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29 Aug 2003 | ICAC calls for prosecution of grains board officials
The Independent Commission against Corruption has recommended criminal charges be laid against three former executives of the NSW Grains Board, which collapsed in 2000 leaving a deficiency of $151 million. ...... FULL STORY
29 Aug 2003 | Drought hasn't shackled Rural Press
Rural Press Ltd lifted its net profit to a record $68.4 million for the year to June 30, 2003 - a rise of 27.3 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
29 Aug 2003 | SA wind farm plan breezes through
Hydro Tasmania's proposal to build a 66-megawatt wind farm on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula has won final regulatory approval. ...... FULL STORY
28 Aug 2003 | Rabbit vaccine 'will hurt Australian farmers'
Spanish scientists are working on a genetically modified organism (GMO) to vaccinate rabbits against myxomatosis and calicivirus, which could have devastating consequences for Australian farmers. ...... FULL STORY
28 Aug 2003 | There's sheilas in them thar hills
Country blokes might be beaut - but the girls say they're great too. Rebecca, 27, a nurse from South Gippsland, says heaps of attention is paid to lonely farm boys but single women find it just as hard to find a partner in the country as the men do. ...... FULL STORY
28 Aug 2003 | Mice plague prevention in Qld
Some people are warning that a mouse plague is building up on the Darling Downs to rival that of 1995, ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2003 | Gum offers sweet scent of success
Sugar gum - once regarded as just good firewood - is becoming very popular with Australia's furniture makers and architects. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2003 | Eco-fears on cloud seeding plan
Snowy Hydro Ltd claims that NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is opposed to the cloud-seeding plan that would boost flows to the Murray River flows by up to 150 gigalitres a year. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2003 | Vic Govt calls for police checks, fees to protect child workers
A Bill due to go before the Victorian Parliament this week would require farmers who allow their grandchildren, siblings or neighbours' children to help on their farms to undergo police checks and obtain permits. ...... FULL STORY
26 Aug 2003 | Fertile year for one in four WA farmers
One quarter of Western Australian farmers had a bumper year in 2002-2003, largely due to the uneven impact of the drought. ...... FULL STORY
26 Aug 2003 | Pratt calls for federal water schemes
Businessman Richard Pratt has urged the Federal Government to introduce radical changes in water management, including a system of "water bonds" that would attract investors to schemes aimed at fixing the ageing regional water infrastructure. ...... FULL STORY
25 Aug 2003 | The facts on rice farming and water
A 2000 report by the Bureau of Statistics said they found that vegetables and fruit returned the highest gross value per megalitre of water at $1,760 and $1,460, while rice was lowest at $189. ...... FULL STORY
25 Aug 2003 | Honey sting a hive of crime
The New South Wales south coast is undergoing its worst spate of honey thefts anyone can remember. ...... FULL STORY
22 Aug 2003 | Qld bushfire season open
There's only a week left of Winter but the Queensland bushfire season has been declared open. ...... FULL STORY
22 Aug 2003 | Cane farmer works a new angle on success
Innisfail cane farmer Chris Phillips is not waiting for the Federal Government's bail-out or the proposed sugar levy: he's found his own solution. ...... FULL STORY
22 Aug 2003 | Sydney sells off the farm
Sydney's residential real estate boom is threatening the city's billion-dollar agriculture industry, with hundreds of farms being enveloped by housing developments. ...... FULL STORY
21 Aug 2003 | Keep farm viable for easier succession
Careful planning is required when preparing to hand over the farm to the next generation, says Bill Beard, a director of RSM Bird Cameron Chartered Accountants in Ballarat. ...... FULL STORY
19 Aug 2003 | Ekka as popular as ever
About 600,000 people visited the Brisbane Exhibition this year and more than 25,000 competition entries also confirmed that Queenslanders still see the Ekka as the place to exhibit their talents. ...... FULL STORY
18 Aug 2003 | Organic produce finds a free range as market grows
Consumers are shaking off a perception of organic food as the province of hippies and alternative lifestylers, ensuring that organic farming is one of Australia's fastest-growing niche industries. ...... FULL STORY
15 Aug 2003 | Fears for Qld pineapple jobs
Brisbane federal parliamentarian Wayne Swan says that thousands of jobs are threatened by proposals to change quarantine regulations for fresh pineapples imported from Asia and the Pacific. ...... FULL STORY
14 Aug 2003 | World taste for Aussie food continuing to grow: report
A new report shows that the world's taste for Australian foods is growing faster than ever. ...... FULL STORY
12 Aug 2003 | Unions, farmers talking turkey on chicken-meat industry
The Victorian Farmers' Federation has teamed up with the Australian Workers' Union in a bid to re-regulate the state's $540 million-a-year chicken-meat industry. ...... FULL STORY
8 Aug 2003 | Wild dogs wanted: $20 bounty
A bounty system on wild dogs will be trialled in WA's Laverton Shire in a bid to tackle the problem. ...... FULL STORY
8 Aug 2003 | CWA takes on the big issues
New CWA president for WA, Margaret Sullivan, says it's probably the organisation's own fault it has a reputation as bakers and knitters. ...... FULL STORY
7 Aug 2003 | Brisbane's Ekka starts today
At 3.30am, when most city folk are still fast asleep, about 700 "cow cockies" living on site at Brisbane's RNA showgrounds will be starting their day. ...... FULL STORY
7 Aug 2003 | Long time between drinks ends
It wasn't rain but tankers full of water were the next best thing for farmers in north-west Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
6 Aug 2003 | New beef freeze
Frozen beef imports could be next in line for a sharp tariff rise in Japan, the Cattle Council of Australia has warned. ...... FULL STORY
5 Aug 2003 | Survey shows GM-free labelling counts for nothing
A survey by Food Standards Australia New Zealand has found that four brands of soy milk advertised as GM-free actually contained traces of genetically modified material. ...... FULL STORY
5 Aug 2003 | National Foods to acquire Bonlac's Victorian UHT plant
National Foods Ltd is to acquire Bonlac Foods' UHT flavoured milk plant at Cobden in western Victoria for an undisclosed sum. ...... FULL STORY
5 Aug 2003 | $500m plan for Melbourne Showgrounds
The Royal Agricultural Society and the Victorian Government have formed a joint venture to redevelop the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds site. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2003 | Harrow's beaut blokes to see the Big Smoke
More than 120 Melbourne women have signed up to show some rural lads around the big city. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2003 | Auction action runs the bush dry of heritage
One of the consequences of the drought in NSW is that cash-strapped bush families are selling off parts of their cultural history to Sydney home-owners. ...... FULL STORY
1 Aug 2003 | Anti-Japan tariff campaign goes plastic
A herd of plastic cattle has appeared on Capital Hill with anti-tariff messages written on their flanks, as Australia's beef farmers intensify their campaign against Japan's increased beef tariffs. ...... FULL STORY
1 Aug 2003 | Stomping for red meat
1960s rocker Little Pattie is to become the ambassador of the Meat and Livestock Australia's red meat campaign. ...... FULL STORY
1 Aug 2003 | SAFF elects youth to board
The South Australian Farmers' Federation has appointed former primary school teacher Peter Angus to its board. ...... FULL STORY
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