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13 Mar 2009 | Sugar and wool buck the downward trend The outlook for world grain, beef, dairy, wool and export wine prices is bleak whilst the forecasts for lamb and sugar is positive according to Rabobank. ...... FULL STORY
5 Mar 2009 | Meat prices to rise with demand Chicken remains Australia''s favourite meat, followed by beef then lamb and pork. The average retail price of beef will rise from $15.55/kg now to $17/kg in 2013. ...... FULL STORY
4 Feb 2009 | Shearers seek sports funding Shearing and wool handling should be accepted as a sport says Sports Shear Australia, an organisation that runs 500 competitions around the nation every year. ...... FULL STORY
2 Feb 2009 | Non-mulesed wool gets bigger margins for growers Woolgrowers need to meet the demands of the final consumer says Elders Rural Services chief executive Mike Guerin. Elders has achieved greater margins for growers by introducing a online auction system for non-mulesed wool. ...... FULL STORY
16 Jan 2009 | Hamilton scouring plant to close Grampian Wool Industries will close its Hamilton scouring plant next week after 47 years. ...... FULL STORY
22 Dec 2008 | Banks not passing on rate cuts to farmers Farmers say they are not being treated fairly by their banks because they have not received the same level of interest rate relief as homeowners. ...... FULL STORY
26 Nov 2008 | Growers support 2010 mulesing deadline The commitment to end mulesing by 2010 was a deal signed in 2004 by wool growers, brokers and exporters and has not been changed by the election of a majority of pro-mulesing directors to the board of Australian Wool Innovation. ...... FULL STORY
18 Nov 2008 | Grain prices down, dairy & beef up The Westpac-National Farmers Federation commodity price index fell by 1.3 per cent last month ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2008 | Dry spring creates havoc for farmers Goulburn Murray Water has announced a small increase of 2 per cent in allocations to Murray and Goulburn irrigators. ...... FULL STORY
4 Nov 2008 | AWI can’t agree on end to mulesing Conflict of interest allegations are dogging the woll industry as it seeks to agree on a safe and non-painful alternative to surgical mulesing. ...... FULL STORY
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