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19 Nov 2008 | AWB doubles profits
Grain marketing group AWB announced a net profit for the year ended 30 September 2008 of $64.3 million ...... FULL STORY
18 Nov 2008 | Grain prices down, dairy & beef up
The Westpac-National Farmers Federation commodity price index fell by 1.3 per cent last month ...... FULL STORY
6 Nov 2008 | Dry spring slashes grain forecasts
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics (ABARE) has cut its forecast for the nation’s what crop by 11.4 per cent to 19.91 million tonnes ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2008 | Dry spring creates havoc for farmers
Goulburn Murray Water has announced a small increase of 2 per cent in allocations to Murray and Goulburn irrigators. ...... FULL STORY
28 Oct 2008 | ABB opens Adelaide grain container port
ABB Grain has opened the first stage of its new container precinct in Port Adelaide. The company says the $5.6 million facility will allow it to pack 80–90 containers per day with about 2,000 tonnes of grain. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2008 | Drought is affecting farming families
The drought is having a severe impact on farming families says a report to be released today by a seven-member expert panel. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2008 | Locusts swarm in Riverina and northern Victoria
Above-average cereal crops in the eastern and southern Riverina are at risk of locust damage. Almost 800 landholders in southern NSW have reported plague locust swarms, with the area around Wagga Wagga the worst affected. ...... FULL STORY
22 Oct 2008 | Wheat crop forecasts revised down again
Dry conditions in the south east grain belt have led Australian Crop Forecasters to lower its expected wheat crop forecast by almost five per cent to a total harvest of 20 million tonnes, down from 21 million tonnes at the beginning of October. ...... FULL STORY
20 Oct 2008 | NSW farmers need more grain trains
The federal government will today announce an inquiry into grain rail freight services in response to concerns raised by farmer''s lobby groups that the infrastructure may not be able to cope with the first decent crop in many years. ...... FULL STORY
15 Oct 2008 | Graincorp opens wheat, barley and canola pools
GrainCorp yesterday launched its Harvest 08 wheat, barley and canola pool products and confirmed that the company will be running pools for Western Australian growers, South Australian growers and for growers in Queensland, NSW and Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
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