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28 Nov 2006 | Agribusiness customers slash investment
Banks face a tough test of their expansion strategies in the agribusiness sector, with news yesterday that farmers are planning a massive cutback in investment over the next 12 months. ...... FULL STORY
24 Nov 2006 | Beef, dairy and sugar farmers on firm ground
Beef, dairy and sugar farmers were still saving for adverse times earlier this year while grain and sheep farmers were drawing on savings. ...... FULL STORY
20 Nov 2006 | Grain prices flourish as crops don’t
The Westpac-National Farmers Federation commodity index rose by 6.4 per cent in October. ...... FULL STORY
14 Nov 2006 | No need to exaggerate impact of the drought: RBA
The Reserve Bank of Australia said the current drought was not as bad as the drought of only four years ago, and nor was the drought any worse than those of the late 1890s and early 1900s, the 1940s or early 1980s. ...... FULL STORY
8 Nov 2006 | Rural businesses qualify for drought aid
The federal government extended "exceptional circumstances" payments to businesses that derive at least 70 per cent of their income from farming. ...... FULL STORY
1 Nov 2006 | Farm levies waived in western NSW
The New South Wales Government waived 2006/07 water access charges to irrigators on the Lachlan River. ...... FULL STORY
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