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27 Feb 2004 | Australia braces for pig war with EU
Australia is set to go to war with the European Union over its pork subsidies. ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2004 | ABB chief talks up merger
ABB Grain chairman Trevor Day told shareholders at yesterday's AGM that the prospect of a merger with AusBulk is "attractive", provided it's done "prudently and methodically". ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2004 | Drought's over, now for a plague of locusts
The first good pasture in more than two years in northwestern New South Wales is under threat from a locust plague. ...... FULL STORY
27 Feb 2004 | Banana growers are bent on a fight
The Australian Banana Growers' Council will ask growers to voluntarily contribute five cents from every 13kg carton of bananas sold for about $10. ...... FULL STORY
26 Feb 2004 | Forced NSW council mergers claim more scalps
Four northern New South Wales councils have been merged into one: ...... FULL STORY
25 Feb 2004 | Warning on pigs
Gunbower pig farmer Aeger Kingma says the pork industry has been sold out by Biosecurity Australia on its pigmeat decision. ...... FULL STORY
24 Feb 2004 | Sugar farmers call for new options
Australian Cane Farmers Association chairman Ross Walker says farmers must move on now that sugar is not part of the free trade agreement with the US. ...... FULL STORY
23 Feb 2004 | NSW shires form alliance to avoid merger
The NSW Local Government Minister, Tony Kelly, has given the go-ahead for Armidale-Dumaresq, Uralla, Walcha and Guyra councils to run a two-year trial of sharing administration while maintaining autonomy. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2004 | Bans on foreign foods to be lifted
Biosecurity Australia issued three rulings yesterday which overturn import bans that have been in place for decades. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2004 | Bigger beef quota only for hamburgers
Australia's entitlement to export more beef to the US under the free trade agreement will only apply to relatively low-value beef products, a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade official said yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
20 Feb 2004 | Going against the grain
The NSW Government may be poised to give the go-ahead to Australia's first genetically modified food crop. ...... FULL STORY
18 Feb 2004 | VFF petition to oppose toxic dump
The Victorian Farmers' Federation, together with the communities of Violet Town, Skipton and Ouyen, is circulating a petition opposing the proposed placing of a toxic waste site on agricultural land. ...... FULL STORY
18 Feb 2004 | Feral pig move welcomed
Federal Parliament has supported a move for a national approach to the feral pig problem, with a resolution being passed this week in the House of Representatives. ...... FULL STORY
18 Feb 2004 | Qld acquires a taste for wine
Queensland's government is becoming so serious about the state's wine industry that it has appointed Australia's first wine minister. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2004 | Drought cost $1.3 billion
The federal Agriculture Department's drought taskforce has told a Senate estimates committee that drought assistance is likely to cost taxpayers at least $1.3 billion, and the total is expected to rise. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2004 | Farmers accused of letting rights rot
State Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has attacked the Queensland Farmers' Federation, labelling it "completely gutless" for not taking on the Labor Government's erosion of farmer rights. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2004 | Beattie looks to Howard for sugar hit
Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has called for a stronger financial commitment from the Federal Government to the state's canegrowers after they were left out of the US-Australia FTA. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2004 | Vaile flags another rise in sugar levy
Trade Minister Mark Vaile has signalled a rise in the retail sugar levy to fund a third assistance package for cane growers in five years. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2004 | Bird flu alert justifies tough stand on quarantine
The Asian avian flu crisis has proved that Australia was right to demand strict adherence to its quarantine rules ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2004 | Sugar mills jobs at risk as US trade deal hurts
Queensland sugar producers, millers and growers are signalling that the sector could deteriorate dramatically within three years. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2004 | Beattie must restore rural confidence: Agforce
Agforce president Larry Acton believes Premier Beattie has a big task head of him to win back the confidence of rural and regional Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
13 Feb 2004 | Vaile admits FTA shortcomings
Trade Minister Mark Vaile has admitted that the Government may have oversold the benefits of a free trade deal with the US to Australian farmers. ...... FULL STORY
12 Feb 2004 | Makers and MPs want wine tax cut
Coalition backbenchers are urging the Australian Government to give small and medium-sized winemakers a tax cut of up to $100 million. ...... FULL STORY
