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31 Jan 2005 | Aquaculture licencees in a stink over fees
Yabby, fish and crustacean producers in Victoria are angry at four-fold increases in licence fees, with the cost of some licences having risen by up to $2,000. ...... FULL STORY
31 Jan 2005 | Crop production lifts off
Agriculture has bounced back strongly from the drought, with a 12 per cent increase in the value of production to $36.6 billion in 2003/04, the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures estimate. ...... FULL STORY
31 Jan 2005 | Skills shortage a headache for remote employers
A shortage of skilled and unskilled labour in the resources industry and in remote regions is making operations difficult for many employers. ...... FULL STORY
28 Jan 2005 | GM ban challenged in the west
The Liberal and National coalition in Western Australia said it may overturn a ban on growing genetically modified crops in the state, if elected to government. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jan 2005 | Farmers in a fix over fences
The Victorian Farmers Federation has asked the state government to assist in rebuilding private fencing that borders crown land affected by fires in the north-west of the state. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jan 2005 | WA wheat growers target AWB export monopoly
The Pastoralists & Graziers Association in Western Australia is renewing a push to withdraw wheat grown in WA from the national wheat export monopoly controlled by AWB. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jan 2005 | Citrus board takes on biosecurity role
The Citrus Board of South Australia will lose its marketing functions and may relocate to the Riverland as part of a major overhaul. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jan 2005 | Burn offs the only means to restrict wildfires
Hazard reduction burning was an essential step to reduce the potential for extreme bushfires, a new report by CSIRO concludes. ...... FULL STORY
21 Jan 2005 | Farmers and greens wrangle over land clearing
Farmer organisations and environment lobbies are dissatisfied with a model being used by NSW bureaucrats to guide decisions on which areas of vegetation farmers may clear. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jan 2005 | Brownes dairy may be on the market
New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra will have to sell one of two milk plants in Western Australia, and make undertakings to the competition watchdog, in order to proceed with its takeover bid for dairy producer National Foods. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jan 2005 | Fosters will close some Southcorp wineries
Fosters would cut the number of wineries operated by itself and Southcorp from 16 to less than half that number, under a plan to operate a handful of mega-wineries if Fosters succeeds in taking over its target. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jan 2005 | Canker scare eases for some citrus growers
A surveillance operation to detect citrus canker in the Gayndah/Mundubbera zone of Queensland has so far failed to find any suspicious samples. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jan 2005 | Quarantine shuts door on weed imports
Loopholes in quarantine laws that allow the import of thousands of weed species to be imported will be closed by May, the nation's quarantine watchdog Biosecurity Australia said. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jan 2005 | Lamb a prime option for sheep farmers
The wool industry may be stagnant, but prices for prime lambs continue to bloom. ABARE has forecast that for the first half of this year that lamb will average 365 cents per kilogram at the saleyards. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jan 2005 | Orchardists qualify for soft loans
Seventy orchardists and vineyard owners whose crops were affected by hailstorms in December will be eligible for natural disaster assistance from the New South Wales government. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jan 2005 | Grazier no longer in the clear after more trees felled
A Queensland grazier may be resentenced over illegal clearing of land protected by a world heritage listing, after it emerged that a land swap worked out as part of an earlier plea and sentence had also been cleared. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2005 | Dry spell for Queensland
Queensland’s farmers can expect a higher likelihood of drier than normal conditions for the three months to the end of March. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2005 | Fishermen trawl for federal help
Trawler fishermen operating the south-east fishery are lobbying the federal government to buy back half their licences, to reduce the number of trawlers from 110 to about 50 or 60. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2005 | NFF chief quits
National Farmers’ Federation chief executive, Anna Cronin, resigned from the organisation to pursue other business interests. ...... FULL STORY
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