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31 Mar 2005 | AWB lifts price estimates for prime wheat
AWB said the outlook for 2005/06 wheat prices improved, with a lift in pool price estimates for the second time this month. ...... FULL STORY
31 Mar 2005 | Iraq suspends wheat purchases from Australia
Iraq suspended a contract to buy one million tonnes of Australian wheat following remarks by Australian official that suggested Iraq would be overcharged. ...... FULL STORY
30 Mar 2005 | Grain and poultry farmers on Suncorp priority list
Suncorp said it wanted to lend more to farmers operating in the poultry sector, most of whom raised chickens in Victoria rather than the bank’s home base in Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
29 Mar 2005 | Parkes at centre of rail investment dream
Chris Corrigan's Patrick Corp is among backers of a proposed railway infrastructure investment for an inland line that would link Melbourne and Brisbane and serve the grain and livestock belt of western NSW. ...... FULL STORY
22 Mar 2005 | Farming a high skill, knowledge industry
Technological intensity is driving rises in labour productivity right across agriculture, with an overall rise in productivity of 60 per cent over the past 10 years, according to the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics. ...... FULL STORY
22 Mar 2005 | Second sugar subsidy may be paid soon
Canegrowers, the sugar industry lobby, said the second tranche of the sustainability grant may be paid soon. ...... FULL STORY
22 Mar 2005 | Grain productivity growth double that of other farms
The grain industry has achieved the highest rise in productivity in agriculture, with a rise of three per cent a year for the past two decades, or close to double the rate of the average farming enterprise. ...... FULL STORY
17 Mar 2005 | GrainCorp reduces harvest forecast
GrainCorp said the dry conditions in Victoria and southern NSW last year reduced the company’s expectations for grain receivals to 10 million tonnes in the year to September 2005. ...... FULL STORY
15 Mar 2005 | Livestock profits on the rise, but wheat profits set to fall
Beef producers with more than 300 cattle can expect their cash incomes will average $106,000 in 2005, according to government think tank ABARE. ...... FULL STORY
11 Mar 2005 | AWB sees normal wheat season
AWB said it expected wheat production would recover to more average levels in 2005/06 if seasonal conditions are normal. ...... FULL STORY
11 Mar 2005 | Most profitable farmers buy out their neighbours
Average land values for broadacre wheat, sheep and beef farms increased by over 50 per cent in real terms over the last four years, as larger and more profitable farmers bought up smaller and less profitable neighbours. ...... FULL STORY
10 Mar 2005 | One per cent levy imposed on farm chemicals
Farm chemicals will cost more following a decision by the federal government to impose a levy of 0.9 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
9 Mar 2005 | Outlook not so strong for grain prices
Australian grain farmers are likely to enjoy higher prices in 2005/06, but in the medium term, prices are projected to fall in real terms, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics has forecast. ...... FULL STORY
9 Mar 2005 | Farmers fenced in by excessive rules
Farmers often complain about the cost of red tape, and now a new study by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics shows they may be right. ...... FULL STORY
9 Mar 2005 | Farm service giants throw manure over fertiliser supply deals
Futuris Corporation, parent company of the Elders farm services network, yesterday accused fertiliser giant Incitec Pivot of misleading the market about developments in the fertiliser supply business... ...... FULL STORY
7 Mar 2005 | Western wheat belt the pick of the crop
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics estimates that the top eight per cent of broadacre farmers earn an average of $289,000 a year. ...... FULL STORY
4 Mar 2005 | ABARE promotes options contracts for irrigators
Options contracts that transfer water rights from irrigators to the environment have the potential to deliver cost effective environmental outcomes, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics argued at the Outlook conference in Canberra. ...... FULL STORY
1 Mar 2005 | AWB lifts pool price
AWB lifted its estimate of returns from sales of its benchmark wheat type for the crop year ending in March 2005. ...... FULL STORY
1 Mar 2005 | GM canola flowers in western districts
Bayer CropScience confirmed it was growing four experimental genetically modified crops near Horsham and Hamilton in the western districts of Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
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