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31 Jan 2006 | CBH promises better returns for SA grain growers
Western Australian grain handler CBH has appointed a marketing manager for South Australia as it seeks to expand and take on ABB and AWB. ...... FULL STORY
31 Jan 2006 | AWB lifts return estimates for 2006
AWB says sharp price rises on the US futures exchange will lift returns to growers this crop year ending 31 March. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jan 2006 | Roberts buys Tasmanian silos
Seed and grain business Roberts Limited has bought Tasmanian Grain Elevators Pty Ltd giving it silo complexes at Launceston, Devonport and Powranna. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jan 2006 | Growers to vote on AWB monopoly
Agriculture minister Peter McGauran said he would support growers being polled on whether they support AWB’s monopoly selling rights. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jan 2006 | Victorian fires destroy farms
One hundred thousand sheep may have been lost in this week’s fires across Victoria, with the VFF saying that the fires have caused significant damage to the Victorian rural economy. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jan 2006 | AWB to bid for new Iraq contract
AWB is preparing to bid for a contract to supply 150,000 tonnes of hard wheat to Iraq in competition with the US who won the last contract in October. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jan 2006 | Sugar subsidies may not now be paid
With sugar prices at a 24-year high, the federal government may not have to allocate the final round of a planned industry support package. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jan 2006 | Sugar hits sixteen year high
The price of sugar hit a sixteen year high of US16.1 cents a pound on Friday, but Australian growers were unlikely to see that price flow through to them until late this year... ...... FULL STORY
23 Jan 2006 | NAB targets agribusiness
National Australia Bank set up a team of advisors specialising in agribusiness to assist farmers manage their investments and prices for their products such as sugar, grain, cotton, lamb and wheat. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jan 2006 | ASIC watching AWB
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is watching the Cole inquiry into the AWB’s dealings in Iraq closely to determine whether the wheat marketer deceived the market in relation to its disclosure over kickbacks to Saddam’s regime. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jan 2006 | Farmers battle the weather
Western Australia and NSW are experiencing their worst floods on record after three of the driest and warmest summers since 1910. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jan 2006 | Wheat prices to fall
Abundant global wheat stocks will push returns to growers down $3 per tonne this year said AWB. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jan 2006 | AWB brings forward AGM
AWB has announced that its AGM will be brought forward to 23 February because of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March.... ...... FULL STORY
16 Jan 2006 | DFAT phoned AWB to check on kickbacks
Australia’s current ambassador to Egypt telephoned AWB in 1999 or 2000 in response to UN concerns about AWB payments to Iraq and was reassured by AWB staff that no kickbacks to the Saddam Hussein regime were being paid. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2006 | Grain farmers urged to donate to Africa
Former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer is urging grain farmers to donate a portion of their winter crop to World Vision Australia’s Grain Appeal which directs grain to Africa’s 184 million people currently suffering malnutrition. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2006 | Farmers Face Price Squeeze
WA farmers are facing tough times in 2006 say farm advisors who are highlighting the worst cost-price squeeze for more than a decade. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2006 | Minister backs single desk for wheat
Agriculture minister Peter McGauran defended AWB’s veto power to block rival exporters and dismissed claims that a private members bill to dismantle AWB’s monopoly would attract support in the coalition party room. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jan 2006 | Warm weather brings insect plague
A plague of house flies and other insects caused by three years of mild winters and moist soil conditions is annoying farmers and households across Australia. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jan 2006 | AWB distribute $450 million to growers
Wheat growers who participated in the 2004-2005 national pool will share $450million in distributions said AWB. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jan 2006 | AWB faces trouble on two fronts
AWB’s rejection of WA bulk wheat handler CBH’s application to ship wheat directly to its mills in south east Asia has brought a strong response from CBH, who say they will lobby for an end to the 66 year old single desk export system. ...... FULL STORY
9 Jan 2006 | Grain prices hurt farmers
Mallee wheat farmers will struggle to meet production costs of fertilisers, chemicals and diesel, which have been driven up by high oil prices, despite high yields this harvest because grain prices are at a historic low. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jan 2006 | Sugar back on the FTA agenda
The US sugar industry will fight any attempt by Australia to renegotiate access to the American market for Australian growers at the March review of the agreement. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jan 2006 | Locusts set to hatch this week
The next generation of locusts is due to hatch this week and the Victorian government is telling land holders to be ready to begin spraying egg beds. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jan 2006 | Rural recovery threatened by prices and weather
The outlook is weak for wool, cotton and grain growers who are struggling with high costs and low commodity prices and need further rain to finally break out of drought. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jan 2006 | Sugar industry is “welfare orientated” says Government
The dramatic rise in sugar prices since the $444 million sugar package was announced in April 2004 has led to savings for the government of about $140 million, despite one thousand growers exiting the industry. ...... FULL STORY
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