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28 Feb 2007 | Most growers want single desk
An annual survey by AWB shows that 80 per cent of wheat farmers want the single desk wheat export marketing arrangement retained. ...... FULL STORY
28 Feb 2007 | Anderson calls for GM crops
Former deputy prime minister, John Anderson said that Australia is falling behind in the rapid world growth of more productive biotech crops, such as drought-tolerant and pest resistant strains. ...... FULL STORY
26 Feb 2007 | Farming may have to stop
The drought in Australia has been going for 10 years and is causing great changes to the agricultural sector. ...... FULL STORY
23 Feb 2007 | GrainCorp aims for new earnings
Grain Corp chairman Don Taylor said that given a return to normal rainfall patterns, the potential for grain plantings had never been so bullish. ...... FULL STORY
23 Feb 2007 | GrainCorp pushes deregulation
GrainCorp has renewed its campaign to deregulate wheat exports. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2007 | Grain growers cut emissions
New research has found that Australian’s grain growers have cut their greenhouse emissions by at least 5 million tonnes since 1990. ...... FULL STORY
21 Feb 2007 | Drought to shrink summer crop production
The drought will cut Australia’s summer crop production to its lowest level in more than 20 years. ...... FULL STORY
21 Feb 2007 | Winter grain forecast slightly higher
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) has marginally increased its forecast for the completed winter grain harvest, though the crop will still be the smallest in more than 10 years. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2007 | Namoi expands into grain
Namoi Cotton Co-operative has upgraded its net profit forecast to $13 million for the year ending February 28. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2007 | WA growers crucial to committee
John Ralph, chairman of the government’s wheat consultative committee, says that most wheat farmers are calling for a change in the way that wheat is exported, though there is little agreement on what form these changes should take. ...... FULL STORY
19 Feb 2007 | WA farmers to discuss wheat marketing
The federal government’s consultative committee will hold the first of eight meetings with Western Australian wheat growers today. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2007 | Bleak outlook for Victorian irrigation farmers
With low water allocations for crops expected to continue into the coming irrigation season, farmers in the north of Victoria are facing another difficult year. ...... FULL STORY
15 Feb 2007 | Farmers warned about dodgy seed sellers
Farmers in Victoria are being warned to keep an eye out for “seedy” characters selling poor quality or incorrectly labelled pasture seed amid increasing demand. ...... FULL STORY
14 Feb 2007 | Rabbits at a record high
The number of rabbits in Victoria is rising and parts of the state are seeing the highest rabbit numbers in more than a decade. ...... FULL STORY
12 Feb 2007 | No consensus for wheat groups
The Australian Government’s wheat consultative committee has denied allegations that it is trying to persuade growers to agree to the demerger of AWB Limited and AWB International. ...... FULL STORY
8 Feb 2007 | New rust a risk to wheat
A new strain of rust found late last year at Horsham and in New South Wales has overcome the resistance to gene Yr17 and may result in up to nine wheat varieties being more susceptible to the disease. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2007 | US farm subsidies to be reduced
A proposed new Farm Bill released by the US Agricultural Secretary, Mike Johanns, would reduce subsidies for the nation’s richest farmers and save $US18 billion over the next five years. ...... FULL STORY
1 Feb 2007 | Emerald wheat growers demand single desk
Yesterday the Federal Government’s wheat export consultation committee met with wheat growers from central Queensland to discuss the international sale and marketing of the Australian wheat crop. ...... FULL STORY
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