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16 Dec 2004 | Cane growers dip into subsidies pot
Seventy companies, almost all in Queensland, are scrambling for a share of $75 million in federal government subsidies to the sugar industry. ...... FULL STORY
10 Dec 2004 | Water licences slow to a trickle
The Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources in New South Wales is struggling to cope with demand for about 20,000 water access licences, water transfer applications and related paperwork from sales of irrigated farms in the state. ...... FULL STORY
10 Dec 2004 | Study plugs hi-tech solution to water leaks
Better management of Murrumbidgee River water using pipes, meters and new technology could save 900 billion litres a year at a cost of $824 million, a study funded by cardboard box magnate Richard Pratt shows. ...... FULL STORY
2 Dec 2004 | Diesel price premium here to stay
Farmers cannot expect diesel prices to fall, given strong demand and short supply. ...... FULL STORY
1 Dec 2004 | Burdekin cane farmers challenge CSR
A group of Burdekin cane farmers aim to enter the cane-processing segment, with the engagement of a Brazilian engineering firm to design a new sugar mill that would handle up to 1.5 million tonnes of cane each season. ...... FULL STORY
1 Dec 2004 | Irrigators may carry over water rights
The Victorian Government may allow irrigators to carry over unused sales water into the next season, a shift of the present policy of “use or lose”. ...... FULL STORY
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