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28 Apr 2006 | Phase out for 2,4-D
Farmers are calling for a phase out period on the withdrawal of weed management tool 2,4-D following the announcement by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to ban the product. ...... FULL STORY
28 Apr 2006 | Single desk may be unwound
The federal government is preparing farmers for the prospect of changes to the nation's wheat marketing arrangements. ...... FULL STORY
26 Apr 2006 | Grains up now, down later
The area sown to barley will fall this year but the overall area sown to grains will remain unchanged at 22 million hectares. ...... FULL STORY
20 Apr 2006 | Graincorp to close 100 silos
One hundred GrainCorp silos will be closed as the company rationalises operations in the eastern states. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2006 | ABB expands handling facilities
ABB Grain is again expanding its storage infrastructure ahead of this year’s harvest. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2006 | Malt producer up for sale
C&T Malt, owners of Barrett Burston, is up for sale for $406 million. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2006 | Queensland Nationals won’t compromise on single desk for wheat
Queensland Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce says he will not tolerate moves to disband the single desk arrangement for wheat exports in the wake of the Cole inquiry and said the issue could dislocate the coalition. ...... FULL STORY
18 Apr 2006 | Wheat farmers manage their own risk
National Australia Bank says there has been a huge increase in the number of Western Australian wheat farmers using forward pricing instruments such as currency swaps to manage price risk, instead of opting for AWB’s pool arrangement. ...... FULL STORY
18 Apr 2006 | Government saves money on sugar
Only 385 canegrowers have qualified for federal assistance out of about 1,000 growers who have left the industry in the last two years. ...... FULL STORY
13 Apr 2006 | Soil loss could double as temperature rise
Crop farmers in the southern Mallee region of Victoria face yield losses of up to 29 per cent over the next few decades, due to climate change. ...... FULL STORY
12 Apr 2006 | AWB announces first distribution
AWB has announced $397 million worth of first distributions to growers who delivered to the 2005/06 AWB National Pool. ...... FULL STORY
12 Apr 2006 | Two more AWB executives resign
AWB has told the stock exchange that two more senior executives have resigned but has denied that the resignations are related to the bribery scandal now being investigated by the Cole Inquiry. ...... FULL STORY
11 Apr 2006 | AWB faces court over failed soy bean deals
The Standard Chartered Bank is pursuing AWB in New York’s US District court for US$35 million ($48 million) over a deal to sell 56,000 tonnes of US soybeans to three Indonesian companies in 2003 and 2004. ...... FULL STORY
7 Apr 2006 | Government assistance for farmers falls
Overall government assistance to the grain, sheep and beef cattle industries has fallen almost $300 million over the last two years to $356.6 million said the productivity Commission. ...... FULL STORY
7 Apr 2006 | CBH targets 30 per cent profit growth
WA based grain handling co-operative CBH aims to report a full year profit of about $80 million, up from $61.4 million last fiscal year, ended 31 October. ...... FULL STORY
6 Apr 2006 | BP invests in ethanol
BP Australia will buy the entire 80 million litre output of the new ethanol plant being built in Western Australia as well as 23 million litres from CSR’s Sarina distillery near Mackay. ...... FULL STORY
6 Apr 2006 | Grains Council wants wheat single desk phased out
The Grains Council of Australia wants AWB to lose its monopoly over bulk wheat exports and its power to veto other operators. ...... FULL STORY
5 Apr 2006 | AWB credit rating may fall
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's reaffirmed its BBB long term rating for AWB but said it had yet to factor in the outcome of the Cole Inquiry in to the Oil for Food Iraq dealings. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2006 | China allows Australian citrus imports
Two new quarantine protocols signed today pave the way for exports of Australian citrus and deer products to China. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2006 | Victorian Farmers want changes to wheat exports
The Victorian Farmers Federation has reiterated its support for the wheat single desk but says it should be restructured and the independent statutory monitoring authority Wheat Export Authority was ineffectual and needed increased powers and resources. ...... FULL STORY
3 Apr 2006 | Wheat farmers want government guarantees
Farmers’ lobby groups are pushing for the government to underwrite the winter wheat crop for a cost of up to $1 billion. ...... FULL STORY
3 Apr 2006 | Elders overhauls management and looks to grow
Good cropping conditions across most of rural Australia will help Elders Rural Bank to double digit earnings growth this year said outgoing chief executive Bob Jones. ...... FULL STORY
3 Apr 2006 | Locust plague in the wheatbelt
The West Australian wheat belt is facing a locust plague said the WA Department of Agriculture, with large numbers of the pests in large areas of the wheat belt. ...... FULL STORY
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