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27 Feb 2004 | ABB chief talks up merger
ABB Grain chairman Trevor Day told shareholders at yesterday's AGM that the prospect of a merger with AusBulk is "attractive", provided it's done "prudently and methodically". ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2004 | Drought's over, now for a plague of locusts
The first good pasture in more than two years in northwestern New South Wales is under threat from a locust plague. ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2004 | Last tobacco contract filled in Qld
The tobacco industry has officially gone from North Queensland: the last sale went out last week. ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2004 | Banana growers are bent on a fight
The Australian Banana Growers' Council will ask growers to voluntarily contribute five cents from every 13kg carton of bananas sold for about $10. ...... FULL STORY
26 Feb 2004 | Pakistan rejects Australian wheat
Pakistan has rejected two shiploads with 80,000 tonnes of Australian wheat, claiming it's contaminated with karnal bunt, a fungus. ...... FULL STORY
24 Feb 2004 | Sugar farmers call for new options
Australian Cane Farmers Association chairman Ross Walker says farmers must move on now that sugar is not part of the free trade agreement with the US. ...... FULL STORY
24 Feb 2004 | GM food crops to be planted in weeks
The NSW Government's expert council has decided there is no reason not to go ahead with the planting of thousands of hectares of genetically modified canola in the state. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2004 | Going against the grain
The NSW Government may be poised to give the go-ahead to Australia's first genetically modified food crop. ...... FULL STORY
19 Feb 2004 | Brazil gives cane farmers ethanol hope
Brazil is set to produce ethanol in Queensland to provide fuel for the Asian market. ...... FULL STORY
19 Feb 2004 | Rice farmers set to come a cropper
Australian farmers understand the language of agricultural trade: it's in US dollars, and every time the $AUD strengthens against the $US, farmers feel it in their hip pockets. ...... FULL STORY
18 Feb 2004 | Wheat tipped to fall $20/t
AWB Ltd has released its first estimated price range for the next harvest's wheat, with prices down by over $20 a tonne on the current 2003-2004 pool price for Australian Premium Wheat of $224. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2004 | Beattie looks to Howard for sugar hit
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has called for a stronger financial commitment from the Federal Government to the state's canegrowers after they were left out of the US-Australia FTA. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2004 | Merger that goes with the grain
Barley marketer ABB Grain and grain handler AusBulk confirmed yesterday that they have entered merger talks that could create a $700 million agribusiness. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2004 | Taking sides on GM
Bayer and Monsanto are seeking approval to run a "co-existence" canola trial in southern NSW this year. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2004 | Sugar mills jobs at risk as US trade deal hurts
Queensland sugar producers, millers and growers are signalling that the sector could deteriorate dramatically within three years. ...... FULL STORY
12 Feb 2004 | Sugar's wish list
The Prime Minister and several Coalition MPs held urgent talks last night over a rescue package for the sugar industry. ...... FULL STORY
10 Feb 2004 | AWB reports record wheat crop
AWB Ltd expects a record 2003-2004 harvest of 25 million tonnes; receivals are at about 19 million tonnes but late deliveries are expected. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2004 | Crop damage set to cost Tassie farmers millions
Tasmanian farmers are facing millions of dollars' worth of damage to crops after record rainfall and floods hit the state. ...... FULL STORY
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