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30 Jun 2008 | Farmers can''t get fertiliser
Farmers are having trouble accessing fertiliser with many complaining about high prices and breach of contracts from the big fertiliser companies. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jun 2008 | Cubbie wants to expand into grains
Australia''s biggest cotton producer Cubbie Group is considering an initial public offering *or* a private placement of share to fund expansion plans. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jun 2008 | Managed investment schemes push new wood plantings
Australia''s wood plantations increased 4.7 per cent last year according to the Bureau of Rural Sciences plantation update. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jun 2008 | Farmers told to adapt to climate change
Farmers must begin now to adapt to climate change says the CSIRO. The south of the continent is expected to become drier, while the north becomes wetter. Frosts will decrease while pests and diseases will increase. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jun 2008 | Futuris shares rally as CEO goes
Futuris Corporation chief executive Les Wozniczka has taken full responsibility for the share market''s poor assessment of the company and resigned. He said a change of leadership is in the interests of the company and its shareholders. ...... FULL STORY
26 Jun 2008 | Queensland agriculture plan gets support from farm lobby
The Queensland Farmers' Federation and AgForce have welcomed state government plans to triple agricultural output by 2020 through new research and training initiatives. ...... FULL STORY
26 Jun 2008 | Futuris routed on share market
Agribusiness conglomerate Futuris announced an earnings downgrade yesterday, causing a share price fall of more than 36 cents. ...... FULL STORY
26 Jun 2008 | The world needs more water
Population growth and dietary change in developing countries will lead to pressure on governments to release water collected for environmental flows says the International Water Management Institute. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jun 2008 | Evidence of lamb substitution wanted
Anyone with evidence that hogget and mutton were being substituted for lamb in Victorian meat processing plants should inform PrimeSafe or the police says the state's meat industry regulator PrimeSafe Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jun 2008 | AWB finance downgraded as monopoly disappears
AWB's financing arm has been placed on credit watch by ratings agency Standard and Poors following the removal of the wheat single desk. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jun 2008 | Water decisions looming as Murray dies
Victoria's water minister, Tim Holding, is yet to make a decision to support lifting the four per cent cap on trading water out of irrigation districts despite heavy lobbying from Canberra. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jun 2008 | ABARE predicts commodity boom
An export boom in farm produce, metals and minerals will drive the Australian economy in 2008/2009 says ABARE. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jun 2008 | Agribusiness investment schemes suffer as market goes down
Drought, tax uncertainty and the downturn in share markets have led to a 30 per cent reduction in the investment money flowing to managed agribusiness and forestry schemes. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jun 2008 | Asia drives forestry
Growing Asian demand for paper products present investment opportunities in forestry says Macquarie Capital Products. Australia's shipping proximity is a competitive advantage over competitors from Africa and South America. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jun 2008 | Water funding made available
Irrigators can apply for grants from the federal government of up to $500,000 to develop plans to update and improve ageing water infrastructure. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jun 2008 | Pacific workers bring hope to their communities
The New Zealand seasonal worker program has built hope in Pacific Island communities says the World Bank. Australian horticulturalists are struggling to find workers to pick their produce. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2008 | Australia faces dry winter and spring
Australia faces a dryer than average winter and spring according to Japan's Frontier Research Centre for Global Change. The Dept of Primary Industries said most forecasters were predicting a dry winter and dry spring in south eastern Australia. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2008 | Living Murray water plan failing
The Murray/Darling River will not get the promised 500 gigalitres in additional environmental flows by the June 09 deadline in the Living Murray plan. NSW and the Commonwealth have made any contributions to the plan as yet. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2008 | Rain critical this winter
Rainfall expectations for July and August are average for Victoria, southern NSW and South Australia. Forecasts for northern NSW and Queensland were extremely positive while technical affected Bureau of Meteorology forecasts for south western WA. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2008 | Slight increase in cropping land expected next year
With grain prices remaining high the area sown to winter crops in 2008/09 could increase markedly if seasonal conditions permit. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2008 | Lamb producers switching land to crops
Producers are projected to reduce sheep numbers, on average, by 1.5 per cent and beef cattle numbers by 9.1 per cent in 2007-08. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2008 | Beef cattle numbers restored in Northern Australia
Overall, cattle numbers are projected to rise by 8.5 per cent in northern Australia and to rise by 2.1 per cent in southern Australia. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2008 | Top agriculture performance expected to continue
Agribusinesses are among the best performing stocks on the Australian Stock Exchange according to the Commonwealth Bank. Agriculture delivered returns of 37 per cent over the past year, compared with a fall of 8.6 per cent on the broader market. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2008 | Varroa destructor mite gets closer
The Varroa destructor mite could devastate Australia's honey-bee populations with dire consequences for agriculture which relies on feral and bees for pollination. The mite was detected in Papua New Guinea 11 days ago. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2008 | Wheat prices head higher
Floods in the US mid west and speculators have driven global wheat prices above US$9/bushel for December delivery. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2008 | Crop forecasts down
