for farmers who have been caught out when using forward wheat contracts which allow farmers to manager risks by locking in sale prices ahead of harvest. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2007 | Land will continue to be farmed
More than 1,000 farmers are expected to take up the federal government grants of $150,000 to leave their land. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2007 | Australia driving world wheat price
World wheat stocks are at their lowest level in 30 years but there is no danger of running out of the grain according to Australian Farm Institute director Mike Keogh. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2007 | Special accounts used for tax not drought
The average balance of a farm management deposit account rose to a record $68,600 in the June quarter, up $2,600 or 4 per cent from a year earlier. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2007 | Chaffey Dam increase not approved yet
In a story in the press last week the Environment Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said that approval had been given for the commonwealth funding required to increase the capacity of the Chaffey Dam near Tamworth by 40 gigalitres. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2007 | Drought assistance for farmers and businesses
In a package of drought assistance announced by the federal government yesterday the largest component the allocation of $170 million to assist 1,000 farmers who decide to walk away from their land. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2007 | From glut to shortage
The Wine Industry Drought Taskforce has estimated that next year's wine grape crop will be between 800,000 tonnes and 1.3 million tonnes, compared with a normal season which would bring a crop of around 1.9 million tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2007 | AWB Iraq export claims questioned
The AWB's claims that Iraq is interested in purchasing more wheat from the exporter have been questioned by rival exporter Brooks Grain. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2007 | Bumper global wheat crop, weather permitting
Farmers are preparing to produce the largest wheat crop in 10 years as shortages of the grain have driven prices up by 74 per cent this year. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2007 | World's staple crop under threat
Demand for rice over the last 40 years has more than doubled and the grain provides around 20 per cent of direct calorie intake worldwide. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2007 | Irrigators search for answers
The South Australian Murray Irrigators group has predicted that around half of the fruit-bearing orchards and vineyards will die, costing millions of dollars in lost income and taking four to five years for replantings to yield a crop again. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2007 | Drought funding to be easier to get
The assets and income test for farmers applying for exceptional circumstances drought relief will be eased in a rural rescue package to be finalised by cabinet tomorrow. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2007 | Farmer fury over AWB demands
The Wheat Export Authority has asked growers for submissions around claims that they are being asked to fund redundancies and asset write-downs as AWB winds up its pooling operations. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2007 | Alpacas on the table
A new meat will soon appear on the menu for diners at Adelaide's Hilton. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2007 | Government stoush as water dries up
Water storage in the Murray Darling basin system was only 1,500 gigalitres in August, less than half the volume at this time last year. ...... FULL STORY
20 Sep 2007 | WEMA seeks start-up funds
The Wheat Export Marketing Alliance has asked the federal government for $6.85 million in funding as it is concerned that financial institutions would be willing to fund the grower owned wheat exporter. ...... FULL STORY
20 Sep 2007 | Tamworth dam does not make sense
A promise by the federal government to increase the capacity of a dam near Tamworth has come under fire from conservationists and local irrigators. ...... FULL STORY
20 Sep 2007 | Tree-changers drive prices up and complain
"Tree-changers" who are leaving cities in favour of a rural lifestyle are driving up land values and making it hard for farmers to increase their land holdings. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2007 | Crop forecast plummets
The drought has caused the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics to revise its forecast for the winter grain crop down to 25.6 million tonnes from 37 million tonnes predicted in July. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2007 | Irrigators angry over water retention
Victorian farmers and Sunraysia irrigators are angry at a proposal to hold back some water from irrigation use this year, to be held in reserve for South Australia to use next year. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2007 | The end of rice growing?
