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28 Feb 2005 | Golden Circle turns to B&B for a lifeline
Golden Circle, the Queensland-based fruit and vegetable growers cooperative, is negotiating to sell up to 30 per cent of the company to a private equity fund managed by Babcock & Brown. ...... FULL STORY
28 Feb 2005 | Cattle breeding more profitable than wool
In 1990 there were 26,000 specialist woolgrowers; now there are 12,000. ...... FULL STORY
25 Feb 2005 | Farming increasingly concentrated in the hands of the few
National Australia Bank forecast that declining margins, poor incomes and the cost of getting into large-scale agriculture would leave Australia with less than 100,000 farmers within 15 years. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2005 | Fonterra spruiks dairy prospects
New Zealand dairy group Fonterra said that productivity improvements, demand from Asia, a more favourable exchange rate and weather would all combine in time to deliver a sustainable price to dairy farmers for their milk. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2005 | Feds refine terms for farmers to leave the land
The federal government said it would provide income support under its Farm Help program of up to $5,500 for training, and re-establishment grants of up to $50,000 for people who decide to sell up and leave the land. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2005 | Ernst & Young Weekly Food & Agribusiness Report
- News Highlights
- Other News
- Livestock
- Crops
- Cotton and Sugar
- Rural & Agribusiness Stocks
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14 Feb 2005 | Dairy subsidies misused
Dairy farmers have abused the spirit of the federal Government's $2 billion bailout of the industry, using grants of up to $60,000 as income instead of making their operations more efficient. ...... FULL STORY
9 Feb 2005 | Ernst & Young Weekly Food & Agribusiness Report
- News Highlights
- Other News
- Livestock
- Crops
- Cotton and Sugar
- Rural & Agribusiness Stocks
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9 Feb 2005 | Sugar growers start to feel the pain
The reform of Australia's sugar industry would result in more mill closures and job losses, the peak industry association Canegrowers said. ...... FULL STORY
9 Feb 2005 | Rains brighten summer outlook
The National Australia Bank’s quarterly survey of the rural outlook found that business conditions in the December 2004 quarter were the strongest in four years. ...... FULL STORY
8 Feb 2005 | Reserve prepares for interest rate rise
The Reserve Bank put home and business owners on notice for a rise in interest rates. ...... FULL STORY
7 Feb 2005 | Feds call an end to drought help in southern and western Queensland
The federal government withdrew drought assistance to farmers on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Western Downs and Maranoa regions. ...... FULL STORY
7 Feb 2005 | White House plans cuts to farm subsidies
The US government said it would limit subsidies paid to individual farmers. ...... FULL STORY
1 Feb 2005 | Feds withhold sugar subsidies
Sugar growers will have to wait for government subsidies worth an average of $5,000 each, and due for payment a month ago. ...... FULL STORY
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