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30 Jan 2006 | Victorian farmers count the cost of fires
Forty eight hours of rain over the weekend has eased the threat posed by the massive Grampians-Mt Lubra fire in Victoria whilst the Moondarra-Erica blaze is still burning out of control as farmers count the cost. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jan 2006 | Victorian fires destroy farms
One hundred thousand sheep may have been lost in this week’s fires across Victoria, with the VFF saying that the fires have caused significant damage to the Victorian rural economy. ...... FULL STORY
25 Jan 2006 | Victorian Government chips in to help farmers
Fires in Victoria have destroyed 16,000 hectares of pasture and 330,000 hay bales across Victoria and the Premier Steve Bracks has announced a $100,000 package to assist with transporting feed to affected farmers. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jan 2006 | Emerging industries are a rural success story
Game birds, meat goats and kangaroos are among a group of successful emerging rural industries worth $673 million in total. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jan 2006 | Japan reimposes ban on US beef
Japan reimposed a ban on American beef imports only a month after being lifted, a decision that will sustain demand for Australian beef. ...... FULL STORY
23 Jan 2006 | NAB targets agribusiness
National Australia Bank set up a team of advisors specialising in agribusiness to assist farmers manage their investments and prices for their products such as sugar, grain, cotton, lamb and wheat. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jan 2006 | SA egg producers split over industry restructuring
Big egg producers in South Australia, including Golden Eggs, have split from the South Australian Farmers Federation’s draft industry plan and established their own association. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jan 2006 | Lamb Ads ruled not offensive
Complaints against Meat and Livestock Australia’s television advertising campaign featuring Sam Kekovich have been dismissed by the Advertising Standards Board which has ruled that the ads intended to be humorous or satirical, not offensive. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jan 2006 | Lamb consumption down
Lamb consumption is down about twenty per cent over the last six years despite an intensive campaign by Meat and Livestock Australia. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jan 2006 | Red meat turnaround as CSIRO diet under fire
Spending on red meat rose to $8 billion in 2004-2005 from $5.3 billion in 1998-1999 as the industry comes back from a thirty year decline in consumption. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jan 2006 | Seed partnership to grow exports
Australia's largest marketing and seed-distribution company, Adelaide based Seedmark has joined forces with the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) to develop new pasture varieties for the domestic and export markets. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jan 2006 | Live Cattle exports jump
58,933 head of cattle were live exported in November 2005 a rise of 17 per cent over the previous November and almost triple the 20,776 exported in October 2005. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2006 | Egg war hurts producers
The egg war between Queensland’s Sunny Queen, NSW’s Pace Farms and Victoria’s Farm Pride is hurting family owned operators who can’t compete with the flood of cheap product. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2006 | Animal activists face tough new laws
Agriculture minister Peter McGauran discussed a crackdown on animal welfare activists who interfere with any aspect of animal production or marketing at a secret meeting with the industry late last year. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2006 | Long recovery ahead for Eyre Peninsula
Bush fires 12 months ago on the Eyre Peninsula which burnt 800,000ha, 90 houses, 6300 km of fencing and killed nine people and 46,000 head of stock will take decades to recover said the South Australian premier Mike Rann. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2006 | CSIRO defends its red meat diet
The CSIRO has defended its Total Wellbeing Diet as scientifically proven and based on independent research after prominent dietician Rosemary Stanton wrote to the Prime Minster to complain.... ...... FULL STORY
10 Jan 2006 | Warm weather brings insect plague
A plague of house flies and other insects caused by three years of mild winters and moist soil conditions is annoying farmers and households across Australia. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jan 2006 | Protesting cattlemen face $75,000 in fines
A group of 100 protesting cattlemen herding their stock through Victoria’s Alpine National Park were confronted by senior park rangers on Sunday who took names and warned the men that they faced on-the-spot fines of $1048 per head up to $75,000 in total. ...... FULL STORY
9 Jan 2006 | MLA Cattle transaction levy up to $5
Meat and Livestock Australia has raised the Cattle Transaction Levy from $3.50 to $5.00 to fund new domestic and overseas marketing initiatives including the launch of a premium Australian beef brand in Japan. ...... FULL STORY
6 Jan 2006 | Locusts set to hatch this week
The next generation of locusts is due to hatch this week and the Victorian government is telling land holders to be ready to begin spraying egg beds. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jan 2006 | Rural recovery threatened by prices and weather
The outlook is weak for wool, cotton and grain growers who are struggling with high costs and low commodity prices and need further rain to finally break out of drought. ...... FULL STORY
5 Jan 2006 | Beef export prices to fall slightly
ABARE predicts that export prices for beef and export volumes to Japan will both fall about ten per cent, as the US resumes sales to Japan. ...... FULL STORY
4 Jan 2006 | Airline chief to run Meatworks
Stark Investments and Harmony Capital Partners, the consortium which will buy the troubled Harvey Meatworks has announced that Scott Henderson, the previous boss of WA regional airline Skywest will take over the job of resurrecting the business. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jan 2006 | Bird Flu fears put to rest
Government testing of a backyard poultry flock in Wentworth NSW have come up negative for the Avian influenza virus. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jan 2006 | Burnt out Junee farmers to get help
NSW bushfires, which are expected to flare up again in the next week or so have burnt out more than 30,000 hectares of farm and grazing land around Junee. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jan 2006 | Farm Pride to record a loss
The massive surplus of eggs has been blamed for diminished margins and the expected first half loss announced by egg producer Farm Pride Foods Ltd. ...... FULL STORY
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