ABARE's total Australian winter crop forecast is 37 million tonnes, 65 per cent up on last year's harvest but down from forecasts in March. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jun 2008 | ABARE to downgrade wheat forecast
ABARE is expected to downgrade forecasts for the wheat harvest today. NAB said the crop in 08/09 could rise to 24 million tonnes from 13 million tonnes this year. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jun 2008 | South Australian forecasts positive
South Australian crop projections have risen against the national trend on the back of good rain in April, May and June. Northern NSW and Queensland also had positive forecasts with 25-50mm rain in the first half of June said NAB. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jun 2008 | Liberal defects to oppose wheat bill
The Wheat Export Marketing bill is expected to pass the parliament this week despite a prominent Liberal backbencher bucking the party line and joining with the Nationals to oppose it. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jun 2008 | Wheat forecast drops
Dry conditions in central and southern New South Wales and in Western Australia during May have led Australian Crop forecasters to cut the harvest to 25.5 million tonnes, down 2.6 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jun 2008 | US floods put pressure on prices
Twenty per cent of Iowa's corn crop is believe to be destroyed by flooding in the US corn belt. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jun 2008 | AWB investment strategy cost farmers
Risky hedging strategies by AWB cost wheat growers $260 million according to the Export Wheat Commission official assessment of AWB to be released today. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2008 | Farmers must pay for guest workers
The government has rejected industry calls from farmer's lobby groups for the travel and relocation costs of guest workers to be met by the taxpayer. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2008 | Japan FTA must include agriculture
Any free trade agreement with Japan must include agriculture said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday, after negotiations in Tokyo. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2008 | Irrigators get less
Irrigators in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District received just 633 billion litres of water during the shortened season, marking a record low for the northern Victorian region. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2008 | Australia needs to innovate with GM
Australia needs to invest heavily in agricultural innovation and technology, including GM crops says the head of diversified agribusiness Futuris Corporation Ltd. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jun 2008 | Western wheat crop looking weak
CBH Group cuts its estimate for the grain harvest in Western Austraia because of dry weather. The grain handler and marketer put output of all grains at between 8 million and 12 million tonnes... ...... FULL STORY
12 Jun 2008 | Suncorp quits rural New South Wales
Over the coming month Suncorp will close retail bank branches in Bendigo, Goulburn, Taree, Albury, Wagga and Dubbo. The sites were originally GIO offices and "were not great sites". ...... FULL STORY
12 Jun 2008 | Beef farms looking better next year
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics said it expected the farm financial performance of Australia's beef cattle producers to recover in both northern and southern Australia in 2007/08. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jun 2008 | Government should pay for guest workers
Growers need government assistance to bring in guest workers from Pacific islands says the Horticulture Council. The lobby group is joining industry calls for the federal government to open up a national three pilot program to bring in seasonal workers. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jun 2008 | No levy on horse owners
Horse owners will not be required to pay a levy to help meet the costs of fighting equine influenza last year. The government wants to develop a national agreement with the horse industry for responding to future outbreaks. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jun 2008 | Rabobank looks for more agribusiness
Rabobank Australia increased its' share of the farm lending market in 2007 and expects to make further inroads this year. The bank announced a 144 per cent rise in net profit with bad debt provisioning falling by more than half. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jun 2008 | Farmers benefit from milk price spike
Opening milk prices for next season are 10 cents per litre more than opening prices last year. Small company United Dairy Power is offering farmers 52.8 cents a litre which equates to $12.75 a kilogram of butterfat equivalent. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jun 2008 | NSW not deterred from biofuel plans
While international concern is building about the viability of biofuels, the NSW government is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a 2 per cent biodiesel mandate from October and to double the current ethanol mandate for petrol to 4 per cent next year. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jun 2008 | Food prices high but market will respond
High food prices are expected to persist for another one or two years according to a study of global food supply and demand. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jun 2008 | Russia gets taste for Australian beef
Australia's beef exports to Russia have jumped sharply to 17,557 boneless tonnes in May from 8,426 tonnes in April. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jun 2008 | GM crops the answer to world hunger
Eminent scientist Gustav Nossal says that genetically modified crops are key to feeding the world's poor but it may take two decades to convince the public of its benefits. ...... FULL STORY
4 Jun 2008 | Coalition divided over wheat exports
The Liberals and Nationals are expected to split when voting on legislation to deregulate wheat export activities. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jun 2008 | One of our driest Autumns on record
Autumn has been dry across most of the country, jeopardising farmers’ hopes of a bumper crop. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jun 2008 | WA holds line on GM ban
The Western Australia government is standing firm in its opposition to the use of GM crops. ...... FULL STORY
2 Jun 2008 | Buy-back goals in doubt
A new report says that the government's water buy-back scheme would need to snap up every water allocation sold for the next 14 years in order to achieve its aim of returning 1500 gigalitres to the system. ...... FULL STORY
2 Jun 2008 | Federal Nationals may take different route
The Nationals my be moving closer to merging with the Liberals in Queensland but at the federal level the end of the Coalition is being considered. ...... FULL STORY
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