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30 Sep 2005 | EFIC will guarantee wheat exports to Iraq
The federal government will finance future exports of Australian wheat to Iraq, the Iraqi Trade Bank said. ...... FULL STORY
29 Sep 2005 | Dangerous goods licence required to cart farm chemicals
Farmers transporting more than 500 litres of herbicide will have to gain a dangerous goods licence and $10 million of public liability insurance under a draft code drawn up by the National Transport Commission. ...... FULL STORY
28 Sep 2005 | Wheat prices harden
AWB said it increased its estimate of pool returns for new season wheat by as much as $11 a tonne. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2005 | Fertiliser prices on the rise
Fertilisers are on the rise once again, due to rising world demand and rising transport costs. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2005 | September freeze hurts cereal crops
Frosts caused some farmers in Western Australia’s wheat belt to lose as much as 80 per cent of their cereal crops. ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2005 | More GM strains detected in canola crops
The Victorian Government's agriculture research arm, AgVic, detected Monsanto's Round-up-Ready herbicide resistance gene in two of its five Victory cultivars of canola. ...... FULL STORY
22 Sep 2005 | High-end farm sales battle for bids
The market for farm properties in New South Wales is seeking lower priced holdings sold quickly, while "big ticket" properties battle to attract bids at auction. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2005 | 250 sugar farmers accept exit payments
Industry association Canegrowers said they were concerned sugar cane farmers may only receive $320 million out of the total $444 million in subsidies promised by the federal government last year. ...... FULL STORY
20 Sep 2005 | GM crop ban a competitive disadvantage
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics said bans on genetically modified crops would cost grain growers $3 billion in lost income over the next 10 years. ...... FULL STORY
20 Sep 2005 | Sugar farmers set to receive second subsidy
Sugar farmers will receive $73 million in sustainability grants from the federal government after finalising their regional reform plans for the industry. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2005 | Traces of GM canola found in South Australia
Genetically modified canola has been detected in 12 conventional canola trial crops in South Australia. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2005 | Imtrade and AAC partner to lower cost of farm chemicals
Perth-based supplier of agricultural chemicals Imtrade, the owner of the ChemAg brand, said it would offer discounted products to farmers that contract to grow wheat in partnership with another Perth company, Australian Agricultural Contracts Ltd. ...... FULL STORY
16 Sep 2005 | Canola crop dives
The NSW canola crop is expected to be 69 per less than last year, mainly due to the lateness of the winter break and a shift by farmers from canola to wheat. ...... FULL STORY
15 Sep 2005 | HomeGrown promotes logo
Australian HomeGrown, a not-for-profit organisation, is promoting a new logo to food producers as a mark that establishes produce is grown, farmed or fished by domestic suppliers. ...... FULL STORY
14 Sep 2005 | GM canola growing beyond trial sites
Two canola trial sites in Western Australia have been contaminated with genetically-modified plants. ...... FULL STORY
14 Sep 2005 | Queensland Rail suspends grain trains
Queensland Rail has not carried any grain since the end of August, due to a dispute between Queensland Rail and Export Grain Logistics, a joint venture of AWB and GrainCorp. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2005 | Crops returns increase, at the expense of livestock
The gross value of agricultural commodities produced in 2003/04 rose by $4.4 billion, or 13 per cent, to $36.9 billion, in an indication of easing drought conditions throughout much of Australia. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2005 | Wool and wheat prices in decline
Wool and wheat prices are in decline. Wool prices have sunk to their lowest level for more than five years. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2005 | Transport a bigger burden in horticulture
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said it estimated average marketing and transport costs of agricultural commodities at nine per cent of the gross value of all agricultural production in 2003/04. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2005 | Price of diesel a burden
Very high fuel prices are affecting farmers as they enter one of the busiest and most fuel-intensive periods of the year, harvesting winter grains and sowing summer crops. ...... FULL STORY
8 Sep 2005 | Iraq wheat exports resume
Australia has resumed wheat exports to Iraq, about five months after shiploads of grain destined for the war-torn nation were left stranded at sea over spurious contamination claims. ...... FULL STORY
7 Sep 2005 | Winter rains expected to save winter crop
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics increased its estimate for winter crop production to 31 million tonnes, well up from a forecast of 26 million tonnes made in early June... ...... FULL STORY
7 Sep 2005 | Balco takes control of Elder’s hay factories
Balco Group will takeover two hay-processing plants in Western Australia and Victoria from South Australian hay processor Elders Hycube's. ...... FULL STORY
6 Sep 2005 | Landmark property on the market
One of WA's biggest and most high-profile wheat growers, Chris Moffet, has put his farm near Morawa on the market for $11.5 million. ...... FULL STORY
6 Sep 2005 | CBH eyes eastern grains market
The CBH Group will launch into new eastern states markets this harvest, to shore up a position as a major grain player in the future. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2005 | Grain growers debates pros and cons of selling out of GrainCorp
Grain growers appear divided over whether or not to sell all or part of the 21 per cent stake in GrainCorp owned by the Grain Growers Association. ...... FULL STORY
2 Sep 2005 | ABB opens barley pool to outside traders
ABB Grain agreed to three measures to improve transparency of ABB Grain's barley pool performance following pressure from the SA Grain Growers Association. ...... FULL STORY
1 Sep 2005 | Beef farmers muscles out sheep and grain
Beef cattle farming, grape growing and stone fruit are the only categories of farming where the number of individual farms is increasing, a snapshot of the farm sector compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows. ...... FULL STORY
1 Sep 2005 | Traces of GM canola emerge eight years after trials
Trace levels of genetically modified material have been found in samples of South Australian canola from ABB Grain. ...... FULL STORY
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