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29 Jun 2006 | Five month extension for drought aid in western NSW
Farmers in six exceptional circumstances-declared areas of NSW will receive a five-month extension to their drought support. ...... FULL STORY
28 Jun 2006 | SAFF back in NFF fold
The South Australian Farmers' Federation will re-affiliate with the National Farmers Federation in a phased fashion over four to five years. ...... FULL STORY
26 Jun 2006 | Canegrowers look for resistant varieties
Fifteen properties near Childers in SE Queensland have been placed in Quarantine following the discovery of smut disease. ...... FULL STORY
26 Jun 2006 | No second rebate for diesel fuel
Commercial vehicles using biodiesel fuel will not qualify for the 38 cents a litre rebate on diesel. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jun 2006 | Iraq wheat sales threatened by shooting
Iraq is threatening to cut off wheat purchases from Australia unless the government pays compensation following the shooting by Australian soldiers of one of the body guards of Iraq’s Trade minister. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jun 2006 | Doha round expected to fail
Direct support via subsidies and tariffs account for 30 per cent of farm income in the Western world and 50 per cent in Japan, Korea and Switzerland says a new study from the OECD. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jun 2006 | Pests targeted by new research centre
The new Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has been granted $29.5 million dollars to implement a 13 point strategy to reduce damage caused by exotic animal pests. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jun 2006 | Dog baiting starts up again
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is to begin aerial baiting of wild dogs after a ten year break in the program. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jun 2006 | Murray irrigators get EC drought funding
Around 650 mixed irrigators in NSW’s Murray Valley region are now eligible for Exceptional Circumstances drought assistance until 24 January 2007. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jun 2006 | Productivity Commission favours liberal water trading
A Productivity Commission report said the federal government's approach of using infrastructure works to save water for the environment is slower and less cost effective than a direct buy back of irrigation rights. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jun 2006 | NLIS audit to trace phantom tags
Agriculture minister Peter McGauran ordered a national audit of the National Livestock Identification Scheme following criticisms last week from the Australian Beef Association. ...... FULL STORY
21 Jun 2006 | Illegal land clearing on Macquarie flood plain
The Department of Environment and Conservation discovered unauthorised clearing and flood-plain harvesting on four properties between the towns of Warren and Carinda between November last year and February... ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2006 | Drought not over yet say farmers
Farmers in the Toowoomba district of South East Queensland say EC drought relief funding has been cut too soon because government used rainfall data that included the Gold Coast region. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2006 | Philippines seeks WTO help over banana ban
The Philippines government will ask the World Trade Organisation to help its fruit growers gain access to Australia. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2006 | Barwon irrigators breach water limits
Irrigators are flouting restrictions on how much water they can take from the Murray-Darling river system. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jun 2006 | Tree plantation company buys another cattle station
Great Southern Plantations has bought Wrotham Park cattle station, 300km west of Cairns, from AACo for $53.5 million. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jun 2006 | Levy one option to revive seafood council
A levy on the revenues of fishers is one option to fund a replacement for the Australian Seafood Industry Council, which entered voluntary administration this week. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jun 2006 | Tax office investigates agribusiness schemes
The agriculture minister, Peter McGauran, said he was concerned at the distorting affect on markets of agribusiness investments financed through tax-advantaged schemes. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jun 2006 | Smut may be widespread
Smut disease may have infected a significant number of plants in South East Queensland. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jun 2006 | Crombie takes over at NFF
Queensland cattle farmer David Crombie, the chairman of Meat & Livestock Australia and president of the Queensland Rugby Union has been elected as the new president of the National Farmers Federation. ...... FULL STORY
14 Jun 2006 | Fruit fly warning
A fruit fly outbreak has been detected in a quince at Barnawartha, near Albury and a 15 km suspension zone has been created around Barnawartha, Chiltern, Cornishtown and Browns Plains, preventing the movement of fruit. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2006 | Wine industry must help itself
Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran says wine grape growers and wine makers reaped the benefits of high prices during the boom years and now must work together to solve the industry’s problems. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2006 | Water compo should not be taxed
Farmers who receive compensation to give up water rights should not be taxed says a submission to the federal government from the NSW Irrigators Council and the National Farmers Federation. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2006 | No rain and no winter cropping in the west
Western Australia has not recorded any rain since the beginning of June and the Department of Agriculture has advised northern wheatbelt farmers not to plant winter crops. ...... FULL STORY
13 Jun 2006 | Grape growers get no help
Wine grape industry leaders failed on Friday to convince Agriculture minister Peter McGauran of the need for an industry assistance package. ...... FULL STORY
9 Jun 2006 | Road rent concession extended
The NSW government extended the concessional rent deal on enclosed roads for a further three years. ...... FULL STORY
9 Jun 2006 | Third dose of sugar sweetener on the table
DAFF opened applications for funding to assist the sugar industry “diversify its economic base and build more sustainable businesses”. ...... FULL STORY
8 Jun 2006 | Grape growers plan to stop picking grapes
Industry group Wine Grape Growers Australia wants to reduce the wine grape harvest by leaving vines unpicked for the next two years. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jun 2006 | Farmers reprieved on Brisbane dams
Queensland’s budget allocated $50 million for emergency purchases at the Traveston Dam site in the Noosa hinterland, north of Brisbane, while no money has been set aside for a dam in the Rathdowney area, south of Brisbane. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jun 2006 | Grape growers want payments to suspend harvest
Wine grape growers want the federal government to pay them $60 million in subsidies. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jun 2006 | Vics fund Colbinabban pipeline
The Victorian government will invest $30 million on a pipeline to carry 20 gigalitres of water a year between Warange Western Channel at Colbinabban and Lake Eppalock. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jun 2006 | Queensland limits development on Cape York river systems
Graziers and local Aboriginal land councils say they will act together to defeat moves by the Queensland government to ban development on remote river systems. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jun 2006 | More limits proposed on cattle grazing
A draft grazing strategy for the 158,000 hectares of Riverine red gum forests from Mildura to Yarrawonga in Victoria recommends reducing or stopping grazing on public land along the Murray except where it could be environmentally beneficial. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jun 2006 | Snowy Hydro sale off
The New South Wales and Victorian governments said they would abandon plans to sell their stakes in Snowy Hydro after the federal government said it would not sell its minority stake. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jun 2006 | Eight-fold rise in water price forecast
The price of water to city users may need to rise to around $9.47 a kilolitre, up from a current price range of $1.11 to $1.36 a kilolitre at present, models published by CSIRO and Monash University show. ...... FULL STORY
2 Jun 2006 | Fuel tax rebates subject to two year transition
Farmers and truckers secured a two-year reprieve on a change to the way they are paid fuel subsidies. ...... FULL STORY
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