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30 May 2006 | Warm winter delays winter crop
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics is delaying finalising its winter crop forecasts, due for publication on June 20, in the hope that sufficient rain will fall in the critical planting window over the next five weeks. ...... FULL STORY
30 May 2006 | ABB content with barley outlook
Australia's biggest exporter of barley, ABB Grain said grain receivals for the 2005/06 season were 6.6 million tonnes, compared to last year's receivals of 4.2 million tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
29 May 2006 | AWB may have paid kickback over Indian wheat sale
Federal Police may be asked to investigate the second emerging AWB kickback for wheat exports, involving a $3.3 million payment to an account in the Cayman Islands tax haven as part of a wheat sale to India. ...... FULL STORY
26 May 2006 | AWB lifts estimate of pool returns
AWB said it lifted the estimated pool price for major wheat types to a range of between US$210 to US$220 a tonne for Australian premium wheat, and retained the estimate of between US$220 and US$230 a tonne for durum wheat. ...... FULL STORY
26 May 2006 | Wheat Australia may buy grain offshore
Iraq’s grain board said it finalised contracts over the weekend for the purchase of wheat from Australia, even though the Australian government thought the contract was lost. ...... FULL STORY
25 May 2006 | Sugar tax collections exceed industry subsidies
The federal government collected almost $59 million from its controversial sugar tax and expects to pocket an extra $35 million before the impost ends next year. ...... FULL STORY
25 May 2006 | AWB will separate the single desk
Wheat exporter AWB said it would further separate the licence holder of the single desk - AWB International - from the manager, AWB Ltd, by accepting changes recommended after a review of the single desk system in 2004. ...... FULL STORY
24 May 2006 | Spuds go to waste in WA
Western Australia’s potato growers are feeding spuds to cows or ploughing them back into the ground. ...... FULL STORY
23 May 2006 | AWB embraces Fonterra brand for Landmark
Wheat exporter AWB and New Zealand dairy group Fonterra formed a partnership covering Australia and New Zealand. ...... FULL STORY
22 May 2006 | Iraq wheat sale falls through
The planned sale of $90 million in wheat to Iraq won’t go ahead. ...... FULL STORY
18 May 2006 | 30,000 extra farmers
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is expecting to find about 160,000 farm businesses in existence as a result of its five-yearly agricultural census next month, about 30,000 more than previous estimates. ...... FULL STORY
17 May 2006 | Second review of plant seeds deemed weeds
Biosecurity Australia is undertaking a second review of the list of plant seeds permitted into Australia. ...... FULL STORY
16 May 2006 | Growers change their mind over moving Melbourne Market
Growers say they will lobby alongside wholesalers and retailers in a last-ditch effort to fight the Melbourne wholesale market's planned move from Footscray to Epping.
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16 May 2006 | AWB diverts Indian wheat shipments
Wheat exporter AWB insisted that a 500,000-tonne contract with India was not on the verge of collapse despite it opting to divert two ships caught up in a new dispute over the contract to different buyers. ...... FULL STORY
15 May 2006 | High fertiliser prices limit winter crop plans
Growers are being very conservative in their purchase of fertiliser to support winter crop plantings. ...... FULL STORY
12 May 2006 | Wheat exports to India on hold
Wheat importers in India raised more quarantine concerns over a 400,000 tonne grain shipment from AWB. ...... FULL STORY
12 May 2006 | More money for weeding
The minister for the environment, Eric Abetz said it would fund a further 40 projects under the "Defeating the Weed Menace" program. ...... FULL STORY
11 May 2006 | Reduction in wheat levy canned
Wheat growers will have to pay a higher levy to fund the Wheat Export Authority. ...... FULL STORY
8 May 2006 | Tomato virus not detected in Burdekin
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries said there had been no more detections of the virus in Bundaberg since surveillance was completed in the area two weeks ago. ...... FULL STORY
5 May 2006 | Dozens of depots close in Victoria’s wheat belt
GrainCorp will close 32 receival depots in Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
4 May 2006 | Feds stick by single desk for wheat
The prime minister said the federal government would not drop the single desk system for managing wheat exports unless other countries open up their markets more. ...... FULL STORY
2 May 2006 | Demand for fertiliser falls
Fertiliser supplier Incitec Pivot said fertiliser sales over spring and summer were 10 per cent lower than the year before. ...... FULL STORY
2 May 2006 | BHP and Orica seek buyers for fertiliser businesses
Farmers may be buying their fertiliser from different vendors, with two investors in the sector looking to sell. ...... FULL STORY
2 May 2006 | India says AWB wheat contaminated
Agricultural authorities at Chennai in India rejected a shipment of Australian wheat as "unfit for consumption". ...... FULL STORY
1 May 2006 | More studies into GM crops
The federal government has announced funding for eight major studies to determine the future role of genetically modified crops in Australia. ...... FULL STORY
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