Sow wheat late and it may cost $22.75 a hectare, per week: research

Story Added Mon, 15^th of Mar 2010

Industry and Investment (I&I) NSW trials at its Trangie Agricultural Research Centre have demonstrated that wheat and barley growers who plant crops late are likely to have their profits slashed, ...

Australia can lead world food push, NFF challenges Govt

Story Added Fri, 12^th of Mar 2010

TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) dropped a bombshell on the Federal Government’s review of agricultural research and development (R&D) calling for an “expanded ...

Warning for pregnant ewes: Go easy on the Grass

Story Added Thu, 11^th of Mar 2010

Exceptional autumn rains have produced a bumper crop of grass in many parts, but Industry & Investment NSW (I&I) is warning farmers that pregnant ewes can have too much of a good ...

Daily Futures Reports On USDA

Story Added Thu, 11^th of Mar 2010

The USDA's 2009-2010 U.S. ending stocks estimate of: Corn was increased from 1.719 to 1.799 billion bushels. Soybeans was reduced from 210 to 190 million bushels. Wheat was increased from .981 to ...

Market waits on the USDA

Story Added Wed, 10^th of Mar 2010

Press comments by the Greek Prime Minister had as much influence on grain markets as anything else this week. With nth hemisphere crops still mostly dormant and few weather scares on the horizon, ...

Keeping herds healthy after wild weather

Story Added Wed, 10^th of Mar 2010

After a weekend of wild weather, dairy farmers across the south coast of New South Wales and northern Victoria are beginning their cleanup. While the rainfall is a cause for celebration, dairy ...

Southern Autumn break, just what NSW farmers ordered

Story Added Tue, 9^th of Mar 2010

Heavy rain over the weekend has been warmly welcomed by farmers, particularly in the Riverina with some saying it has been the best rain in a decade, Minister for Primary Industries, Steve Whan, said ...

Cattle herd to slowly rebuild - ABARE

Story Added Mon, 8^th of Mar 2010

The Australian cattle herd is forecast to slowly rebuild towards 28 million head over the next five years, underpinned by favourable conditions in northern Australia and improved incomes for cattle ...

Primary producers to prepare for the bumpy road to recovery – leading agricultural banker

Story Added Thu, 4^th of Mar 2010

While the improving global economy is expected to have a positive impact on most agricultural sectors, primary producers will need to manage their operations in an increasingly volatile marketplace, ...

Study reveals the potential for storing carbon in soil

Story Added Thu, 4^th of Mar 2010

A three year study by Industry & Investment NSW (I&I NSW) scientists has revealed the potential for storing carbon in soil to reduce the impact of climate change.

Leader of the project, Dr ...

El Niño decay temporarily stalls

Story Added Thu, 4^th of Mar 2010

Central Pacific Ocean temperatures have warmed slightly during the last fortnight, slowing the decay of the current El Niño event. A weakening of the trade winds over the western and central ...

Not much action to report in Grain Markets

Story Added Wed, 3^rd of Mar 2010

It has been a fairly lacklustre week with prices mainly fluctuating around last week’s level. The market is not strong enough to sustain rallies with these generally being countered by a ...

New Basin Plan could be a disaster for agriculture

Story Added Mon, 1^st of Mar 2010

“For agriculture, the new Murray-Darling Basin Plan is a train smash waiting to happen”. This is the assessment of the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) four months out from a ...

Record Breaking Summer for Western Australia

Story Added Mon, 1^st of Mar 2010

Western Australia has recorded one of its hottest and driest summers on record.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology the average of all the minimum and maximum temperatures recorded across the ...

2009 - Global GM Crop Adoption Continues To Climb

Story Added Thu, 25^th of Feb 2010

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Crops (ISAAA) has announced that the global uptake of GM crops had continued to increase in 2009.

2009 - Top 12 GM countries

Country ...