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27 Sep 2007 | Land will continue to be farmed
More than 1,000 farmers are expected to take up the federal government grants of $150,000 to leave their land. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2007 | Drought funding to be easier to get
The assets and income test for farmers applying for exceptional circumstances drought relief will be eased in a rural rescue package to be finalised by cabinet tomorrow. ...... FULL STORY
24 Sep 2007 | Irrigators search for answers
The South Australian Murray Irrigators group has predicted that around half of the fruit-bearing orchards and vineyards will die, costing millions of dollars in lost income and taking four to five years for replantings to yield a crop again. ...... FULL STORY
21 Sep 2007 | Government stoush as water dries up
Water storage in the Murray Darling basin system was only 1,500 gigalitres in August, less than half the volume at this time last year. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2007 | Irrigators angry over water retention
Victorian farmers and Sunraysia irrigators are angry at a proposal to hold back some water from irrigation use this year, to be held in reserve for South Australia to use next year. ...... FULL STORY
14 Sep 2007 | Government help offer not enough
Federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran has said that the government is considering making it easier for farmers to claim drought relief. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2007 | Pears go high-tech
Scientists in New Zealand have developed technology to monitor the gases emitted by pears which indicate the fruit's ripeness. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2007 | Growers opt for the cash
Some horticulturalists along the Murray River and in the Murrumbidgee irrigation area are abandoning their crops in favour of profit from selling their water allocations. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2007 | Nourishment required for soil
Our food could be up to 70 per cent less nutritious than it was 70 years ago according to a visiting US biological farming consultant, Arden Andersen. ...... FULL STORY
3 Sep 2007 | Irrigators walk away from record water prices
Some irrigators in South Australia have paid up to $1,000 per megalitre of water in the hope that spring rains will come. ...... FULL STORY
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