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30 Nov 2004 | Chopper crashes impede locust assault
Five incidents involving helicopters and three helicopter crashes in recent weeks has led Public Service Association to implement a ban by staff of the Rural Lands Protection Board. ...... FULL STORY
29 Nov 2004 | Farmers seek state compensation for clearing restrictions
The Australian Farm Institute accused state governments of unjustly restricting many farming practices in the interests of reducing or offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, while state governments continue to build coal-fired power stations. ...... FULL STORY
29 Nov 2004 | Murray-Darling water makes a half-hearted start
The Murray-Darling Basin Council revived the National Water Initiative last week, with in principle agreement to four water recovery proposals from Victoria and NSW that would recover 259 billion litres of the Murray-Darling flow... ...... 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 | AWB profits from record harvest
Grains export monopoly AWB said it more than doubled annual profit to $97 million after a record wheat harvest, and included a full-year profit from its new rural services arm, Landmark. ...... 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
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
19 Nov 2004 | Newcomers and part timers driving farm growth
Hobby, lifestyle and part-time farmers may be the fastest growing segment of primary production. ...... FULL STORY
18 Nov 2004 | Services as fruitful as horticulture production
Strawberries, mangoes and avocados are three fruit driving growth in Queensland’s horticulture industry, but native Australian cut flowers and foliage appear to have the biggest export potential. ...... FULL STORY
17 Nov 2004 | Drought declarations extended to late 2005
The federal government said it would continue its drought support programs covering more than half Australia's arable area for another year, as the recent rains were not enough for recovery. ...... FULL STORY
17 Nov 2004 | Door open to thousands of weeds
A loophole in Australia's import protocols allows individuals, plant collectors or nurseries to import the seed of 4000 agricultural and environmental weeds without a permit. ...... 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
16 Nov 2004 | Business booms in the bush, but labour hard to find
Businesses in regional areas are performing well, are more confident about their outlook than their city rivals and are also more strongly focused on exports.... ...... FULL STORY
12 Nov 2004 | Small sheep farms becoming less viable
The relative productivity of sheep farms has declined over 25 years, a report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics found. ...... FULL STORY
12 Nov 2004 | NSW trains farmers on land clearing rules
NSW proposed a system of approvals for land clearing, including new restrictions, that farmers hope will prove more effective than the controversial blanket bans imposed in Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
12 Nov 2004 | EU throws down the chips over wine labels
The European Union wants winemakers to finally agree to cease using both traditional expressions as well as geographical terms to describe Australian wine. ...... FULL STORY
11 Nov 2004 | Broadband excluded from Telstra service reforms
The federal government said it would introduce legislation to protect rural phone and internet services within two months, which would establish new minimum service standards, and investment levels, by Telstra in the bush. ...... FULL STORY
10 Nov 2004 | Pork producers challenge pig meat import rules
Australian Pork Limited has challenged the Federal Government's quarantine policy in the federal court, which may allow further imports of pig meat. ...... 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 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
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
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
1 Nov 2004 | Producers lag services providers in agribusiness value chain
Companies further up the agribusiness production chain produced greater returns for investors than basic producers, research by Australian Agribusiness Group into listed agribusiness companies has found. ...... FULL STORY
1 Nov 2004 | Campaign to dump MLA board
A group of cattle producers led by Australian John Carter wants the board of Meat and Livestock Australia dumped at the AGM next month because MLA is pushing ahead with the controversial National Livestock Identification System. ...... FULL STORY
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