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AWB, ABB merger must benefit growers: NSW Farmers
1/12/2008 | The NSW Farmers' Association says any merger between two of Australia’s major grain traders, AWB Ltd and ABB Grain Ltd, must be shown to be in growers' best interests.   | GrainCorp thrown into AWB, ABB ... | AWB, ABB merger 'would benefit ...
New govt GM report 'valuable contribution'
28/11/2008 | The Producers Forum, representing farmers keen to embrace proven technology, has welcomed the release of the Bureau of Rural Sciences landmark report today on the role of GM crops in Australia.   | New govt report endorses GM ... | Turnbull backs the lifting of ...
New govt report endorses GM canola, cotton
28/11/2008 | Introduction of genetically modified insect-resistant cotton has allowed farmers to reduce the volume of insecticide sprayed on the crop by up to 85pc, according to a new report from the Bureau of Rural Sciences.   | CommentsComments (2) | New govt GM report 'valuable ... | Claims of GM canola ...
AWB, ABB merger 'would benefit shareholders'
27/11/2008 | Talks are continuing about the possibility of a merger of Australia's two largest grain companies. ABB's managing director Michael Iwaniw and AWB's managing director Gordon Davis have openly said that they would be keen to pursue the idea  | CommentsComments (5) | Turnbull backs the lifting of ... | Why GM is needed to fight world ...
26/11/2008 | Australia's first harvest of genetically modified canola is underway and the proponents of the crop technology claim it represents an opportunity to improve overall sustainability while also meeting customer requirements.   | CommentsComments (28) | Claims of GM canola ... | Tas bans GM crops until 2014
24/11/2008 | The National Variety Trials website has received a timely upgrade before most results from 2008 trials go online.
Farmers fight back at anti-GM campaign
24/11/2008 | Pro-GM farmers have hit back at suggestions that food produced using approved genetically modified crops may be unsafe, saying the claims are "untrue and irresponsible".   | CommentsComments (19) | Turnbull backs the lifting of ... | Why GM is needed to fight world ...
Rain to downgrade wheat crop
24/11/2008 | This week's rain could cost producers millions if it causes wheat to be downgraded from hard milling to feed grade.   | Top value for square baling | Widespread rain to continue in ...
US lifts biofuel targets for 2009, despite opposition
21/11/2008 | The US has announced that 11 billion gallons of renewable fuels need to be blended into transportation gasoline in 2009. That’s a renewable fuels standard of 10.2pc of fuel output for 2009, compared with the 7.8pc for 2008.  | CommentsComments (1) | ABARE slashes wheat crop forecast | US winter wheat crop off to ...
Turnbull backs the lifting of ban on GM crops
21/11/2008 | Federal opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has said Western Australia's bans on uranium mining and genetically modified crops were "pure left-wing ideology" - and Premier Colin Barnett's lifting of both would be good for state and country.   | CommentsComments (4) | Anti-GM campaigners monitoring ... | GM crops coexistence conference ...
Why GM is needed to fight world food crisis
20/11/2008 | There is something worse than having one GFC. That's having two. Amid the international response to the global financial crisis (GFC), many people have stopped talking about the other GFC: the global food crisis.   | CommentsComments (12) | GM crops coexistence conference ... | Ethanol federal excise tax ...
Farmers holding onto wheat, says AWB
20/11/2008 | Wheat farmers across Australia are holding back their grain deliveries to AWB Ltd - and to other exporters - in the first season since AWB lost its status as Australia's monopoly wheat exporter.  | CommentsComments (7) | Extra help for wheat growers to ... | ABARE slashes wheat crop forecast
20/11/2008 | An international conference exploring the ways to allow coexistence between GM and non-GM crops will be held in Melbourne in November 2009.   | Rush on as farmers buy up headers | Anti-GM campaigners monitoring ...
It never rains - it just pours...
20/11/2008 | As Banjo Paterson wrote: "The bush hath moods and changes, as the seasons rise and fall, and the men who know the bush-land - they are loyal through it all."   | Rush on as farmers buy up headers | AWB details 2008 harvest ... | VIDEO: Big wet hits with a vengeance
Anti-GM campaigners monitoring crops
18/11/2008 | Anti-genetically modified crops campaigners are looking to ensure there is no contamination of canola and other brassica species around the Lubeck receival site in Victoria's Wimmera, which will be handling GM canola this season.   | CommentsComments (14) | Wheat variety upgrades for ... | Plastic grain storage bags ...
AWB details 2008 harvest finance offering
18/11/2008 | AWB Limited has announced its 2008 season Nominated Estimated Pool Returns for those growers who intend to utilise AWB's Pool Payment and Finance products for the current wheat harvest.  | Plastic grain storage bags ... | Court puts AWB cases on ice
17/11/2008 | The Australian Cereal Rust Control Program has confirmed that a sample of stripe rust collected from a wheat crop in north-east Victoria is the first Australian pathotype with virulence for the Yr27 resistance gene.  | Crop row restructure reaps results | Extra help for wheat growers to ...
Wheat variety upgrades for eastern Australia
16/11/2008 | Two wheat varieties, LongReach's Crusader and InterGrain's Magenta, have been upgraded for the 2009-10 harvest.  | Extra help for wheat growers to ... | Pollinator decline not reducing ...
Plastic grain storage bags bring price flexibility
13/11/2008 | Rather than accept the lower feed barley prices being offered, South Australian grain farmer Kenton Angel has decided to invest in plastic sausage storage bags.  | CommentsComments (1) | Pollinator decline not reducing ... | ABARE slashes wheat crop forecast
Court puts AWB cases on ice
12/11/2008 | The Victorian Supreme Court has indefinitely postponed the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's civil cases against five of six former executives of AWB.   | CommentsComments (1) | ABARE slashes wheat crop forecast | Incitec in trading halt ahead ...
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