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31 Aug 2004 | New Grain Growers' Association chairman takes over
Ron Hards, a Victorian farmer, will take over as chairman of the Grain Growers' Association from August 31. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2004 | WA, SA farmers threaten to fight policy at poll
The West Australian and South Australian Farmers' Federations will step up their campaign against the National Competition Policy and may make it an issue at the federal election. ...... FULL STORY
27 Aug 2004 | Farmers get new drought bail-out
Australia is facing an additional $300 million in assistance to farmers in Queensland and western NSW, where poor rains are threatening to devastate Winter crops and crush hopes of a rural recovery. ...... FULL STORY
25 Aug 2004 | Farmers will fight policy rules
South Australia's farmers have embarked on a battle against the National Competition Policy in an attempt to gain fairer rules for export industries. ...... FULL STORY
24 Aug 2004 | Ernst & Young Weekly Food & Agribusiness Report
- News Highlights
- Wool
- Livestock
- Crops
- Cotton and Sugar
- Rural & Agribusiness Stocks
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24 Aug 2004 | Growers join ethanol push
Austcane, a business venture run by a group of Burdekin sugarcane growers, is negotiating with Dedini, the major Brazilian maker of sugar and ethanol mills. ...... FULL STORY
23 Aug 2004 | Look out, they're hatching
The Spring locust menace has started, with the first sightings of young hoppers around Lightning Ridge and Bourke in the past week. ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2004 | Labor heeds grain concerns
Labor has pledged that feed-grain users will have better access to the Wheat Export Authority to help stop it from selling grain cheaply overseas at the expense of the domestic market. ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2004 | Plan to let sugar cane farmers sell zone rights
Sugar farmers would be rewarded for keeping their land under cane in a scheme involving transferable development rights, which is being proposed to the Queensland Government. ...... FULL STORY
18 Aug 2004 | Unlocking the ways insect pests survive without air
CSIRO is examining how insect pests survive in low oxygen environments, such as grain silos, and how to reduce multi-million dollar reliance on toxic fumigants to kill these pests. ...... FULL STORY
18 Aug 2004 | More bad news for SA, Vic grains farmers
Farmers in western Victoria and South Australia, who have already battled through a two-year drought, have been told to expect below average rainfall this Spring. ...... FULL STORY
17 Aug 2004 | Ecological engineering taps into flower power to control pests
Planting wild flowers around an orchard or marigolds among the onions to ward off pest insects and attract good ones may not just be old wives' tales. ...... FULL STORY
17 Aug 2004 | Wheat prices going down
Good harvests in the northern hemisphere are driving down the price of wheat, says AWB. ...... FULL STORY
16 Aug 2004 | Rust and rodents
NSW farmers are set to battle plagues of pests and diseases within a few weeks, as rising mouse numbers and an outbreak of stripe rust are added to concerns about locusts. ...... FULL STORY
13 Aug 2004 | Genomics Centre targets acid soils
The NSW Agricultural Genomics Centre has identified DNA markers for aluminium tolerance that will help in the breeding of plants tolerant to acid soils. ...... FULL STORY
13 Aug 2004 | Worst locust plague in 30 years
A war on locusts has been declared in NSW as the State Government braces for the worst plague in decades. ...... FULL STORY
13 Aug 2004 | Sugar mill, Ergon sign power deal
Ergon Energy and Tully Sugar Limited have signed a power supply deal. ...... FULL STORY
12 Aug 2004 | Corish backs GM trials
The National Farmers' Federation president, Peter Corish, has backed trials of genetically modified crops, saying they're important to ensure farmers are not disadvantaged in particular future markets. ...... FULL STORY
10 Aug 2004 | Wheat crop looks good, but prices are falling
Enough rain has fallen in recent months to put Australia back on track for a record grain crop but conditions in Europe and the US are also good, which means pressure on prices. ...... FULL STORY
10 Aug 2004 | Rural commodity prices ease as rainfall deficit continues in SE Aust
The Westpac-NFF rural commodity price index eased 2.3 per cent in July. ...... FULL STORY
10 Aug 2004 | Grain industry wants express action on NSW railways
AWB, GrainCorp and Pacific National have called on the NSW Government to commit to restoring NSW's silo-to-port rail links. ...... FULL STORY
9 Aug 2004 | High oil prices boost case for ethanol
Surging oil prices may be creating headaches for farmers but sugar producers see a potential bright side. ...... FULL STORY
9 Aug 2004 | Peanut farmers to check crops online
Peanut growers will soon be able to check crop progress and scan for disease via the Internet, as part of a trial using satellite technology to monitor peanut crops in south east Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
6 Aug 2004 | Awash with wheat
The major barrier to any improvement in wheat prices is a forecast increase in world production. ...... FULL STORY
6 Aug 2004 | Sweeter deal for sugar farmers after landmark win against Europe
Australia's sugar farmers should get higher prices on global export markets following a landmark WTO case against the European Union. ...... FULL STORY
5 Aug 2004 | Sugar-waste generator to sweeten power outlook
Ergon Energy will begin construction of a $23 million power generator in Childers. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2004 | Aerial attack to KO weed
South Australian farmers are taking to the skies to help in eradicating the noxious weed branched broomrape. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2004 | Stock predator is circling farmers
Stockmarket predator David Tweed has approached farmers with shares in United Grower Holdings, which is a merger candidate with ABB Grain. ...... FULL STORY
3 Aug 2004 | India could be new wheat competitor for Aust
India could be Australia's toughest new competitor on the global wheat market as tastes and budgets change, according to a new report compiled for the Grain Growers' Association. ...... FULL STORY
3 Aug 2004 | Qld seeks clarification on WTO sugar arrangements
Queensland will seek clarification from the Federal Government on agreements reached on sugar in the latest WTO talks, which could affect the state's single-desk selling arrangements. ...... FULL STORY
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