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Think beyond the farm gate; invest for the future
28/08/2008 | Farmers are being urged to think beyond the farm gate when it comes to decisions about capital investment.  | Farmers to win a trade deal ... | No room for complacency on exports
Brumby, ministers come under fire at Vic water protests
27/08/2008 | Victoria's Water Minister Tim Holding has been pelted with eggs by angry protesters in Shepparton opposed to the Government's plan to pipe water from the state's north to Melbourne.  | Wool market slips a further 7c/kg | Five companies receive export ...
Warmer but not wetter spring ahead
26/08/2008 | The Bureau of Meteorology's spring outlook reveals a mixed outlook, but the odds are for a warmer but not wetter three months ahead.  | Fertiliser prices to stay sky ... | Aboriginal leader slams Pacific ...
Woolies profit growth to slow
26/08/2008 | Store makeovers and cost controls helped push retailing giant Woolworths' profit up 26pc for 2008 but Australia's biggest supermarket chain said it expects slower profit growth this fiscal year.  | Share predators now targetting ... | Aboriginal leader slams Pacific ...
Share predators now targetting Incitec Pivot
26/08/2008 | Incitec Pivot is the latest agribusiness company to be targetted by share predators, who are offering to buy their shares at up to 35pc below market value.  | Aboriginal leader slams Pacific ... | WA growers to have a voice on ...
26/08/2008 | Food processor Goodman Fielder has warned shareholders not to expect profit growth until 2010 due to the economic slowdown, which it says will drive consumers away from its products and towards house brands.  | Rainfall draws property buyers ... | The big dry: it's not raining ...
Two-way water pipeline a possibility
26/08/2008 | Victoria's north-south pipeline could be reversed to carry water from Melbourne to the country under long-term considerations being worked into the project.  | CommentsComments (1) | Headers pass ‘shakedown’ scrutiny | AWB on track to export bulk ...
24/08/2008 | The managing director of Wesfarmers, Richard Goyder, has denied claims that earnings at its supermarkets and bottle shops have gone backwards this year, or that internal targets for the turnaround of Coles have been derailed by the retail slowdown.  | Caught in truck law headlights | Meatworkers back 457 visas
Elders posts record $60m earnings
20/08/2008 | Elders Rural Services boss Mike Guerin was able to hand out some good news last week as he prepares to push the button on a sweeping corporate restructure by announcing who will head the company's 20 new management regions.  | SA first: Region-wide wireless ... | SA first: Region-wide wireless ...
Interest rate cut needed, Reserve Bank says
19/08/2008 | Borrowers take heart: the Reserve Bank of Australia feels your pain. The central bank, acknowledging a slump in borrowing, lower consumer confidence, and weaker growth prospects, says an early rate reduction may be needed.  | CommentsComments (2) | Little risk to interest rate cuts | Food price inflation may slow ...
Zero allocation for northern Vic irrigators
18/08/2008 | Goulburn-Murray Water has announced that all regulated water systems in northern Victoria will have a zero allocation of high-reliability water shares.  | Rudd confuses MDB Communities ... | Compulsory water buybacks a ...
Little risk to interest rate cuts
18/08/2008 | Even the dogs are barking that the Reserve Bank board is almost certain to cut the official interest rate at its meeting in two weeks' time. But those expecting a cut of 50 basis points are barking up the wrong tree.  | CommentsComments (1) | $20m rural research funding up ... | Compulsory water buybacks a ...
Olympics lower ag export freight rates
17/08/2008 | Now that the Olympics are underway, global freight costs for agricultural produce are down significantly.  | Young lambs start appearing in ... | Signs of revival in Korean beef ...
Water charge risk for small settlements
14/08/2008 | Introducing a blanket user-pays system of charging for water could place some of Australia’s desert communities at a disadvantage, a new report from Desert Knowledge CRC says.  | Darling water buyback causes ... | Pipe water from the Gulf to the ...
Reports of death of Doha round trade talks premature: Lamy
14/08/2008 | World Trade Organisation Agriculture director-general Pascal Lamy disagrees with claims that the Doha round of trade talks have collapsed. He says a global trade pact is still possible this year.  | WTO has "never been so close to ... | Good news for exporters: $A ...
RBA's warning to banks on interest rates
14/08/2008 | The Reserve Bank has challenged Australia's banks to pass on in full the coming cut in official interest rates, saying that they are highly profitable and becoming more so, as their costs dive.  | New statistics show family ... | AAco posts $2.1m half-year loss
Carbon…part of agriculture’s next revolution?
14/08/2008 | The industrial revolution and later the green revolution changed agriculture for the better, forever. Now it's high time for another. Perhaps carbon trading, but certainly genetic modification, water efficiency and soil science will help push agriculture into a new age.  | CommentsComments (6) | Darling water buyback causes ... | Brumby property targeted by GM ...
WTO has
13/08/2008 | World Trade Organisation Director-General Pascal Lamy says the member countries do not want the Doha Round of talks abandoned after their collapse in Geneva last month, as "too much has been achieved now to simply leave it aside".  | Brumby property targeted by GM ... | New statistics show family ...
13/08/2008 | FUTURIS remains on track to post a profit in its forecast range of $80-85 million for 2007-08 when its annual profit results are announced at the end of the week as it attempts to turn its fortunes around after a tough year.
12/08/2008 | The Australian Agricultural Company has reported a $2.1 million half-year loss, but says it is poised to turn the result around.  | CommentsComments (1) | Good news for exporters: $A ... | Murray Goulburn goes solo in ...
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Preference deals with the Greens - how will it play out in the Senate?

27/08/2008 | IF farmers are wondering what the new look Senate will mean for them, they should just take a look at politics in NSW and the behind-closed-doors relationship between Labor and the Greens for a taste of what might be in store Federally.
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