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31 May 2005 | Soil temperature will soon be too cold for most grain
While timely rainfall gave grain growers in West Australia’s wheat belt a solid start to their season, farmers will find that soil temperatures in eastern Australia will soon be too cool to plant. ...... FULL STORY
31 May 2005 | Grain receivals weak for ABB
ABB Grain said grain production in the 2004/05 season was well below average in South Australia and Victoria, with grain receivals into the storage and handling network of just 4.2 million tonnes... ...... FULL STORY
27 May 2005 | Barley may be a better bet than wheat this winter
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics said the drought was expected to result in lower wheat output this year, but warned the forecast was preliminary. ...... FULL STORY
27 May 2005 | Graincrop’s winter receivals decline
GrainCorp said the dry summer and autumn pushed down grain receivals for the six months to March 2005 to nine million tonnes, from 11.1 million tonnes the previous year. ...... FULL STORY
27 May 2005 | McDonalds chips Tasmanian potato contracts
Fast food giant McDonald's will buy only half its potatoes from growers in Tasmania rather than buy all of its potatoes from Simplot’s growers in the state. ...... FULL STORY
26 May 2005 | AWB optimistic on winter wheat crop despite the dry
Agribusiness group AWB brushed aside chatter about the drought on the east coast, and said it expected an average wheat harvest and a full-year profit similar to last year's. ...... FULL STORY
26 May 2005 | Wheat starts well in the west
AWB said that Western Australia, which typically accounts for up to 45 per cent of Australian wheat production, had seen a very strong start to the growing season. ...... FULL STORY
25 May 2005 | Rice the worst water waster
A CSIRO study found that Australia's 2500 rice farms were found to be 200 times more water intensive than the average industry and to generate four times as much greenhouse gas. ...... FULL STORY
24 May 2005 | Credit quality in top condition despite the dry
National Australia Bank's general manager of agribusiness said non-performing loans in the agribusiness sector stood at a 15-year low of just a third of one per cent. ...... FULL STORY
23 May 2005 | Winter outlook grim for south-eastern grain farmers
The Bureau of Meteorology says there is now a 60 to 65 per cent chance of below average winter rains across southern Australia this year. ...... FULL STORY
18 May 2005 | Government leans on banks over farm debt
The deputy prime minister John Anderson held private talks with the National Australia Bank and the Australian Bankers Association to convince financiers to keep bankrolling farmers through the worsening dry. ...... FULL STORY
17 May 2005 | Drought cuts farm production but pushes prices higher
The drought is pushing up the price of lamb and beef, while the price of eggs and flowers may also rise if Victoria's drought continues. ...... FULL STORY
17 May 2005 | Some farmers face fourth year of drought
Farmers struggling with years of drought desperately need extra financial help from the government, the NSW Farmers' Association president says. ...... FULL STORY
16 May 2005 | Maintenance funds agreed for Eyre Peninsula rail
The Australian Railroad Group, ABB Grain Limited and local government agreed with the state government to invest $20 million in maintenance on the ageing rail network on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. ...... FULL STORY
11 May 2005 | Cane growers slow to call it quits
A year after the federal government announced a $444 million compensation package for the sugar industry, cane growers are slow in answering the call to quit the sector, and even leave the land, in exchange for government help. ...... FULL STORY
10 May 2005 | Winter crops still feasible
There is still a window of opportunity to plan winter crops in western New South Wales, despite the lack of rain according to the Department of Agriculture. ...... FULL STORY
6 May 2005 | Reduced wheat crop hurts GrainCorp
Grain handler and marketer GrainCorp downgraded its profit forecast for 2005 to between $10 million and $12 million, compared to earlier forecasts of $14 million to $16 million. ...... FULL STORY
5 May 2005 | Weak demand takes top off fertiliser prices
Incitec Pivot, the dominant supplier of fertiliser in eastern Australian said sale volumes eased over the last six months, 1.16 million tonnes from 1.17 million tonnes in the corresponding period a year earlier. ...... FULL STORY
5 May 2005 | April rain ensure strong start in WA wheat belt
A single deluge on April 1 appears to be sufficient for farmers in Western Australia’s wheat belt. ...... FULL STORY
4 May 2005 | Farmers fear consequences of the extended dry
Farmers say that without rain in the next three or four weeks, the upcoming winter harvest could be lost and vital pastures for livestock laid bare. ...... FULL STORY
3 May 2005 | Biotech firm trials salt tolerant wheat
Grain Biotech Australia will undertake the first field trial of genetically modified and salt tolerant wheat at Corrigin next month. ...... FULL STORY
3 May 2005 | Countryside bakes as monsoon fails
April was the hottest, and nearly driest, start to any year since records began in the 1800s. ...... FULL STORY
2 May 2005 | AWB already paid for disputed Iraq wheat shipment
Iraq’s grains board turns out to have been fibbing over claims it would withhold a $350 million payment because of a dispute over allegedly contaminated cargoes of Australian wheat. ...... FULL STORY
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