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28 Sep 2007 | Drought may even push up electricity price
George Weston Foods has warned that bread prices could increase by 20 cents a loaf as grain supplies fall. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2007 | Farmers caught in futures trap
Farm lobby groups have written to the Australian Banker's Association seeking help for farmers who have been caught out when using forward wheat contracts which allow farmers to manager risks by locking in sale prices ahead of harvest. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2007 | Land will continue to be farmed
More than 1,000 farmers are expected to take up the federal government grants of $150,000 to leave their land. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2007 | Australia driving world wheat price
World wheat stocks are at their lowest level in 30 years but there is no danger of running out of the grain according to Australian Farm Institute director Mike Keogh. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2007 | Drought assistance for farmers and businesses
In a package of drought assistance announced by the federal government yesterday the largest component the allocation of $170 million to assist 1,000 farmers who decide to walk away from their land. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2007 | AWB Iraq export claims questioned
The AWB's claims that Iraq is interested in purchasing more wheat from the exporter have been questioned by rival exporter Brooks Grain. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2007 | Bumper global wheat crop, weather permitting
Farmers are preparing to produce the largest wheat crop in 10 years as shortages of the grain have driven prices up by 74 per cent this year. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2007 | World's staple crop under threat
Demand for rice over the last 40 years has more than doubled and the grain provides around 20 per cent of direct calorie intake worldwide. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2007 | Drought funding to be easier to get
The assets and income test for farmers applying for exceptional circumstances drought relief will be eased in a rural rescue package to be finalised by cabinet tomorrow. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2007 | Farmer fury over AWB demands
The Wheat Export Authority has asked growers for submissions around claims that they are being asked to fund redundancies and asset write-downs as AWB winds up its pooling operations. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2007 | Government stoush as water dries up
Water storage in the Murray Darling basin system was only 1,500 gigalitres in August, less than half the volume at this time last year. ...... FULL STORY
20 Sep 2007 | WEMA seeks start-up funds
The Wheat Export Marketing Alliance has asked the federal government for $6.85 million in funding as it is concerned that financial institutions would be willing to fund the grower owned wheat exporter. ...... FULL STORY
20 Sep 2007 | Tamworth dam does not make sense
A promise by the federal government to increase the capacity of a dam near Tamworth has come under fire from conservationists and local irrigators. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2007 | Crop forecast plummets
The drought has caused the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics to revise its forecast for the winter grain crop down to 25.6 million tonnes from 37 million tonnes predicted in July. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2007 | Irrigators angry over water retention
Victorian farmers and Sunraysia irrigators are angry at a proposal to hold back some water from irrigation use this year, to be held in reserve for South Australia to use next year. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2007 | The end of rice growing?
The rice crop last year was 167,000 tonnes, down more than one million tonnes on the previous year, and many growers are deciding whether to bother planting a crop in October. ...... FULL STORY
18 Sep 2007 | Export go-ahead for CBH
A second permit to export 500,000 tonnes of wheat has been granted to Western Australian farmers' co-operative CBH. ...... FULL STORY
17 Sep 2007 | Grain exporters look for containers
While the AWB still holds the monopoly for bulk wheat exports, grain exports in containers or bags are deregulated from last month. ...... FULL STORY
17 Sep 2007 | Property value boost for sugar farmers
Property values are holding up for Queensland cane farms despite prices for sugar falling by 30 per cent in the past year. ...... FULL STORY
14 Sep 2007 | Crop failure will increase grocery bill
Prices for many foods are set to rise as the country faces the failure of winter grain crops. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2007 | Wheat shortage produces record prices
Shrinking world wheat stocks have forced prices for the grain to unprecedented highs. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2007 | Prospects for wheat crop sinking
Western Australia has cut its crop estimate for the third month in a row as hot, dry weather continues. ...... FULL STORY
10 Sep 2007 | SA farmers fight foreclosures
As farmers on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula face their second year of crop failures they are fighting to keep their properties against possible bank foreclosures. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2007 | Growers opt for the cash
Some horticulturalists along the Murray River and in the Murrumbidgee irrigation area are abandoning their crops in favour of profit from selling their water allocations. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2007 | Nourishment required for soil
Our food could be up to 70 per cent less nutritious than it was 70 years ago according to a visiting US biological farming consultant, Arden Andersen. ...... FULL STORY
4 Sep 2007 | Growth stunted by drought
National accounts due out today will give an update on the state of the economy, but the continuing drought is expected to delay any rural recovery and impact forecasts of economic growth. ...... FULL STORY
4 Sep 2007 | Macquarie chases red meat market
Macquarie Pastoral Group, a division of Macquarie Bank, has purchased its second major property, The Bulls Run near Wagga Wagga. ...... FULL STORY
3 Sep 2007 | Irrigators walk away from record water prices
Some irrigators in South Australia have paid up to $1,000 per megalitre of water in the hope that spring rains will come. ...... FULL STORY
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