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30 Nov 2006 | Bargaining power improving for wine grape growers
Wine Grape Growers Australia said weather conditions this season and the prospect of another drought-affected crop in 2008 would lead to a more rapid than expected reduction in wine stock levels. ...... FULL STORY
29 Nov 2006 | Drought slashes water usage
Australian agriculture is using 25 per cent less water than it was five years ago because of the drought. ...... FULL STORY
28 Nov 2006 | ABB shutting silos
ABB Grain, Australia's biggest barley exporter, says it is closing silos, cutting staff and delaying pay increases to prepare for lower crops as dry conditions intensify. ...... FULL STORY
28 Nov 2006 | Grape prices rising
Grape growers are enjoying a 30 per cent spike in prices for fashionable white varieties as east coast drought conditions force winemakers to look west to find fruit. ...... FULL STORY
28 Nov 2006 | Agribusiness customers slash investment
Banks face a tough test of their expansion strategies in the agribusiness sector, with news yesterday that farmers are planning a massive cutback in investment over the next 12 months. ...... FULL STORY
27 Nov 2006 | Stock squad a sign of the times
The police stock squad in New South Wales now has 32 officers, up from two six years ago. ...... FULL STORY
27 Nov 2006 | Water theft on the rise
Water theft is on the increase with thieves siphoning off thousands of litres from farm dams and rainwater tanks. ...... FULL STORY
27 Nov 2006 | Dairy Australia seeks to maintain levy
Dairy Australia will invite farmers to consider an increase in the industry research and marketing levy on sale of bulk milk supplies, though DA is actually recommending a vote for the status quo. ...... FULL STORY
21 Nov 2006 | Barley crop at a 10 year low
Australian Crop Forecasters cut its estimate of Australia's current barley crop to 3.4 million tonnes, down from last season's production of 9.5 million tonnes. ...... FULL STORY
21 Nov 2006 | Murray Irrigation turns off the taps
The farmer-owned Murray Irrigation has endured record low inflows and will close supply to around 90 per cent of irrigators from December 2. ...... FULL STORY
20 Nov 2006 | Snowy Hydro holds back water
Snowy Hydro is preserving its reduced water storages to ensure it can sell electricity at times of peak summer demand. ...... FULL STORY
20 Nov 2006 | Forests using more water
Regeneration of native forest, such as from the 2003 bushfires, may be a cause of low inflow into the upper Murray River. ...... FULL STORY
17 Nov 2006 | Water outlook dire on lower Murray
The South Australian government said that the water storage in the upper Murray River may be virtually empty by May if it did not rain. ...... FULL STORY
16 Nov 2006 | Fairbairn dam running low
Fairbairn dam in central Queensland is down to 14 per cent of capacity. ...... FULL STORY
16 Nov 2006 | Cotton crop shrivels
Cotton Australia predicts the cotton crop to be harvested in March and April will be barely one million bales, less than half the five-year average of 2.5 million bales. ...... FULL STORY
15 Nov 2006 | Grain imports needed for eastern states
Australia will import grain for the first time in 10 years to offset a national wheat shortage due to a reduced crop thanks to the drought. ...... FULL STORY
14 Nov 2006 | Goulburn water prices double in three months
The price of water in the Goulburn system reached $605 per megalitre last week, up $50 a week and twice the price of water in August. ...... FULL STORY
14 Nov 2006 | No need to exaggerate impact of the drought: RBA
The Reserve Bank of Australia said the current drought was not as bad as the drought of only four years ago, and nor was the drought any worse than those of the late 1890s and early 1900s, the 1940s or early 1980s. ...... FULL STORY
14 Nov 2006 | No water cuts planned south of the Murray
Goulburn Murray water said it had no plans to cut the existing allocation of 95 per cent for farmers, and said it adopted more conservative methods of assessing available water than in New South Wales. ...... FULL STORY
13 Nov 2006 | NSW cuts water allocations again
New South Wales reduced general security water allocations to 10 per cent of the notional entitlement of farmers. ...... FULL STORY
13 Nov 2006 | Inflows diverted by farm dams and plantations
The National Climate Centre says the 2006 drought has recorded the second lowest rainfall in the Murray Darling basin since records began in the 1800s. ...... FULL STORY
13 Nov 2006 | Cattle price recovers with recent rain
Rains in part of Queensland and New South Wales revived cattle prices last week. ...... FULL STORY
13 Nov 2006 | Milk price lifted to cover cost of grain
Norco will increase the farm gate price of milk by four cents a litre from January. ...... FULL STORY
9 Nov 2006 | McCains pays more for spuds
McCain's will pay $10 a tonne more for potatoes. ...... FULL STORY
8 Nov 2006 | Rural businesses qualify for drought aid
The federal government extended "exceptional circumstances" payments to businesses that derive at least 70 per cent of their income from farming. ...... FULL STORY
8 Nov 2006 | Green light for interstate water trading
Permanent water trading between NSW, Victoria and South Australia will begin on January 1 next year. ...... FULL STORY
8 Nov 2006 | Murray dams may be dry by late 2007
Town and city dwellers may have priority over water allocations in the summer of 2007/08, leaving irrigators on even lower allocations. ...... FULL STORY
8 Nov 2006 | Hydroponics a drought beater
The inventor of the Commercial Hydroponic Fodder System say that 1.2 tonnes of green feed a day can be produced for 3 cents a kilo, using 500 litres of water. ...... FULL STORY
7 Nov 2006 | Murray Irrigation short of water
Inflows into the Murray River this year are at a record low at 550 gigalitres compared with a long-term average of 1120 gigalitres. ...... FULL STORY
6 Nov 2006 | Bureau chronicles the dry spell
Rainfall deficiencies have been gradually spreading over southern and eastern Australia during 2006. ...... FULL STORY
6 Nov 2006 | Snowy Hydro expects minimal summer flows
Snowy Hydro does not expect to release sufficient water this summer to meet minimum flow requirements. ...... FULL STORY
6 Nov 2006 | Spring the warmest in 50 years
It was the driest August to October period averaged across South Australia, the second driest averaged over Victoria and the Murray Darling Basin, and the third driest for NSW whose state-average was boosted by above-normal falls along the north coast. ...... FULL STORY
6 Nov 2006 | NSW suspends water trading
The New South Wales government suspended water trading in the Murray and Murrumbidgee catchments. ...... FULL STORY
3 Nov 2006 | Fewer dust storms likely
A study for the Grains Council of Australia found that modern farming techniques meant the "dust bowls" that typified previous droughts were unlikely. ...... FULL STORY
2 Nov 2006 | Murray-Darling storages drying up
Storage estimates from the Murray Darling Basin Commission show that just 2500 gigalitres remain in the system and its two main dams - the Hume and Dartmouth - are likely to be dry in months. ...... FULL STORY
1 Nov 2006 | Frosts trash Coonawarra grape crop
Black frosts have cost some grape growers in South Australia's southeast 100 per cent of their crop and damaged crops for other growers. ...... FULL STORY
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