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30 Apr 2004 | Chips are down, but the spud fights back
Potato farmers want weight-conscious consumers to loosen up and reach for a spud. ...... FULL STORY
29 Apr 2004 | Big dry hits juicers
Australia is facing a 30 per cent shortfall in its Valencia orange crop for the next two years, Australian Citrus Growers said yesterday. ...... FULL STORY
28 Apr 2004 | Island to become fruit and vegetable oasis
Torrens Island will become a major hydroponic fruit and vegetable producer with the development of a $75 million greenhouse precinct. ...... FULL STORY
28 Apr 2004 | Warning on pest threat
A quarter of Victoria's farmers do not know they can be fined for not reporting pest disease outbreaks in their crops, according to a survey of 300 farmers by the Auditor General's office. ...... FULL STORY
22 Apr 2004 | Farmers ready to accept FTA
The National Farmers' Federation will support the proposed Australia-US free trade agreement despite disappointment over the deals for sugar and beef producers. ...... FULL STORY
21 Apr 2004 | Cash crisis for citrus marketing
Horticulture Australia has told citrus growers that promotion of their fruit overseas will be cut due to a lack of funds for marketing and R&D. ...... FULL STORY
20 Apr 2004 | Speedy spud machine is the pick of inventors' crop
A 73-year-old farmer from South Australia has designed a four-row potato harvester which can harvest 30 tonnes of potatoes an hour. ...... FULL STORY
19 Apr 2004 | Exports surge after big dry but dollar dampens outlook
Victoria's agricultural exports are rebounding from the drought, although the state Department of Treasury and Finance says prospects are mixed. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2004 | Tassie export lettuce moratorium lifted
A ban on exports of Tasmanian loose-leaf lettuce, imposed on March 31, has been lifted. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2004 | Big dry brings bees to their knees
There have been many droughts in the far west of Queensland, but there's never been one so bad that even honey bees are dying from lack of nectar. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2004 | $20m crack at big walnut market
Tasmanian walnut producer Webster Ltd will invest $20 million expanding into NSW, establishing 850ha of orchards at Griffith in the Riverina over the next four years. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2004 | Locusts reach Melbourne's northern edge
Locusts that have plagued NSW in the past two months have reached the northern outskirts of Melbourne. ...... FULL STORY
15 Apr 2004 | Fruit growers plead for illegal workers
Fruit and vegetable growers want to be able to employ workers currently deemed to be illegal. ...... FULL STORY
14 Apr 2004 | Tassie apples top of the flops
Apple crops around Australia are down 60-70 per cent on last year's bumper harvest - which means fruit from Tasmania is in demand and commanding good prices. ...... FULL STORY
14 Apr 2004 | Banana scientist 'silenced'
The Australian Banana Growers' Council yesterday accused Biosecurity Australia of intimidating an international expert hired by the council in its fight against Filipino banana imports. ...... FULL STORY
13 Apr 2004 | Banana blue brews
Biosecurity Australia is refuting claims by local banana growers that Australia will be subject to a Moko disease outbreak if Filipino bananas are imported. ...... FULL STORY
6 Apr 2004 | Incitec Pivot stops sale of ammonium nitrate fertiliser
Australia's biggest fertiliser manufacturer, Incitec Pivot, has taken ammonium nitrate fertiliser off the market, citing "concern for public safety if the material is used for terrorist or criminal acts". ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2004 | Living with locusts
Swarms of locusts are continuing on their path of destruction, eating their way from over the Queensland border to the Riverina. ...... FULL STORY
1 Apr 2004 | Orange deficit
Fruit juice maker Berri will be forced to import squeezed oranges for the first time ever this year, due to a severe domestic shortage. ...... FULL STORY
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