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31 Oct 2003 | Wine producers need to uncork more savvy
KPMG has published a report on the wine industry entitled "Shelf Space . . . Is There Room for Me?". ...... FULL STORY
31 Oct 2003 | $3.5m for former abattoir workers
Workers at the former Mudgee Regional Abattoir should get $3.5 million in entitlements by the end of November 2003, the NSW Local Government Minister said on October 30. ...... FULL STORY
30 Oct 2003 | We love lamb chops
Statistics in the Victorian Meat Authority's annual report show that lamb chops are still the meat lover's favourite. ...... FULL STORY
30 Oct 2003 | Mooted FTA delay irks farmers
The National Farmers' Federation wants a free trade agreement with the United States to include significant upfront improvements in market access. ...... FULL STORY
29 Oct 2003 | VFF to decide on Grains Council
The Victorian Farmers' Federation is expected to tell the Grains Council of Australia today, at a GCA meeting in Canberra, whether it has decided to remain a member of the organisation or not. ...... FULL STORY
29 Oct 2003 | Qld Govt charges hit CWA
The Queensland Country Women's Association, the state's largest women's organisation, is facing a financial crisis and may be forced to sell some properties. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2003 | Bendigo banking on new telco
Bendigo Bank says it will extend its successful Community Bank model into the telecommunications area and establish a company called Community Telco Australia. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2003 | Shearer's delight
Shannon Warnest, from Willalooka in the South-East of South Australia, has won Australia National Shearing Title at Esperance in Western Australia - for the second time. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2003 | Wool farmer finds himself bigger fish to fry
Karara grazier Lyndon Batterham, a producer of fine wools on his Carbean property, decided to diversify into aquaculture due to uncertainty about the wool market. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2003 | Queensland roo tannery 'bending it like Beckham'
Packer Leather, based at Narangba in Queensland, is helping global giants Nike and Adidas in their quest to find the perfect sports footwear. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2003 | Four more Qld shires on drought list
While stormy weather is causing havoc in south-eastern Queensland, four more shires have been declared drought-hit, taking the state's total to 95 shires. ...... FULL STORY
27 Oct 2003 | Income takes off after farmers try squabs
Former pig farmers Sue and Frank Phelan turned to squabs - young meat pigeons - to supplement their income when they realised their pig farm was going backwards. ...... FULL STORY
24 Oct 2003 | Casella Estate Wines takes out Exporter of the Year award
Casella Estate Wines, based in southern New South Wales, has won NSW's 2003 State Exporter of the Year award. ...... FULL STORY
24 Oct 2003 | ABARE outlines plan to save reef
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics' report on saving the Great Barrier Reef says the cheapest option for reducing nutrient run-off from the Burdekin River would be to introduce buffer zones on sugar-cane farms. ...... FULL STORY
24 Oct 2003 | $406m funds for NSW farmers
WA's Pastoralists' and Graziers' Association has called on the State Government to follow NSW in allowing farmers flexibility to manage native vegetation. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2003 | Charity warns of rush from the bush
Toowoomba's Bush Connection service has warned of an exodus of farming families from rural industries when the drought ends and emergency relief dries up. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2003 | Irrigation farms disappearing
Irrigation farms are disappearing fast in the region between Kerang and Swan Hill in Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2003 | AACo eyes morsels of Stanbroke beef empire
Australian Agricultural Co is believed to have been offered several rural properties, including some Stanbroke properties, by AMP and the successful Stanbroke bidder, Nebo Holdings. ...... FULL STORY
21 Oct 2003 | Irrigators to get Murray allocation top-up
River Murray irrigators will get another 10 per cent of their water allocation this season. ...... FULL STORY
21 Oct 2003 | Queensland against T3: Democrats
The Australian Democrats claim that 80 per cent of Queenslanders are opposed to any further sell-off of Telstra. ...... FULL STORY
20 Oct 2003 | Fire report fuels farmer outrage
The final 370-page report into last summer's bushfires has failed to address key issues raised by Victorian farmers. Instead, it just recommends more reviews. ...... FULL STORY
20 Oct 2003 | Tropical solution for farm irrigation
Calls for water to be piped from northern Australia to the intensively farmed south would be too expensive to meet, Agriculture Minister Warren Truss says, but taking irrigators to the water instead of the other way round could be viable. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2003 | Fox carcass found in Tasmania
