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21 Dec 2007 | Fruit flies appear in Ceduna
Ceduna has been hit by an outbreak of fruit fly, the first in South Australia this season, and will cost around $100,000 to eradicate. ...... FULL STORY
21 Dec 2007 | Alcohol boost in Beaujolais
French police are investigating up to 100 growers and co-operative members in the Beaujolais region who are suspected of illegally adding extra sugar to their wine to boost its alcohol levels. ...... FULL STORY
21 Dec 2007 | Cotton draining Murray flows
Figures released yesterday show that about 40 per cent of the water in the Gwydir River is being used for agricultural irrigation and mostly by the cotton industry. ...... FULL STORY
20 Dec 2007 | AWB officials face charges
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday commenced legal action against six former AWB officials. ...... FULL STORY
20 Dec 2007 | Storms hit WA wheat crop
Storms bringing heavy rain and hail to Western Australia last weekend are expected to have cut the size of the state's wheat crop. ...... FULL STORY
20 Dec 2007 | Revaluations boost AA Co worth
Australian Agricultural Company has increased the value of its properties by $180 million. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2007 | Goulburn dam relieved
After three years of the tightest water restrictions in the country the dams around Goulburn are more than half full. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2007 | Mango farmers watch profits go to supermarkets
Mango prices are plummeting and growers are having trouble covering their production costs. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2007 | Ethanol mandate will drive food prices higher
Ethanol sceptics in the US are lobbying hard against a proposal being considered by congress to double the volume of ethanol being produced from corn. ...... FULL STORY
18 Dec 2007 | GrainCorp cashed up
Grain marketer GrainCorp has raised $60 million through a share placement and is actively looking for future growth opportunities. ...... FULL STORY
18 Dec 2007 | Labor busy on wheat market reforms
The federal Labor government is aiming to have its wheat market reforms in place by July in time for next year's harvest. ...... FULL STORY
18 Dec 2007 | Grain prices fuel inflation
Food prices are expected to continue to climb as the price of wheat broke through the $10 a bushel price barrier for the first time yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
17 Dec 2007 | Can't see farms for the trees
Farmers at Inverell in northern NSW are concerned that increased land values could drive them out of business. ...... FULL STORY
17 Dec 2007 | Kangaroo Island should make full recovery
Conservationists say that it could take 10 years for Kangaroo Island's landscape to recover from the fires that burnt out 100,000ha this month and took the life of one man. ...... FULL STORY
17 Dec 2007 | Libs and Nats reconsider merge
The leader of the National Party, Warren Truss, has urged his own party and the Liberals to consider merging in their post-election reviews. ...... FULL STORY
14 Dec 2007 | GrainCorp stops share trading
Grain handler GrainCorp yesterday called a halt to trading of its shares for two days with analysts tipping that the company will announce a capital raising to help it get through cash flow problems resulting from the drought. ...... FULL STORY
14 Dec 2007 | Farmers resist mining moves
Mining giant BHP Billiton has a fight on its hands as farmers in northern NSW try to stop prospectors digging for coal on freehold land. ...... FULL STORY
14 Dec 2007 | WA's sugar mill closes, again
The only sugar mill in Western Australia will close today due to falling world prices and a lack of land for expanding the sugar crop. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2007 | Project to double size of town
Gatton, 90 kilometres west of Brisbane, is being flooded by developers with a $500 million jail under construction and a proposed extension to the town's University of Queensland campus. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2007 | Victorian rail operator shuts shop
Asciano has decided to close its rail freight business, a move which the Victorian Farmers Federation says could result in one extra 60 tonne B-double truck hitting the state's roads every two minutes. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2007 | Murray River at new record lows
In a first, the water level of the Murray River at Murray Bridge is lower than sea level. ...... FULL STORY
12 Dec 2007 | Dairy Farmers milk co-op fight for their share
Dairy Farmers milk supply co-operative is expected to appeal a court decision that has jeopardised the company's planned float or trade sale worth up to $1 billion. ...... FULL STORY
12 Dec 2007 | Water plan won't be revisited at COAG
Despite a meeting of state and territory leaders with the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd planned for next week, the Victorian government's refusal to sign up for the Murray-Darling system water plan will not be addressed until next year. ...... FULL STORY
