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29 Sep 2005 | Dangerous goods licence required to cart farm chemicals
Farmers transporting more than 500 litres of herbicide will have to gain a dangerous goods licence and $10 million of public liability insurance under a draft code drawn up by the National Transport Commission. ...... FULL STORY
29 Sep 2005 | Organic farm profits above average
Organic farmers have stronger farm economies, higher gross returns and net returns, and higher market land values, at least in the United States. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2005 | Orange juice imports double in a year
The tonnage price for orange grown in the Sunraysia district of north-western Victoria dropped from about $400 last year to about $200 this year, and about $100 less than the cost of production. ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2005 | Riverland orchardists urged to merge
The South Australian government said the Riverland citrus industry was lagging behind "global best practice". ...... FULL STORY
27 Sep 2005 | Fertiliser prices on the rise
Fertilisers are on the rise once again, due to rising world demand and rising transport costs. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2005 | One quarter of Sunraysia orange crop goes to rot
Abuot a quarter of the annual orange crop of the Sunraysia region of north-western Victoria will be dumped. Sunraysia citrus growers have left about 25,000 tonnes of oranges to rot, or sold cheaply as cow food. ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2005 | Melon growers reject R&D levy
Melon growers have voted against a proposal to introduce a statutory levy to fund promotion, research and development. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2005 | McCain cuts broccoli quota
Vegetable processor McCain has cut its Tasmanian broccoli quotas by 60 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
16 Sep 2005 | Imported pineapples upset Queensland growers
Tropical Pines in Yeppoon in Queensland are urging consumers to boycott imported pineapples and continue to buy locally grown produce. ...... FULL STORY
15 Sep 2005 | Banana growers asked to vote on national levy
The Australian Banana Growers Council will conduct a ballot of 1900 growers on the proposal for a levy to fund national promotion, research and plant protection programs. ...... FULL STORY
15 Sep 2005 | HomeGrown promotes logo
Australian HomeGrown, a not-for-profit organisation, is promoting a new logo to food producers as a mark that establishes produce is grown, farmed or fished by domestic suppliers. ...... FULL STORY
13 Sep 2005 | Transport a bigger burden in horticulture
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said it estimated average marketing and transport costs of agricultural commodities at nine per cent of the gross value of all agricultural production in 2003/04. ...... FULL STORY
6 Sep 2005 | Tasmanian farmers leave plots fallow
Tasmania potato growers rejected McCain Foods proposal to drop contract prices by seven per cent. ...... FULL STORY
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