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31 Jul 2006 | WA pastures under pressure
Pasture yield rates in the south west areas of Western Australia will be down by as much as 60 per cent this year according to CSIRO satellite research. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jul 2006 | Sugar outlook good despite smut disease
Smut disease is expected to cut Queensland sugar production by 1 per cent this financial year according to the Queensland Department of Primary Industries. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jul 2006 | Conditions not right for ethanol
Brisbane based Global Ethanol Holdings has announced a share market float as it seeks to expand its operations in the USA. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jul 2006 | Biofuels and weather drive wheat prices up
US spring wheat futures hit a 10 year high of $5.35 bushel in Minneapolis and UK wheat futures were up 23 per cent this year to new two-year highs. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jul 2006 | Rain slows down smut detection
47 properties have had smut disease detected on them and have been quarantined out of 289 surveyed. ...... FULL STORY
21 Jul 2006 | Guide to growing oat hay released
Australian growers and processors have a new comprehensive guide to growing quality oat hay. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jul 2006 | Rain saves winter crops
Recent rainfalls across Victoria of 25–50mm have saved thousands of grain growers who were at an extreme low point before last weeks falls. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jul 2006 | Industry calls for end to sugar tax
The three cents per kilo sugar tax imposed by the federal government to fund industry restructuring is hurting Australian food and beverage makers. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jul 2006 | Poor WA conditions may limit winter crop
The Bureau of Meteorology said parts of Victoria and New South Wales received between 25mm and 50mm of rain over the last week, helping farmers' spirits and leading to reviews of crop forecasts. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jul 2006 | No more sugar sweeteners
The federal agriculture minister, Peter McGauran, said cane farmers and downstream processors in the sugar industry cannot expect another bailout. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jul 2006 | Rain comes to NSW
Most of New South Wales received at least 20mm of rain over the weekend but the winter crop harvest is still expected to be 14 per cent down after a dry autumn forced growers to plant late. ...... FULL STORY
14 Jul 2006 | Hunter faces water restrictions
The Hunter Valley, a key agricultural region in NSW, is facing the possibility of water restrictions being reimposed as soon as October as lack of rain concerns farmers. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jul 2006 | Farmers split on quarantine
The NSW Farmers Federation wants radical changes to the quarantine system to make it more conservative and beef up Biosecurity Australia to a statutory authority. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jul 2006 | AWB faces billion dollar claim for damages
Evidence presented to the Cole inquiry will be used in a class action lawsuit by US wheat growers claiming damages from AWB. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jul 2006 | WA grain farmers feel drought stress
WA’s grain production expectations have been lowered to seven million tonnes and experts says the wheat industry in WA could lose as much as $1 billion. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jul 2006 | Wheat sale is on its way
The first non-AWB shipment of wheat to Iraq will leave Geelong today. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jul 2006 | National pool available for future Iraq sales
Wheat Australia’s 350,000 tonne contract with the Iraqi Grains Board has been sourced from the AWB controlled national pool. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jul 2006 | 10 million hectares of farmland certified organic
Organic farming in Australia has grown strongly in recent years, with the country containing the largest amount of certified organic land in the world, at an estimated 10 million hectares, the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation said. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jul 2006 | Competition coming from China and Brazil
Farmers in developing nations are expected to win market share from the big agricultural producers over the next 15 years. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jul 2006 | Sugar industry urged to build reserves against market downturn
The price of sugar has risen from about $A180 to more than $500 a tonne, the highest in 25 years, based on forward sales, but analysts say increased production from Brazil and India will depress prices in the second half of 2007. ...... FULL STORY
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