12 Dec 2007 | SA hopes to have horses running next year
As long as South Australia remains free of the equine influenza virus equestrian events and horse trials in the state will recommence early next year. ...... FULL STORY
11 Dec 2007 | Strong prices attract institutional investment
Prices for oilseed and grain are hitting new records and according to Rabobank are expected to stay that way until at least mid-2008. ...... FULL STORY
11 Dec 2007 | Organic certification to be mandatory
Growers who want to market their products as organic will need to be accredited in an effort to stamp out rogue traders and increase consumer confidence in the industry. ...... FULL STORY
11 Dec 2007 | Rain falls but Murray-Darling basin empty
While much of the east coast has been receiving good rainfalls and the Bureau of Meteorology has predicted a 60 to 70 per cent chance of high rainfall throughout summer, irrigators in the Murray-Darling basin.... ...... FULL STORY
10 Dec 2007 | Victoria offers Christmas cheer to NSW
Christmas tree crops in NSW have been hit by the drought and are 75 per cent below normal. ...... FULL STORY
10 Dec 2007 | Bumper crop for parts of WA
In Western Australia wheat growers are split between those who are busily taking advantage of good weather to harvest their crop quickly and those who are still in the grip of drought. ...... FULL STORY
10 Dec 2007 | Property sales drop as drought persists
Rural property sales slumped in spring as severe drought conditions slashed the winter crop. ...... FULL STORY
7 Dec 2007 | Slime to power cars
In the future fuel may come from an unlikely source – algae. ...... FULL STORY
7 Dec 2007 | Climate change to slash farm output
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics has predicted that farmers could lose up to 10 per cent of their production within the next 25 years due to climate change. ...... FULL STORY
7 Dec 2007 | La Nina welcome but will it be enough?
With the Southern Oscillation Index standing at plus 10, the La Nina weather pattern has set in and wetter conditions are being forecast through to around April. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2007 | Victorian GM panel criticised
As the battle continues over genetically modified crops in some states the head of the Victorian government's review panel, which recommended lifting the state's ban on some GM crops, has been accused of not being impartial. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2007 | China struggles to meet grain demand
While the grain harvest in Australia is impacted by the drought, in China they are expecting a 1.6 per cent increase in their wheat crop to hit 106 million tonnes this year. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2007 | Rabobank easier to access
Rabobank has moved to improve service options for its customers by partnering with Australia Post. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2007 | Murray-Darling growers need help to survive
While conditions have improved for grain farmers, horticulturalists in the Murray-Darling continue to struggle with irrigation restrictions, hot weather and a lack of rain. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2007 | Greens want GM safeguards
NSW Greens are pushing for amendments to the state government bill that will allow farmers to grow two types of genetically modified herbicide resistant canola from next year. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2007 | Rains boost crop expectations
Recent rains have improved the winter crop forecast, now expected to total 21.7 million tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
4 Dec 2007 | Queensland farmers rewarded for land management
Queensland farmers have the opportunity to extend their 30 year land leases to 50 years under a deal announced by the state's government yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
4 Dec 2007 | Farmers to get help with climate change issues
The new Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Tony Burke, said yesterday that the government would be focused on helping farmers to prepare for climate change, describing it as "one of the greatest challenges facing our primary industries". ...... FULL STORY
4 Dec 2007 | Summer crop looking up
According to the managing director of ProFarmer, Richard Koch, there have been patchy results for the winter crop but, if the current rainfall continues, summer should be much better. ...... FULL STORY
3 Dec 2007 | Imports overwhelm pig industry
The amount of pork consumed by Australians has jumped by more than one-third since 2002 to 486,000 tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
3 Dec 2007 | Grape growers cop a spray
More than 50 hectares of vines belonging to at least five properties in South Australia's Wrattonbully wine region have been damaged by chemical drift. ...... FULL STORY
3 Dec 2007 | Macadamia values fall but property prices hold
Australia produces around 45 per cent of the world's macadamia nuts. ...... FULL STORY
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