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29 Jun 2007 | WA mill open for business
Negotiations are yet to be completed, but it looks like the Kununnura sugar mill in WA will be processing this year's crop. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jun 2007 | Plenty of grain, not enough trains
Concerns are being raised that with the expected bumper grain crop in NSW and Victoria this year the transport infrastructure will not be up to the task. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jun 2007 | US reviewing farm subsidies
With the Unites States government considering extending, and in some cases increasing subsidies to American farmers, Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran has gone to the US to argue Australia’s case. ...... FULL STORY
26 Jun 2007 | Deluge spoils sugar
Heavy rains in the East Kimberly area have spoiled any chance of sugar growers beginning their harvest before mid-July. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jun 2007 | Wheat marketing different but the same
Changes to the Wheat Marketing Act were passed by parliament yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
21 Jun 2007 | Still no water, even after rain
While areas of the country have been flooded with heavy rainfalls over the past two weeks, the news is not so good for those relying on the Murray Darling system. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2007 | Bumper crops for NSW
Record crops have been sown in NSW covering an area of 6.2 million hectares and production should be up to 11.44 million tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2007 | Dry persists in WA and Queensland
While conditions in NSW and Victoria have improved significantly, farmers in WA and Queensland are still hoping for better rainfalls to boost their production. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2007 | More pain for AWB
US wheat growers have launched a third class action against AWB over the Iraq kickbacks scandal. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2007 | Sugar mill stand-off
The West Australian state government has said that it will not increase its $4 million offer to help local growers buy the struggling Kununura sugar mill but the offer has been rejected as insufficient by the mill owners. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2007 | NSW farmers not convinced on water plan
Now NSW farmers have joined their Queensland colleagues in their concerns about the detail of the Murray-Darling basin water management plan. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2007 | Water bank to outbid government
Murray Irrigation, the largest Murray River irrigation company, is planning to establish a 'water bank' where it would outbid the government for water that farmers want to sell and then lend the water back to the farmers... ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2007 | Irrigator allocations dry up
Irrigators in South Australia will only receive 1 per cent of their water allocation for July which is only enough for basic activities such as pest spraying. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jun 2007 | GM gets the go-ahead
The Office of Gene Technology has given approval for Australia’s first trial of GM wheat. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jun 2007 | Sugar not so sweet
Plummeting prices on the world sugar market is going to make life even harder for already struggling cane growers. ...... FULL STORY
14 Jun 2007 | Wheat export watchdog gets teeth
The wheat industry regulator is to be strengthened under legislation to be introduced into Parliament today. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jun 2007 | Ord sugar future on hold
Despite the Western Australian government having called for expressions of interest last September for development that would double the irrigation area in the Ord, no announcements have yet been made. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jun 2007 | Production still struggling
With prospects of irrigators being denied water for the first time unless significant rains fall, production could slip even lower than the past year. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jun 2007 | Dairy reconsiders GM
With a review of Victoria's moratorium on GM canola under way the Network of Concerned Farmers is taking out advertisements to warn dairy farmers that they risk losing market if they feed their cows GM crops. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jun 2007 | Tax on compo clearer soon
The question of whether compensation payments to irrigators who lose water rights are taxed as income or capital gains seems close to resolution. ...... FULL STORY
4 Jun 2007 | Food or fuel, not both
Not enough crops are produced to supply our needs for both food and bio-fuel, according to the latest issue of the Australian Farm Institute’s Farm Policy Journal. ...... FULL STORY
1 Jun 2007 | Reef under pressure
The Great Barrier Reef is being damaged by farming practices resulting in too many nutrients with areas of inshore reef dying and algae more prevalent. ...... FULL STORY
1 Jun 2007 | GrainCorp looks to coal
GrainCorp has posted a half-year profit of $5.5 million which was 71 per cent down on the previous period but higher than expected. ...... FULL STORY
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