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20 Dec 2007 | AWB officials face charges
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission yesterday commenced legal action against six former AWB officials. ...... FULL STORY
20 Dec 2007 | Storms hit WA wheat crop
Storms bringing heavy rain and hail to Western Australia last weekend are expected to have cut the size of the state's wheat crop. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2007 | Ethanol mandate will drive food prices higher
Ethanol sceptics in the US are lobbying hard against a proposal being considered by congress to double the volume of ethanol being produced from corn. ...... FULL STORY
18 Dec 2007 | GrainCorp cashed up
Grain marketer GrainCorp has raised $60 million through a share placement and is actively looking for future growth opportunities. ...... FULL STORY
18 Dec 2007 | Labor busy on wheat market reforms
The federal Labor government is aiming to have its wheat market reforms in place by July in time for next year's harvest. ...... FULL STORY
18 Dec 2007 | Grain prices fuel inflation
Food prices are expected to continue to climb as the price of wheat broke through the $10 a bushel price barrier for the first time yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
14 Dec 2007 | WA's sugar mill closes, again
The only sugar mill in Western Australia will close today due to falling world prices and a lack of land for expanding the sugar crop. ...... FULL STORY
14 Dec 2007 | GrainCorp stops share trading
Grain handler GrainCorp yesterday called a halt to trading of its shares for two days with analysts tipping that the company will announce a capital raising to help it get through cash flow problems resulting from the drought. ...... FULL STORY
13 Dec 2007 | Victorian rail operator shuts shop
Asciano has decided to close its rail freight business, a move which the Victorian Farmers Federation says could result in one extra 60 tonne B-double truck hitting the state's roads every two minutes. ...... FULL STORY
11 Dec 2007 | Rain falls but Murray-Darling basin empty
While much of the east coast has been receiving good rainfalls and the Bureau of Meteorology has predicted a 60 to 70 per cent chance of high rainfall throughout summer, irrigators in the Murray-Darling basin.... ...... FULL STORY
11 Dec 2007 | Strong prices attract institutional investment
Prices for oilseed and grain are hitting new records and according to Rabobank are expected to stay that way until at least mid-2008. ...... FULL STORY
11 Dec 2007 | Organic certification to be mandatory
Growers who want to market their products as organic will need to be accredited in an effort to stamp out rogue traders and increase consumer confidence in the industry. ...... FULL STORY
10 Dec 2007 | Bumper crop for parts of WA
In Western Australia wheat growers are split between those who are busily taking advantage of good weather to harvest their crop quickly and those who are still in the grip of drought. ...... FULL STORY
7 Dec 2007 | Climate change to slash farm output
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics has predicted that farmers could lose up to 10 per cent of their production within the next 25 years due to climate change. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2007 | Victorian GM panel criticised
As the battle continues over genetically modified crops in some states the head of the Victorian government's review panel, which recommended lifting the state's ban on some GM crops, has been accused of not being impartial. ...... FULL STORY
6 Dec 2007 | China struggles to meet grain demand
While the grain harvest in Australia is impacted by the drought, in China they are expecting a 1.6 per cent increase in their wheat crop to hit 106 million tonnes this year. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2007 | Rains boost crop expectations
Recent rains have improved the winter crop forecast, now expected to total 21.7 million tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
5 Dec 2007 | Greens want GM safeguards
NSW Greens are pushing for amendments to the state government bill that will allow farmers to grow two types of genetically modified herbicide resistant canola from next year. ...... FULL STORY
4 Dec 2007 | Summer crop looking up
According to the managing director of ProFarmer, Richard Koch, there have been patchy results for the winter crop but, if the current rainfall continues, summer should be much better. ...... FULL STORY
3 Dec 2007 | Imports overwhelm pig industry
The amount of pork consumed by Australians has jumped by more than one-third since 2002 to 486,000 tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
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