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31 Jan 2005 | Crop production lifts off
Agriculture has bounced back strongly from the drought, with a 12 per cent increase in the value of production to $36.6 billion in 2003/04, the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures estimate. ...... FULL STORY
28 Jan 2005 | GM ban challenged in the west
The Liberal and National coalition in Western Australia said it may overturn a ban on growing genetically modified crops in the state, if elected to government. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jan 2005 | WA wheat growers target AWB export monopoly
The Pastoralists & Graziers Association in Western Australia is renewing a push to withdraw wheat grown in WA from the national wheat export monopoly controlled by AWB. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jan 2005 | Wheat inventories below normal
Wheat prices may rise by as much as 15 per cent this year from a 20 month low last week because global inventories are likely to be below normal, analysts at Commonwealth Bank of Australia said. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jan 2005 | Grain receival forecast lowered again
GrainCorp said that it reduced its forecast for winter crops receivals for 2004/05 at nine million tonnes, or 500,000 tonnes lower than its most recent estimate. ...... FULL STORY
14 Jan 2005 | Lower grain prices in store for late harvests
ABB, AWB and GrainCorp have begun to close grain pools in some ports and receiving zones, with the expected priced to be paid on some replacement pools already at a discount of $15 a tonne to the estimated price on the number one pool. ...... FULL STORY
14 Jan 2005 | AWB makes fourth payment on last season’s wheat crop
AWB in the last week paid the fourth distribution from the 2003/04 wheat crop. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jan 2005 | Orchardists qualify for soft loans
Seventy orchardists and vineyard owners whose crops were affected by hailstorms in December will be eligible for natural disaster assistance from the New South Wales government. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2005 | Dry spell for Queensland
Queensland’s farmers can expect a higher likelihood of drier than normal conditions for the three months to the end of March. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2005 | Western farmers shun private traders
Managers of Western Australia’s Grain Pool say they have been unable to sell all the grain they expect to receive from farmers at an optimum price... ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2005 | WA grain harvest wraps up early
Western Australian grain harvest has drawn to a close with 10.6 million tonnes delivered into the Consolidated Bulk Handling receival network during the 2004/05 summer, making it the fifth largest harvest on record for the state. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jan 2005 | Big wet helps northern
Northern New South Wales is experiencing its biggest summer planting season in five years, thanks to rains in late November and early December. ...... FULL STORY
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