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Macquarie interest in grain business elevated
19 Mar 10 | DEREGULATION of the grain markets in Australia has sparked plenty of interest from offshore market participants.  | Trials prove strengths of durumVisit Stock JournalRain sets up winter crops ...Visit North Queensland Register | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Tandou stakes sold three ways
18 Mar 10 | Receiver McGrathNicol sold Volcot Holding's 30.59 per cent stake in Tandou to three specialty funds.  | Tandou pours cold water on ...Visit The LandTandou buys 3000ML of high ...Visit The Land
AWB shares divebomb after downgrade
17 Mar 10 | AWB shares have slumped more than 10 per cent since revising its profit forecast down to between $85 million and $110 million today.  | CommentsComments (3) | Emerald deal to continue ...ASIC will not pursue AWB bribe ...Visit Stock Journal | GALLERY: Photos from the Tottenham ...
VB under attack from Tasmania
17 Mar 10 | FOSTER'S flagship beer, VB, does not have the vice-like grip on barbecues, parties and beer mats it enjoyed 20 years ago, and it has got some beverage analysts worried.  | CommentsComments (2) | Foster's wine business fails to ...Wine gives Foster's a headache | GALLERY: Photos from the Tumut Family ...
Nufarm profit response raises eyebrows
15 Mar 10 | NUFARM'S response to an ''ASX Aware'' letter this month, asking it to explain the timing of a profit downgrade for the six-month period ended January 2010, has raised eyebrows in the agricultural chemicals sector.  | Nufarm keeps mum on profitNufarm to post $40m loss | VIDEO: Awesome start to Tas weaner sales
AWB rumour mill grinds over Geneva deal
15 Mar 10 | MARKET speculation late last week raised the possibility that AWB's drawn-out negotiations to sell its Geneva trading operations had hit a speed bump after recent staff departures.  | AWB still works towards Gavilon ...No grain of truth in Viterra ... | GALLERY: Casino saleyards in pictures
Oil subsidies could top $500 billion
13 Mar 10 | A study on energy subsidies commissioned by G20 nations found that the world could be spending $500 billion annually to subsidise fossil fuels - the majority from subsidised end-user prices.   | CommentsComments (2) | No grain of truth in Viterra ...Company guilty of false green ... | GALLERY: Last of the Qld flood photos
No grain of truth in Viterra musings
12 Mar 10 | THE chief executive of Viterra, the Canadian agribusiness giant that swallowed ABB Grain last year, distanced the group from speculation that it might buy Elders or AWB's Landmark rural services businesses.  | Viterra has more options than ABBViterra hits back over shipping | VIDEO: Awesome start to Tas weaner sales
RM Williams not on Oroton's shopping list
12 Mar 10 | LUXURY goods retailer OrotonGroup is on the lookout for possible acquis­itions but has quashed speculation it is considering buying iconic bootmaker RM Williams.  | Greener pastures beckon for RM ...R M Williams has down-at-heel look | VIDEO: Awesome start to Tas weaner sales
AWB still works towards Gavilon deal
12 Mar 10 | WHILE it refuses to publicly confirm anything more than that it remains in talks with an international commodities company, AWB remains firmly in negotiations with US-based business Gavilon regarding purchases within its commodities business.   | AWB finally free of legal threatsASIC wins appeal against Lindberg | GALLERY: Last of the Qld flood photos
Greener pastures beckon for RM Williams
11 Mar 10 | THERE is plenty of talk at the moment about why Australia's iconic bootmaker R M Williams is getting, well, too big for its boots.  | CommentsComments (6) | RM Williams sets finance record ...R M Williams has down-at-heel look | GALLERY: Still more pictures of the ...
Coalition split on Murray referendum
11 Mar 10 | A COALITION split has emerged over Tony Abbott's threat to hold a referendum for a federal takeover of the Murray-Darling Basin, with the Nationals leader, Warren Truss, telling irrigators the move is not National Party policy and Nationals backbenchers publicly rejecting it.   | CommentsComments (3) | ABC chairman warms to the ...A five-minister barrage wheeled ... | GALLERY: Still more pictures of the ...
11 Mar 10 | THE Opposition Leader, Barry O'Farrell, has pledged to put economic growth at the centre of a Coalition government plan to get NSW moving again.   | More council mergers among big ...Visit The Land
A five-minister barrage wheeled out for Abbott
11 Mar 10 | THE government launched a shock-and-awe attack against Tony Abbott yesterday, only to fall victim to the Senate minnows who resent Kevin Rudd's high-handed attitude toward them.   | CommentsComments (1) | BSE beef backflip leaves US ...Doha derailed until 2013, says US | GALLERY: Still more pictures of the ...
Long term outlook positive for grain and land prices: Keogh
10 Mar 10 | INDUSTRY “mega-trends” should have a positive impact on prices, profit opportunities and land values for grain producers over the next 20 years.   | CommentsComments (5) | US animal rights legislation ...Doha derailed until 2013, says US | GALLERY: Photos from Beef Spectacular
Doha derailed until 2013, says US
10 Mar 10 | RISING farm group dissatisfaction towards free trade negotiations and political stalling threatens to derail the Doha round until 2013, a leading United States Trade negotiator has warned.   | CommentsComments (4) | Coalition seen as stronger on ...No sign of giving ground in ... | GALLERY: Photos from Beef Spectacular
10 Mar 10 | Shares of timber giant Gunns are trading at 10-year lows after the company revealed a poor first-half result and a complex restructure.  | Monsanto ramps up Roundup ...AWB ripe for sale as ... | GALLERY: Photos of the floods moving south
SAFF wants ag specific stimulus package
09 Mar 10 | The South Australian Farmers Federation wants this year's Federal Budget to include a stimulus package specifically for agriculture.  | CommentsComments (1)
Monsanto ramps up Roundup production in US
08 Mar 10 | MONSANTO is expecting about 20 per cent more Roundup in the marketplace after a new production facility was brought online late last week.  | CommentsComments (6) | Emerald Group partners SumitomoGM crop production continues to ... | VIDEO: Myrtleford weaner steers to ...
AWB ripe for sale as liabilities abate
08 Mar 10 | In the past, potential suitors for AWB have been scared off by possible liabilities relating to the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, but with that obstacle almost cleared, is a sale now in the offing?  | CommentsComments (3) | Great Southern land sell-offCoalition seen as stronger on ... | GALLERY: Photos flood in from Queensland
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