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27 Jun 2008 | Farmers told to adapt to climate change
Farmers must begin now to adapt to climate change says the CSIRO. The south of the continent is expected to become drier, while the north becomes wetter. Frosts will decrease while pests and diseases will increase. ...... FULL STORY
24 Jun 2008 | Agribusiness investment schemes suffer as market goes down
Drought, tax uncertainty and the downturn in share markets have led to a 30 per cent reduction in the investment money flowing to managed agribusiness and forestry schemes. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2008 | Australia faces dry winter and spring
Australia faces a dryer than average winter and spring according to Japan's Frontier Research Centre for Global Change. The Dept of Primary Industries said most forecasters were predicting a dry winter and dry spring in south eastern Australia. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2008 | Living Murray water plan failing
The Murray/Darling River will not get the promised 500 gigalitres in additional environmental flows by the June 09 deadline in the Living Murray plan. NSW and the Commonwealth have made any contributions to the plan as yet. ...... FULL STORY
20 Jun 2008 | Rain critical this winter
Rainfall expectations for July and August are average for Victoria, southern NSW and South Australia. Forecasts for northern NSW and Queensland were extremely positive while technical affected Bureau of Meteorology forecasts for south western WA. ...... FULL STORY
19 Jun 2008 | Beef cattle numbers restored in Northern Australia
Overall, cattle numbers are projected to rise by 8.5 per cent in northern Australia and to rise by 2.1 per cent in southern Australia. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jun 2008 | South Australian forecasts positive
South Australian crop projections have risen against the national trend on the back of good rain in April, May and June. Northern NSW and Queensland also had positive forecasts with 25-50mm rain in the first half of June said NAB. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jun 2008 | Wheat forecast drops
Dry conditions in central and southern New South Wales and in Western Australia during May have led Australian Crop forecasters to cut the harvest to 25.5 million tonnes, down 2.6 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jun 2008 | US floods put pressure on prices
Twenty per cent of Iowa's corn crop is believe to be destroyed by flooding in the US corn belt. ...... FULL STORY
3 Jun 2008 | One of our driest Autumns on record
Autumn has been dry across most of the country, jeopardising farmers’ hopes of a bumper crop. ...... FULL STORY
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