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30 Nov 2004 | Flavoured milk sales sour takeover tussle
National Foods and Fonterra are exchanging barbs about the recent performance and prospects of the Australian-owned dairy processor, which faces a hostile takeover bid from the Kiwi group. ...... FULL STORY
30 Nov 2004 | Coke might be it for fruit growers
Victorian fruit growers said they were encouraged about the prospects for growth if Coca Cola Amatil succeeds in its takeover bid for cannery SPC Ardmona. ...... FULL STORY
29 Nov 2004 | Tax concession escalates on farm management deposits
The country’s most profitable farmers avoided paying tax on another $494 million that they tipped into farm management deposits before the end of the 2003/04 tax year. ...... FULL STORY
26 Nov 2004 | Graincorp expects lower wheat crop
GrainCorp lowered its forecast for this year's crop to 10.5 million tonnes, down on an earlier estimate of 11.5 million tonnes, due to hotter and drier than average weather in western NSW and Victoria in October. ...... FULL STORY
25 Nov 2004 | Farm deposits take off
Deposits under the Farm Management Deposit Scheme are growing strongly. ...... FULL STORY
23 Nov 2004 | CBH considers disbanding the cooperative
Grain handling and marketing group CBH will propose to its 6,000 grower shareholders in Western Australia that they disband the cooperative structure. ...... FULL STORY
22 Nov 2004 | Rabobank tackles transaction banking
Rabobank will start offering transaction banking accounts to farmers and agribusiness customers, the first time the bank has offered these services to its many borrowers. ...... FULL STORY
19 Nov 2004 | US and Thai free trade agreements in force from January
Australia's free trade agreement with Thailand will take effect from January 1, after the Senate yesterday passed the implementing legislation. ...... FULL STORY
18 Nov 2004 | Exports underpin dairy recovery
Farm gate prices for milk increased by three per cent over the year to June 2004, to 27.9 cents a litre, up from 27.1 cents a litre in 2003. ...... FULL STORY
16 Nov 2004 | Rain falls but drought assistance still flows
Recent rains in eastern Australia are too late to improve many winter crops, but may aid farmers as they prepare summer crops. ...... FULL STORY
9 Nov 2004 | Regional growth exceeds cities
The annual 'State of the Regions' report commissioned by the Local Government Association from the National Institute of Economics and Industry Research shows that economic growth in the country is higher than in metropolitan areas. ...... FULL STORY
2 Nov 2004 | Livestock ID bankable security
The controversial and as yet no more than proposed national livestock identification scheme may help livestock producers obtain easier access to finance. ...... FULL STORY
2 Nov 2004 | Livestock producers keep their confidence high
National Australian Bank’s quarterly survey of agribusiness shows that business conditions remained strong in the September quarter during the September. ...... FULL STORY
1 Nov 2004 | Truss 'close' to making EC announcements
The agriculture minister Warren Truss said he would decide soon whether to make further declarations of exceptional circumstances that would enable further payments of drought relief. ...... FULL STORY
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