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30 Mar 2005 | Pratt pushes property rights over conserved water
Businessman Richard Pratt called for a more business like approach to attracting private investment to water saving projects, including a clear and unequivocal property right to the water saved. ...... FULL STORY
24 Mar 2005 | Murray-Darling enters fifth year of drought
The four years to February 2005 were the driest on record in the Murray-Darling water catchment, which covers one million square kilometres. ...... FULL STORY
18 Mar 2005 | Crisp start to apple and pear season
Apple and Pear Australia said the industry was making a strong recovery from the drought. ...... FULL STORY
17 Mar 2005 | GrainCorp reduces harvest forecast
GrainCorp said the dry conditions in Victoria and southern NSW last year reduced the company’s expectations for grain receivals to 10 million tonnes in the year to September 2005. ...... FULL STORY
14 Mar 2005 | Interest rate subsidies tide farmers through drought
A new study by the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics shows that that the average farm in receipt of interest rate subsidies from the federal government incurred a loss of $84,000 in 2002... ...... FULL STORY
11 Mar 2005 | Most profitable farmers buy out their neighbours
Average land values for broadacre wheat, sheep and beef farms increased by over 50 per cent in real terms over the last four years, as larger and more profitable farmers bought up smaller and less profitable neighbours. ...... FULL STORY
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