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30 Sep 2003 | 'Rees' wheat gives more crop per drop
Graingene, a joint venture between AWB Limited, the Grains Research and Development Corporation and CSIRO Plant Industry, has released its second commercial variety, Rees. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2003 | New mustard varieties: good oil for dry land
New mustard genotypes bred to withstand hot, dry conditions could give grain growers in more marginal farming areas the break crop option they've been looking for. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2003 | Mice threaten Darling Downs grain crops
Darling Downs grain growers fortunate enough to have planted a winter grain crop are now facing a mouse problem. ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2003 | Sugar prices hit by high $A
Fears of a worldwide surplus and the continuing strength of the $AUD mean prices are being kept well below break-even level for growers. ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2003 | Harvest up but exports down
ABARE has raised its forecast for commodity export earnings in 2003-2004 to $83.9 billion, up from $82.8 billion in June, due to the nation's looming bumper grain harvest and improving prospects for world economic recovery. ...... FULL STORY
22 Sep 2003 | AWB chief defends monopoly scheme
AWB Ltd's CEO Andrew Lindberg has defended the need for its monopoly on bulk wheat exporting and says millions of dollars are at risk if it ends. ...... FULL STORY
17 Sep 2003 | Wheat silos running dry
AWB (International) Limited hopes to have fewer than 500,000 tonnes of wheat left in storage when the first grain arrives from the new harvest. ...... FULL STORY
16 Sep 2003 | Drop sugar levy: Qld Govt
The Queensland Government has told the Federal Government that it should adopt sugar industry reforms or cease collecting the 3-cents-a-kilo retail levy. ...... FULL STORY
16 Sep 2003 | New nitrogen fertiliser management tool
CSIRO Plant Industry has released a computer program, maNage Wheat, designed to assist wheat growers to more effectively manage their use of nitrogen fertilisers, which can cost $50,000 and $100,000 a year. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2003 | AWB blunt on export prices
AWB Ltd has warned farmers that it will price grain aggressively over the next nine months when selling what promises to be the second biggest harvest on record. ...... FULL STORY
11 Sep 2003 | New GM trials gather steam
The move to introduce genetically modified canola into Australia is accelerating, with more trial plantings likely to be approved by December 2003. ...... FULL STORY
11 Sep 2003 | DNA testing in potato disease battle
In the not-too-distant future, the potato industry will use DNA testing to combat the soil-based diseases common scab, powdery scab and rhizoctonia, which can destroy up to 80 per cent of a grower's crop. ...... FULL STORY
10 Sep 2003 | Bumper grain crops tipped
Victorian wheat farmers could produce 3.2 million tonnes of wheat this season, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics says. ...... FULL STORY
8 Sep 2003 | AWB honours Iraq wheat contract
AWB Ltd says the final 800,000-tonne wheat contract for Iraq, supposed to be delivered before the war, is now ready for immediate shipment. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2003 | CSR announces renewable energy project
CSR Ltd has announced a $100 million "green energy" project that will generate power through the burning of sugarcane waste at its Pioneer Mill in Brandon, south of Townsville in north Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
4 Sep 2003 | AWB export monopoly under renewed pressure
AWB Ltd's monopoly on the marketing of Australia's wheat is coming under renewed pressure as the US and EU agreed to pursue the elimination of single-desk export arrangements in international trade talks. ...... FULL STORY
3 Sep 2003 | Let some areas go dry, says Vic Govt
The Victorian Water and Environment Minister, John Thwaites, says irrigators must accept the need to close parts of the state's irrigation system. ...... FULL STORY
2 Sep 2003 | Almond group shares go nuts as it shells out more
Agribusiness Select Harvests has posted a profit rise of 28 per cent, reporting a record profit of $10.96 million for the year to June 30, 2003, up from $8.55 million in 2001-2002. ...... FULL STORY
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