Crop Industry News: Australia
22 January 2013

AUSTRALIA - South Australia’s 2012-13 grain crop is expected to come in at 6.45 million tonnes from four million hectares, an increase from the previous estimate of 6.19 million tonnes, according...
15 January 2013

AUSTRALIA - The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc.) (WAFarmers) wants reform to the State’s land clearing laws to allow farmers to better manage their land as part of a long term plan...
24 December 2012

AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government has called for nominations for the Wheat Industry Advisory Taskforce....
20 December 2012

AUSTRALIA - A new study by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) identifies financial and environmental concerns as the key drivers influencing the...

AUSTRALIA - A survey for the last quarter indicates Australian farming sentiment has deteriorated....
19 December 2012

AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, has welcomed the annual update of Australia’s agricultural statistics that shows earning and farm exports are...
18 December 2012

AUSTRALIA - New South Wales (NSW) Farmers welcomed a decision today by the Standing Council on Primary Industries that it will develop an in-drought business support proposal for consideration...
13 December 2012

AUSTRALIA - Australia’s earnings from agricultural, fisheries and forestry exports are forecast to remain strong in 2012-13, at around A$39.5 billion....
06 December 2012

AUSTRALIA - Australia’s cropping sector is in positive shape despite dry seasonal conditions, the Australian Crop Report has found....
03 December 2012

AUSTRALIA - Australia’s wheat industry will be fully deregulated with the passage of Labor’s Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill through the Senate....

AUSTRALIA - Australia’s 2012-13 cotton crop has been revised downward (nearly six per cent) to 4.0 million bales. Planting of the 2012-13 cotton crop is largely complete with total area expected...
26 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - A new way of capturing crop area information will change the way industry forecasts cropping production across Queensland, and other States....
23 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - Producer lobbying group, New South Wales Farmers (NSW), have said that the water management framework, Murray Darling Basin Plan, must meet their key expectations upon reviewing it...

AUSTRALIA - Biosecurity Queensland is calling on the Far North Queensland community to report Asian honey bees found outside of the known infested area....
20 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - Dryland cropping in South Australia is no longer limited to winter. It's not uncommon to see paddocks of sorghum, safflower or even sunflowers throughout the summer months. However,...

AUSTRALIA - A scholarship-winning sugar farmer says the Australian industry needs to shift its focus to fibre and energy production, rather than just sugar production, if it's to keep up with...
16 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - Australian farmers are experiencing price volatility (of around $100 per tonne in recent months) following a significant dry spell in the US Midwest. So, how can they adopt hedging...
15 November 2012

ANALYSIS - GrainCorp Ltd., the largest grain handler in eastern Australia, has shot down an ADM proposal offering A$2.7 billion ($2.8 billion), citing that the ADM offer "materially undervalues...

AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, has announced the second round of competitive grants for the A$201 million Filling the Research Gap programme....
13 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - Australia’s 12,000 registered beekeepers have recently received a manual to help protect Australia’s valuable agriculture and horticulture industries from pests that have decimated...
06 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - Applications are now open for the Gillard Government’s A$64 million Carbon Farming Futures Extension and Outreach Programme....
02 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - The Gillard Government’s Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 has this week passed the Lower House 70 to 67....
01 November 2012

AUSTRALIA - Australia’s grain export industry will receive a boost with today’s official opening of the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC), a national centre for grain science...
31 October 2012

AUSTRALIA - Population upsurges in the west and low populations to the east for locusts are on the horizon according to the latest situation forecast from the Australian Plague Locust Commission...
30 October 2012

AUSTRALIA - The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says that the proposed Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM) takeover bid of Graincorp highlights the need for continued oversight of the grains...

AUSTRALIA - Reform of Australia’s drought policy is another step closer with Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments agreeing on the framework for a new national drought package focussed...
24 October 2012

AUSTRALIA - Government policy, funding and decision making, commodity prices and the Australian dollar, and the perception of agriculture among the community are the three key issues facing Australian...
23 October 2012

AUSTRALIA - The nation’s peak agricultural representative body, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has called on Parliament to deliver a long-term strategic focus for Australia’s agricultural...

AUSTRALIA - GrainCorp has received a conditional proposal from US agricultural processors, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)....
16 October 2012

AUSTRALIA - Biosecurity Queensland is asking North Queensland residents to 'bee' on the alert and report suspect sightings of Asian honey bees....