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31 Jul 2008 | Grocery inquiry to report today
Fresh food growers, wholesalers and retailers may have to reveal more about their profit margins under reforms to be proposed today by the competition regulator. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jul 2008 | Trade talks fail again
The Doha round of WTO trade talks have collapsed after nine days over a dispute between India, China and the USA. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jul 2008 | Grain industry set for shake up
The four big Australian grain merchants - AWB, GrainCorp Ltd, ABB Grain Ltd and Cooperative Bulk Handling are expected to consolidate following the abolition of the AWB''s 70 year old monopoly on wheat exports. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jul 2008 | Truck strike worries F&V retailers
Regional retailers are concerned about where their next delivery from fruit and vegetable markets will come from if truck drivers and companies heed the call of the National Road Transport Forum (NRTF) and The Australian Long Distance Owners... ...... FULL STORY
29 Jul 2008 | AWB execs ask court to delay action
Former executives of AWB have asked the Victorian Supreme Court to delay ASIC''s civil action against them until after possible criminal action is finalised. ...... FULL STORY
28 Jul 2008 | Cotton subsidies hold up Doha round
The World Trade Organisation''s Doha round talks, due to have ended last Saturday, will continue until tomorrow as representatives of 35 countries work on a consensus agreement drafted last week. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jul 2008 | Tax breaks for trees on the agenda
Farmers and big private landowners will benefit from tax breaks for carbon sinks says the National Association of Forest industries. A senate committee is currently reviewing tax issues around forestry carbon sinks. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jul 2008 | ACCC weighs up Dairy Farmers bids
The National Foods bid for Dairy Farmers has cleared competition regulator approval with the ACCC yesterday accepting the National Foods proposal to divest assets to ease competition concerns. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jul 2008 | Quarantine politics says minister
Australia''s quarantine system has become too politicised and is damaging Australian trade deals says the minister for agriculture Tony Burke. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jul 2008 | Late season water gets expensive
Late season water prices on the Victorian Watermove exchange have risen from around $200 per megalitre in January to about $550 per megalitre in June. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jul 2008 | Tariff cuts look bigger on paper
Average global tariffs on farm produce would fall from 14.5 per cent to 11 per cent under a Doha round trade agreement says the World Bank. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jul 2008 | Landcare funding announced
Twenty eight million dollars in Landcare funding has been announced by the federal government. Grants went to a range of Landcare groups, catchment management authorities, research centres, industry groups and natural resource management bodies. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jul 2008 | AWB needs reform to leave Iraq bribes behind
Victorian wheat growers support reform to the shareholder structure of AWB says the Victorian Farmers Federation. AWB shareholders will vote again next month to end the current two tiered share structure of A-class (grower) shares and B-class... ...... FULL STORY
22 Jul 2008 | Australian quarantine biased says New Zealand
Australia has strongly rejected New Zealand claims of politicisation of its quarantine processes in its response to the complaint to the WTO regarding the apple import ban. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jul 2008 | Australian meat contaminated says Russia
Four Australian meat processing plants have joined a long list of plants from Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain and Italy that have been banned from exporting to Russia due to unacceptable microbial contamination issues. ...... FULL STORY
21 Jul 2008 | Emergency measures extended for Murray-Darling
Strict rationing of water drawn from the Murray and Darling rivers will continue, with water used only for people rather than for agriculture and irrigation. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jul 2008 | Horticulture favoured by MIS investors
Managed investment schemes raised $1.1 billion from investors in the 2008 financial year, down five per cent of the year before the Australian Agribusiness Group said. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jul 2008 | Farmers escape carbon trading for now
Farmers groups welcomed the delayed application of carbon trading to agriculture. Agriculture will not be included in the emission trading scheme until at least 2015 despite being one of the most intensive emitters of greenhouse gasses. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jul 2008 | Few farmers paid to walk away
Few farmers are seeking government grants to walk away from unviable farms, and ever fewer quality for the grant. Only 32 Australian farmers out of 411 applicants have received a grant so far. On average they received $139,000. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jul 2008 | River crisis drives climate change policy
There could be 40 per cent less water in the Murray Darling Basin by 2030 according to the CSIRO. Under the worst case scenario outlined by the CSIRO, the Murray would have 69 per cent water than at present. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jul 2008 | Corn petrol can make greenhouse worse
Biofuels are no longer seen as the answer to world energy shortages and could be making the food crisis in developing ountries worse while adding to carbon emissions. ...... FULL STORY
14 Jul 2008 | Farm grants not popular
$4.4 million has been paid to just 32 farmers who applied for the federal government''s grant to leave their unviable properties. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jul 2008 | River inflows the lowest on record
June inflows into the Murray Darling river system were the lowest on record with just 95 gigalitres entering the rivers. The CEO of the Murray Darling Basin Commission said the situation was critical and the rivers akin to a patient on life support. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jul 2008 | Fruit and vegie prices plummet
Lower demand from stretched consumers and good weather has led to an oversupply of fruit and vegetables and lower prices for farmers. Oranges, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower and lettuce are now selling at near *or* below cost price. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jul 2008 | Wheat trade investigation leads to arrests
Two arrests have been made and more are expected to follow as the Indian police continue their investigation into corruption in the Australia/India wheat trade. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jul 2008 | ACCC still undecided on milk merger
National Foods will offload some factories and plants and give up control of its Pura Milk brand in order to satisfy the competition regulators concerns over its proposed takeover of Dairy Farmers. ...... FULL STORY
8 Jul 2008 | Agriculture under threat from climate change and Garnaut
Ninety two per cent of irrigated agriculture in the Murray Darling Basin will go by 2100 says the Garnaut report. However not acting now against climate change will cost much more says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jul 2008 | Cows must be included in emissions trading scheme
The National Farmers Federation, the Australian Farm Institute, NSW Farmers and Agforce in Queensland have all expressed concerns about the possibility of agriculture being included in an emissions trading scheme. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jul 2008 | Drought policy needs to catch up with climate change
A major report by the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO says Australia''s growing regions face a hotter and drier future because of climate change. The Prime Minister said the report was very disturbing. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jul 2008 | More bad news coming for Futuris
Changed tax treatment of horticultural investment schemes is the major reason for the problems that have beset Futuris. Integrated Tree Cropping, a Futuris subsidiary, has about one third of the market in forestry schemes and has been hit hardest... ...... FULL STORY
4 Jul 2008 | Murray Darling deal signed
The Prime Minister and state premiers meeting at the Council of Australian Governments have signed a new deal on the Murray Darling Basin. The deal will see $3.7 billion in new money for water projects in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and South Australia. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jul 2008 | Northern NSW irrigators receive full water rights
The NSW Department of Water and Energy said irrigators in northern NSW will receive 100 per cent of their allocation, while those in the southern half of the state have received nothing. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jul 2008 | State strife over Murray water
Victoria''s government says it will oppose moves to lift the cap of four per cent on the amount of water from the Murray Darling basin that may be traded in one year. ...... FULL STORY
2 Jul 2008 | A little less funding for timber croppers
Promoters of tax-effective, managed investment schemes in agriculture raised $1.1 billion in money in the 2008 financial year, down 10 per cent on 2007, according to estimates from Adviser Edge. ...... FULL STORY
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