A dead fox has been discovered in Tasmania's north-west, confirming fears that the pest has crossed Bass Strait. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2003 | New low cost Qantas carrier to boost tourism in regions
Qantas's new low-cost domestic airline will open up more regional areas to tourism, TTF Australia's Chris Brown says. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2003 | Wild dogs given the beep
High-frequency beepers will be trialled along the 2,545 kilometres of Queensland's wild dog barrier fence to discourage the dogs from going near it. ...... FULL STORY
16 Oct 2003 | Farmers, greenies take an axe to land-clearing bureaucracy
NSW farmers and environmentalists have welcomed a $406 million deal to end broad-scale land clearing and rescue damaged land. ...... FULL STORY
16 Oct 2003 | Futuris logs on telco buy for rural network
Futuris Corporation, the parent of the Elders farm services network, has bought 19 per cent of Perth-based broadband services provider Amcom Telecommunications for $5.5 million. ...... FULL STORY
15 Oct 2003 | Beef fund cut chews up exports
A review by the Cattle Council of Australia has found that Meat and Livestock Australia marketing funds are "under significant pressure", which could have long-term ramifications for market share in the domestic and export markets. ...... FULL STORY
15 Oct 2003 | Farmers' green role still attracts critics
The National Farmers' Federation conducted a survey of farmers' "green" credentials between April and June 2003. ...... FULL STORY
14 Oct 2003 | 'Make or break' month for drought in NSW
October is the "make or break" month for farmers, the New South Wales Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Ian Macdonald says. ...... FULL STORY
14 Oct 2003 | Plan to extend daylight saving in Vic
A plan to extend the hours of daylight saving in October has been put forward by a country Labor MP, Ballarat-based Geoff Howard, who has written to the Premier suggesting an extra month of evening daylight. ...... FULL STORY
14 Oct 2003 | Green thumbs down on imports
Exotic plants and weeds with the potential to devastate bushland are being imported due to a loophole that exempts up to 25,000 foreign plants from quarantine screening. ...... FULL STORY
13 Oct 2003 | Forestry faces growing plantation problem
Australia's multi-billion-dollar native hardwood forestry industry is facing severe problems if it has to rely on plantation timber, according to a report by Finnish consultants Jaakko Poyry. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2003 | Nuffield farming scholarship winners announced
The 2003 Nuffield farming scholarships were announced in early October, with a record 11 Australian recipients named - one more than in 2002. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2003 | New food to be all Greek to consumers
Queensland olive producer Adam Moller believes his kalamata olives should bear the name of the region from which the variety originated. ...... FULL STORY
9 Oct 2003 | Croc farmers put bite on world markets
Crocodile farming is becoming a commercially viable venture, with Queensland providing almost half of Australia's annual export product. ...... FULL STORY
9 Oct 2003 | Farm crime hits $63m
A new study of farms' experience of crime, released by the Australian Institute of Criminology, found that more than 25 per cent of the respondents had been hit by property crime, with an estimated cost of $63 million in one year. ...... FULL STORY
8 Oct 2003 | Vic farm deaths inquiry
Victoria's Rural and Regional Services and Development Committee will undertake an inquiry into the causes of farm deaths and injuries. ...... FULL STORY
7 Oct 2003 | Taiwan to buy more beef, sugar
Australian beef producers will get significantly increased access to the Taiwanese market from 2004, following tariff concessions announced on October 6. ...... FULL STORY
7 Oct 2003 | Rainfall eases growers' fears on Murray
It's likely that River Murray irrigators will win back more water for the summer irrigation season. ...... FULL STORY
3 Oct 2003 | Telstra offers vote on ADSL rollout to bush
Telstra says about 25 per cent of Australians in the bush still don't have access to its Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) broadband network, with some 4,000 exchanges not yet enabled. ...... FULL STORY
3 Oct 2003 | Milking lupins for profits
New lupin species have the potential to regenerate the lupin industry, and a number of alternative varieties are currently being researched. ...... FULL STORY
2 Oct 2003 | Nationals push for Telstra funds for bush
National Party branches from NSW, Victoria, SA and WA say they won't support any further sale of Telstra until "a minimum" of $5 billion from the sale is set aside for infrastructure and environment projects in rural and regional areas. ...... FULL STORY
1 Oct 2003 | AACo loses court bid on Stanbroke sale
Australian Agricultural Co's bid to stop the sale of the Stanbroke Pastoral Company was quashed by the Federal Court on September 30. ...... FULL STORY
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