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9 Apr 2009 | Fine cotton on sale to world Early indications from Australia''s cotton harvest are that the crop will be generally high quality with fibre length, strength and fineness all good. ...... FULL STORY
7 Apr 2009 | Feedlots looking for cattle Only about half of Australia''s feedlot capacity is now being used but prices remain around $215 delivered. Last year''s high grain prices, stronger dollar and restricted cattle numbers due to drought have limited the cattle in feedlots currently. ...... FULL STORY
30 Mar 2009 | GM wheat yields up 20 per cent Trials of genetically modified wheat in drought stressed areas of Victoria are showing yield improvements of about twenty per cent over non-GM varieties. ...... FULL STORY
26 Mar 2009 | Grains chief sees good times ahead Charlton grain grower Russell Amery will become the new president of the Grains Group of the Victorian Farmers Federation today. ...... FULL STORY
25 Mar 2009 | Tandou sells water for profit Big Darling River irrigator Tandou Limited has posted an $11.5 million profit after selling its'' water rights for $34 million. Tandou has sold much of its vineyards and wineries and scaled back production during the dry years. ...... FULL STORY
23 Mar 2009 | AWB looks for partners as market share plummets AWB’s share of the Australian wheat export market has fallen from seventy five per cent to 20 per cent since the market was opened up to competition. ...... FULL STORY
19 Mar 2009 | Adelaide wheat price soars Adelaide wheat prices have risen more than $60/tonne since the first week in February as traders actively bid for milling wheat to export. Prices in Victoria and NSW have remained stable *or* are slightly up by about $10/tonne. ...... FULL STORY
16 Mar 2009 | Wheat exports to Iraq set to resume Iraq signalled last week that it wants to resume buying large amounts of Australian wheat. Iraqi trade minister Abdul-Falah Al-Sudani told Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean that Iraq may soon take up to one million tonnes of Australian wheat. ...... FULL STORY
13 Mar 2009 | Sugar and wool buck the downward trend The outlook for world grain, beef, dairy, wool and export wine prices is bleak whilst the forecasts for lamb and sugar is positive according to Rabobank. ...... FULL STORY
4 Mar 2009 | Crop exports up as dairy prices crash Wheat, barley, canola, lupins, peas, raw cotton, sugar and lamb exports are forecast to rise this year according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Research and Economics (ABARE). ...... FULL STORY
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