12 Feb 2004 | Free Trade Agreement on agriculture 'a misnomer'
Queensland rural lobby group AgForce says Australia's Free Trade Agreement with the US in relation to agriculture is "a misnomer". ...... FULL STORY
12 Feb 2004 | Bird flu boost for eggs
Several agricultural businesses, especially the egg industry, may see a boost in exports due to the avian flu crisis in South-East Asia. ...... FULL STORY
11 Feb 2004 | Pig disease plan canned
Australian Pork Ltd has criticised Biosecurity Australia for its plans to relax quarantine bans on imported pig meat. ...... FULL STORY
11 Feb 2004 | Rural train services next to go off the rails
The train driver crisis in New South Wales is set to hit country rail customers. ...... FULL STORY
10 Feb 2004 | Deal to produce $160m for farmers
Australian farmers could benefit by an extra $130-$160 million from the free trade agreement with the US in its first year, despite the Federal Government's failure to gain a better deal for sugar and beef producers. ...... FULL STORY
10 Feb 2004 | PM caned for cutting sugar adrift
Prime Minister John Howard has defended his government's signing of the free trade agreement with the US, even though he had previously said there would be no deal without full access for sugar. ...... FULL STORY
9 Feb 2004 | Sugar issue just too sticky: Vaile
Australia has signed a free trade agreement with the US that delivers to the broad Australian economy even if it doesn't win access for sugar, according to Trade Minister Mark Vaile. ...... FULL STORY
6 Feb 2004 | PM warns trade deal in the balance
The Prime Minister said yesterday negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement between Australia and the US are "difficult" and are now at "the very pointy end". ...... FULL STORY
6 Feb 2004 | Labor will win but lose votes in Qld bush, polls show
Opinion polls show that Labor will be returned to government in the Queensland state election but the party will lose votes in the bush. ...... FULL STORY
5 Feb 2004 | Bush urged to save trade deal
US manufacturers have called on President Bush to override the powerful agriculture lobby and sign the free trade agreement with Australia despite US farmers' opposition. ...... FULL STORY
5 Feb 2004 | Qld sugar farmers to protest
Sugar farmers will protest against Queensland Premier Beattie's sugar industry reforms today. ...... FULL STORY
5 Feb 2004 | Poultry producers on red alert
Australia's poultry producers are being urged to look out for any signs in their birds that the deadly avian flu virus may have entered the country. ...... FULL STORY
4 Feb 2004 | Irrigator loan plan
The ANZ Bank and Pratt Water will offer cash-strapped farmers $100 million in assistance over 10 years to upgrade their irrigation systems. ...... FULL STORY
4 Feb 2004 | Trade talk sweetens with sugar on table
A free trade agreement between Australia and the US is expected to be sealed by the end of this week, after the US agreed to renew negotiations on access to its sugar market. ...... FULL STORY
4 Feb 2004 | Drought stress a threat to families
A new Charles Sturt University study concludes that the drought has created serious social problems which will require new policies. ...... FULL STORY
4 Feb 2004 | Olive growers face new R&D levy
The Australian Olive Association says growers must consider a proposed levy to fund R&D projects and marketing initiatives. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2004 | Vic Govt 'too slow' on bush dentistry
The head of Melbourne University's dentistry school has criticised the Victorian Government for being too slow to act on a plan to relieve the dentist shortage in country areas. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2004 | Crackdown on ships' bird imports
Australian Quarantine and Customs officers will start destroying or seizing all poultry and eggs on Asian ships from tomorrow. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2004 | PM warns US again: no FTA without agriculture
Prime Minister John Howard has again warned the US that there will be no free trade agreement unless Australian farmers are granted access to American markets. ...... FULL STORY
3 Feb 2004 | Farms get hard-headed on safety
The death of a 23-year-old jackaroo in 2001, whose case has been brought before the NSW Industrial Relations Commission, could result in hard hats replacing the traditional Akubra worn by stockmen and farmers. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2004 | Casual farm jobs at risk
The federal Labor Party has announced a policy to provide holiday and sick leave entitlements to permanent casual workers. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2004 | Overseas dentists to meet rural demand
Australia's health ministers have decided to allow dentists from South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore to practise here to ease waiting lists in rural public clinics. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2004 | OJD class action withdrawn
The class action filed by the Victorian Ovine Johne's Disease Action group has been abandoned. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2004 | Sugar hard for US to swallow
Senior US agriculture officials have been brought into the free trade agreement talks with Australia's Trade Minister, Mark Vaile. ...... FULL STORY
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