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31 Jul 2002 | Graincorp forecasts 6m tonnes for Winter
Graincorp has forecast that its Winter grain crop receival will be six million tonnes to July 31st ...... FULL STORY
17 Jul 2002 | OECD positive on future Aust grain and dairy exports
The OECD has just released its Agricultural Outlook 2002-2007 report, which predicts that the Australian coarse grain and dairy sectors will do well over the next five years ...... FULL STORY
15 Jul 2002 | Monsanto urges farmers to lobby for GM canola
Giant chemical company Monsanto recently sent letters to Australian farmers, urging them to support its applications for genetically modified canola crop trials, currently before the Office of Gene Technology. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jul 2002 | Biosecurity to keep watch on fire blight threat
Biosecurity will take the potential threat from fire blight to Australia's stone fruit industry into account before allowing any imports of New Zealand apples. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jul 2002 | Victoria's potato growers feel the pinch of lower prices
Victoria's most recent potato season has been "disastrous", according to growers, with prices plummeting downwards over the past six months. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jul 2002 | 2002 sugar prices may fall below break-even level
Queensland Sugar gave growers some good news on last year's crop prices yesterday: they'll get $331.60 a tonne for raw sugar produced in 2001, a 31 per cent increase on the $253 per tonne for the 2000 crop. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jul 2002 | GrainCorp on track to meet $45-$47m profit forecast
GrainCorp's managing director Tom Keene said yesterday that the company is "comfortable" with its profit forecast for the full 2002 year of $45 million to $47 million ...... FULL STORY
9 Jul 2002 | Trade minister Vaile enters AWB takeover controversy
The Federal Government has entered the growing controversy over AWB's bid for Goodman Fielder's flour-milling assets ...... FULL STORY
8 Jul 2002 | WA alliance to push for GM research
Peak farm lobby groups from Western Australia have joined to increase pressure on the State Government to undertake GM crop trials. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jul 2002 | Bananas out but pineapples coming in
Biosecurity Australia has delivered a draft decision banning the importation of bananas from the Philippines ...... FULL STORY
2 Jul 2002 | Banana industry welcomes import ban
Australia's banana industry has welcomed yesterday's draft decision by Biosecurity Australia to ban the importation of bananas from the Philippines. ...... FULL STORY
2 Jul 2002 | Blowflies give mango growers a buzz
Northern Territory mango growers are doing everything they can to encourage visits and breeding by the common blowfly. ...... FULL STORY
1 Jul 2002 | Study shows GM crop pollen spreads
Organic farmers are concerned about genetically modified crop sites after a study has shown that pollen from GM plants can travel several kilometres from their point of origin. ...... FULL STORY
1 Jul 2002 | Growers to benefit as China opens up
Australia's chief commodity forecaster, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, predicts that grain and cotton growers will benefit greatly from China's membership of the World Trade Organisation. ...... FULL STORY
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