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28 Feb 2005 | Cattle breeding more profitable than wool
In 1990 there were 26,000 specialist woolgrowers; now there are 12,000. ...... FULL STORY
25 Feb 2005 | Waygu breeders profit from niche beef
Niche beef primed for select markets earns prices well above average. ...... FULL STORY
23 Feb 2005 | Snowy dams an option for irrigation water storage
Farmers in north-eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales might have new options to preserve scarce water. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2005 | More farmers chase organic produce niche
Biological Farmers of Australia said it estimated that the organic foods industry increased by 30 per cent last year. ...... FULL STORY
22 Feb 2005 | Exporters in a beef over US quota
The federal government will establish an industry panel to determine how to allocate the 378,000 tonne export quota for Australian beef to the US. ...... FULL STORY
18 Feb 2005 | Fees for vet quango will rise
The National Farmers' Federation said it held fears for the viability of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, a quango with declining revenues and which recorded a loss of $5 million in 2003/2004. ...... FULL STORY
18 Feb 2005 | Cattle neglected on Wiluna station
More than 500 cattle have died and a further 2500 were abandoned without water in temperatures of 50 degrees celsius on a pastoral station near Wiluna, 1000km north-east of Perth. ...... FULL STORY
17 Feb 2005 | Brazilian beef escapes biosecurity safety net
Quarantine officials allowed the import of a small quantity of beef from Brazil late last year, even though the US, Canada and Japan all ban the entry of Brazilian beef. ...... FULL STORY
16 Feb 2005 | Ernst & Young Weekly Food & Agribusiness Report
- News Highlights
- Other News
- Livestock
- Crops
- Cotton and Sugar
- Rural & Agribusiness Stocks
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14 Feb 2005 | Aussie beef producers can anticipate limits on Asian exports
Australia's beef industry could suffer the same cattle health scares that have hit US and Canadian beef exports, agribusiness lender Rabobank warned. ...... FULL STORY
11 Feb 2005 | Livestock tags go to waste
Processors are showing little interest in making use of the National Livestock Identification Scheme, acccording to Australian Beef Association. ...... FULL STORY
11 Feb 2005 | Saudi sheep trade set to resume
The live sheep trade with Saudi Arabia will resume in April. ...... FULL STORY
11 Feb 2005 | Poultry producers dump GM feed
Three of the largest poultry producers will stop feeding genetically modified soyabeans to their chickens. ...... FULL STORY
11 Feb 2005 | AACo worried about dry start to 2005
Australian Agricultural Company said it needed more rainfall, even though it described the weather last year was closer to normal in most AACo regions in Queensland and the Northern Territory. ...... FULL STORY
9 Feb 2005 | Ernst & Young Weekly Food & Agribusiness Report
- News Highlights
- Other News
- Livestock
- Crops
- Cotton and Sugar
- Rural & Agribusiness Stocks
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9 Feb 2005 | Rains brighten summer outlook
The National Australia Bank’s quarterly survey of the rural outlook found that business conditions in the December 2004 quarter were the strongest in four years. ...... FULL STORY
8 Feb 2005 | Wool margins double those of wheat farms
Farmers in Western Australia are being urged to reinvest in sheep flocks, and even switch away from grain. ...... FULL STORY
8 Feb 2005 | Beef producers look forward to promising 2005
The Meat & Livestock Association projected in its Australia's Cattle and Sheep Industry Projections that Australian beef exports would rise 9 per cent in volume to 995,000 tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
7 Feb 2005 | Feds call an end to drought help in southern and western Queensland
The federal government withdrew drought assistance to farmers on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Western Downs and Maranoa regions. ...... FULL STORY
4 Feb 2005 | Beef prospects tastier than for lamb
An analysis by Meat & Livestock Corporation said that the easing of the drought should lead to an increase of eight per cent in beef production in Australia in 2005, while exports would also rise by eight per cent. ...... FULL STORY
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