25/07/2008 | Japan has moved to exclude key agricultural products from the next round of free-trade negotiations with Australia, which due to be held in Tokyo next week.
25/07/2008 | The Western Australian Farmers Federation is urging its members to vote against AWB's push for a single-class share structure, arguing the retention of A-class shares will encourage grower loyalty to the company.
25/07/2008 | AWB has hit out at WAFarmers, saying the lobby group should withdraw from the AWB constitutional reform ballot because it has a commercial conflict of interest.
25/07/2008 | Biosecurity Queensland has received test results which indicate another two horses - both from known infected properties - have tested positive for Hendra virus.
25/07/2008 | The national outlook for August to October rainfall shows a mixed outlook for Australia, with chances of above average falls improving in some parts and worsening in others.
25/07/2008 | DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC and the University of Tennessee have announced a partnership to construct an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery and research and development facility for cellulosic ethanol in the United States.
25/07/2008 | A "rogue militant element" in the trucking industry has been accused of thuggery by the Australian Livestock Transporters Association, which says a recent fax campaign has threatened drivers with physical harm if they do not support next week's national transport shut down.
25/07/2008 | During 2007-08 the average price premiums improved for wholesalers and butchers selling beef graded under Meat Standards Australia, according to data collected by Millward Brown’s National Field Services.
25/07/2008 | Western Australian barley growers are being urged to check their crops for leaf rust, following some concerning detections in the South Stirling region.
25/07/2008 | Brisbane Liberal Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has today joined Queensland Nationals Leader Lawrence Springborg and State Liberal Leader Mark McArdle in calling on Liberal Party delegates to turn up and have their say about the party's future at convention this weekend.
25/07/2008 | Having given the green light to the National Foods bid for Dairy Farmers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has now turned its attention to the rival takeover proposal from Parmalat SpA and the Murray Goulburn Cooperative.
25/07/2008 | A group of seven ministers negotiated hard into the early hours of yesterday morning to break the World Trade Organisation deadlock, but the much-need breakthrough remains elusive, with key countries still far apart on some crucial issues.
25/07/2008 | Numbers were reduced to just 1100 head at the Roma prime sale yesterday thanks to some welcome falls of rain around the Maranoa during the week, but the reduced yarding helped to strengthen prices, particularly for cows.
25/07/2008 | With just 888 days to go before the mulesing phase out, major questions have been raised about the wool industry's management of the controversial practice.
25/07/2008 | Clean Seas Tuna chairman Hagen Stehr has hit out at plans to ship iron ore from Port Lincoln, saying it would be detrimental to not only the fishing industry, but also Eyre Peninsula's grain industry.
25/07/2008 | Cargill and Bunge have been investigated by European Union officials over price-fixing allegations.
25/07/2008 | Former Treasurer Peter Costello has thrown his weight strongly behind Brendan Nelson's move to toughen the Coalition's policy on emissions trading.
25/07/2008 | National Party leader Lawrence Springborg has accused "termites" within the Liberal Party of mounting a "desperate 11th-hour" bid to crush this weekend's vote on a unified conservative force in Queensland politics.
24/07/2008 | The two weather systems on the east and west coasts continued to bring good rain to rural Queensland and Western Australia, but skies started clearing on Thursday afternoon in many areas.
24/07/2008 | The ACCC will not intervene in the acquisition of the big Dairy Farmers cooperative by National Foods Ltd and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Ltd, after accepting court-enforceable undertakings, ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said today.