The rice crop last year was 167,000 tonnes, down more than one million tonnes on the previous year, and many growers are deciding whether to bother planting a crop in October. ...... FULL STORY
18 Sep 2007 | Funding increase to help drought-struck farmers
The Prime Minister John Howard has announced an additional $430 million of drought assistance to farmers. ...... FULL STORY
18 Sep 2007 | Mixed reactions from Tasmanian farmers
Tasmanian farmers have expressed both their relief and frustration following the announcement federal government's drought assistance package. ...... FULL STORY
18 Sep 2007 | Export go-ahead for CBH
A second permit to export 500,000 tonnes of wheat has been granted to Western Australian farmers' co-operative CBH. ...... FULL STORY
17 Sep 2007 | Grain exporters look for containers
While the AWB still holds the monopoly for bulk wheat exports, grain exports in containers or bags are deregulated from last month. ...... FULL STORY
17 Sep 2007 | Second price hike for dairy
Queensland dairy producer Parmalat Australia has announced increases to the prices it charges retailers just two months after an earlier increase. ...... FULL STORY
17 Sep 2007 | Property value boost for sugar farmers
Property values are holding up for Queensland cane farms despite prices for sugar falling by 30 per cent in the past year. ...... FULL STORY
14 Sep 2007 | Crop failure will increase grocery bill
Prices for many foods are set to rise as the country faces the failure of winter grain crops. ...... FULL STORY
14 Sep 2007 | Government help offer not enough
Federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran has said that the government is considering making it easier for farmers to claim drought relief. ...... FULL STORY
14 Sep 2007 | Local radio content cuts
The federal government has reduced the local content that rural radio stations must broadcast each day from four and a half hours to three. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2007 | Foot-and-mouth hits Britain again
The European Union has once again banned British meat exports as another case of foot-and mouth disease has been confirmed. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2007 | Red tape still tangled
The Productivity Commission has said that reforms aimed at reducing red tape for farmers and other primary producers are taking too long and that the sector is not seeing any tangible results. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2007 | Wheat shortage produces record prices
Shrinking world wheat stocks have forced prices for the grain to unprecedented highs. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2007 | Pears go high-tech
Scientists in New Zealand have developed technology to monitor the gases emitted by pears which indicate the fruit's ripeness. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2007 | Longton station changes hands
The North Queensland cattle station Longton has been sold for around $30 million to owners of the adjoining Natal Downs cattle station, David and Judy Camm. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2007 | Prospects for wheat crop sinking
Western Australia has cut its crop estimate for the third month in a row as hot, dry weather continues. ...... FULL STORY
11 Sep 2007 | Rural medical funds to flow more freely
Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaille has said that the government is considering removing or expanding eligibility criteria for the Rural Medical Infrastructure Fund. ...... FULL STORY
11 Sep 2007 | Fonterra has appetite for local dairy co-op
In an ominous move for Australian dairy companies Fonterra, the New Zealand dairy heavyweight, is planning a partial public listing which would allow it to raise more capital from outside. ...... FULL STORY
11 Sep 2007 | Level 7 water restrictions for Kingaroy
Residents in Kingaroy in Queensland's Darling Downs face level 7 water restrictions as their Gordonbrook dam runs dry. ...... FULL STORY
10 Sep 2007 | Values up for northern rural properties
Values of rural properties across northern Australia are climbing as cashed-up cattle barons seek to expand. ...... FULL STORY
10 Sep 2007 | Bush broadband contract signed
The contract has been signed for the Opel consortium to deliver broadband to the bush. ...... FULL STORY
10 Sep 2007 | SA farmers fight foreclosures
As farmers on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula face their second year of crop failures they are fighting to keep their properties against possible bank foreclosures. ...... FULL STORY
6 Sep 2007 | WA land clearing not monitored
The auditor general of Western Australia, Colin Murphy, has said that it is alarming that the government has no idea how much illegal land clearing is being carried out. ...... FULL STORY
6 Sep 2007 | Green wedge farmers should get a break
A submission to the Victorian upper house inquiry into the development of public land has said that farmers in Melbourne's "green wedges" should not have to pay full council rates as they are providing a service on behalf of the whole city. ...... FULL STORY
6 Sep 2007 | Water use can be cut through research
Research funded by Australia through aid programs is helping to save 1000 billion litres of water each year overseas, and has the potential to save Australian farmers 2000 billion litres per year. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2007 | Unique farm breeds becoming extinct
A report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation says that livestock production has become too reliant on a few high-yielding breeds and that hardier breed more suited to poorer countries are being lost. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2007 | Growers opt for the cash
Some horticulturalists along the Murray River and in the Murrumbidgee irrigation area are abandoning their crops in favour of profit from selling their water allocations. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2007 | Nourishment required for soil
Our food could be up to 70 per cent less nutritious than it was 70 years ago according to a visiting US biological farming consultant, Arden Andersen. ...... FULL STORY
4 Sep 2007 | Growth stunted by drought
National accounts due out today will give an update on the state of the economy, but the continuing drought is expected to delay any rural recovery and impact forecasts of economic growth. ...... FULL STORY
4 Sep 2007 | Macquarie chases red meat market
Macquarie Pastoral Group, a division of Macquarie Bank, has purchased its second major property, The Bulls Run near Wagga Wagga. ...... FULL STORY
4 Sep 2007 | Succession planning seminars
A survey has found that only one in four family businesses has a formal succession plan and only 11 per cent have a formal management development program for family members. ...... FULL STORY
3 Sep 2007 | Country shows come down with a case of the flu
Country shows will go on, even if the horse events have to be cancelled. ...... FULL STORY
3 Sep 2007 | Irrigators walk away from record water prices
Some irrigators in South Australia have paid up to $1,000 per megalitre of water in the hope that spring rains will come. ...... FULL STORY
3 Sep 2007 | Hot sheep in WA
Three cases of theft, totalling 1,600 sheep, have been reported in the mid-west of Western Australia in the past fortnight. ...... FULL STORY
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