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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
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 | Queensland's first wheat delivered
Central Queensland's Koorngo depot has taken the first wheat of what is expected to be a depleted Queensland winter crop. ...... FULL STORY
21 Aug 2003 | Five fruitful years for grapes, canola
Grapes and canola have been the boom crops for Australia's agricultural sector over the past five years, with the value of production for both almost doubling, according to the Bureau of Statistics. ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2003 | Grains giant for east coast
Grainco Australia Ltd shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a takeover by NSW bulk grain handler GrainCorp Ltd ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2003 | Wary farmers want answers on GM crops
A new national survey by Biotechnology Australia has found that 74 per cent of farmers are not considering growing GM crops at this stage, ...... FULL STORY
19 Aug 2003 | Rain brings a grain of hope
Soaring world wheat prices and the best rains in parts of NSW for the season last week are poised to lift rural Australia from the drought. ...... FULL STORY
14 Aug 2003 | Feedlot industry attacks subsidies for ethanol
Australia's $3 billion feedlot industry has criticised the Federal Government's subsidies to ethanol company Manildra and claims it will double grain prices. ...... FULL STORY
12 Aug 2003 | TLC helps AusBulk put its finger on the pulse
AusBulk has acquired The Lentil Company (TLC) for an undisclosed price. TLC, which is based at Horsham in the Wimmera, will become part of AusBulk in October. ...... FULL STORY
11 Aug 2003 | Canegrowers seek support to buy out Nambour mill
Brisbane-based Big Australian Co-operative is trying to rally investor support to fund an estimated $11 million rescue of the Nambour sugar mill and save the Sunshine Coast sugarcane industry. ...... FULL STORY
6 Aug 2003 | Victorian farmers face a harvest of hope
Most Victorian farmers are likely to get higher incomes this financial year if normal seasonal rains fall, according to Terry Sheales, chief commodity analyst with the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics. ...... FULL STORY
6 Aug 2003 | $14m to rescue rice crop
The rice industry, through its marketing arm Sunrice, has agreed to provide up to $14 million to subsidise the cost of water for the 2003-2004 season. ...... 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
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