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30 Mar 2007 | AWB supports divisions of roles
The AWB has supported a proposal to transfer its research, development and advocacy roles to a non-commercial trading organisation within the next 18 months, after a poll found that 80 per cent of growers wanted to keep the single desk... ...... FULL STORY
28 Mar 2007 | Beware of winter crop diseases
The forecast for a wetter that average year could bring disease troubles for grain farmers. ...... FULL STORY
28 Mar 2007 | Confidence springs back with autumn rain
Recent rain and the possibility of a return to normal seasonal conditions have caused confidence in rural Australia to rise. ...... FULL STORY
27 Mar 2007 | AWB report due this week
The veto power that was removed from the AWB last year may be re-instated after calls by two Queensland National party senators, Ron Boswell and Barnaby Joyce. ...... FULL STORY
23 Mar 2007 | Bumper grain season threatened by labour shortage
In Western Australia the drought and mining boom have caused the loss of thousands of jobs on farms which will threaten the agriculture recovery when rains fall this season. ...... FULL STORY
23 Mar 2007 | AWB payment delay angers farmers
Australian wheat growers are $500 million out of pocket after AWB failed to sell 10 per cent of last season’s crop. ...... FULL STORY
21 Mar 2007 | Wheat plan revived
The Grains Council of Australia’s (GCA) controversial Marshall Place plan has been lodged as a submission to the federal government’s inquiry into the single desk. ...... FULL STORY
21 Mar 2007 | Growers advised to test soil
Grain growers have been advised to take a paddock by paddock approach to soil testing for fertiliser this season. ...... FULL STORY
20 Mar 2007 | Grower’s want single desk altered
The chairman of the federal government’s wheat consultative committee John Ralph said that the majority of wheat growers want the single desk system for wheat export changed. ...... FULL STORY
20 Mar 2007 | Wheat prices down as rain falls
Forecasts of a 24 million tonne wheat crop are expected to push grain prices lower. ...... FULL STORY
16 Mar 2007 | New crops launched by plant breeders
Plant breeders in Australia and New Zealand are preparing to launch four new crops bred for South Australia’s high rainfall zones. ...... FULL STORY
8 Mar 2007 | Wheat experiment saved from storm
A CSIRO wheat research program narrowly escaped damage during the powerful thunderstorm that hit Canberra last week. ...... FULL STORY
8 Mar 2007 | Grain production on the rebound
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) is expecting grain production to bounce back this year. ...... FULL STORY
6 Mar 2007 | Vaile swimming against the tide on water...
Nationals leader Mark Vaile, in a demonstration of the political sensitivity surrounding the Federal Government’s $10 Billion planned takeover of the Murray-Darling Basin... ...... FULL STORY
1 Mar 2007 | Egg prices to rise
The price of a dozen eggs will soon rise by as much as $0.40. Australian Egg Corporation managing director James Kellaway said that a price rise for eggs was inevitable... ...... FULL STORY
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