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29 Jun 2007 | Fruit and veg becoming scarce
The price of fruit and vegetables may triple due to extreme weather conditions across much of the south-eastern parts of Australia. ...... FULL STORY
22 Jun 2007 | NZ apples held up again
The Senate's Rural and Regional Affairs committee, which is investigating the risks involved in importing apples from New Zealand, has disagreed with Biosecurity Australia's (BA) assessment... ...... FULL STORY
21 Jun 2007 | Still no water, even after rain
While areas of the country have been flooded with heavy rainfalls over the past two weeks, the news is not so good for those relying on the Murray Darling system. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2007 | NSW farmers not convinced on water plan
Now NSW farmers have joined their Queensland colleagues in their concerns about the detail of the Murray-Darling basin water management plan. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2007 | Water bank to outbid government
Murray Irrigation, the largest Murray River irrigation company, is planning to establish a 'water bank' where it would outbid the government for water that farmers want to sell and then lend the water back to the farmers... ...... FULL STORY
18 Jun 2007 | Irrigator allocations dry up
Irrigators in South Australia will only receive 1 per cent of their water allocation for July which is only enough for basic activities such as pest spraying. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jun 2007 | Nuts expanding
A new walnut processing plant is to be built in the Riverina region by Webster, an agribusiness company. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jun 2007 | Cancer fighting avocados
While research has found that there is a toxin in avocados that kills breast cancer cells it is not as easy as eating more avocadoes. ...... FULL STORY
7 Jun 2007 | Production still struggling
With prospects of irrigators being denied water for the first time unless significant rains fall, production could slip even lower than the past year. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jun 2007 | Tax on compo clearer soon
The question of whether compensation payments to irrigators who lose water rights are taxed as income or capital gains seems close to resolution. ...... FULL STORY
1 Jun 2007 | Reef under pressure
The Great Barrier Reef is being damaged by farming practices resulting in too many nutrients with areas of inshore reef dying and algae more prevalent. ...... FULL STORY
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