5:08 PM AEST | THE much-anticipated Darwin auction of S Kidman & Co's Ruby Plains and Sturt Creek stations yesterday (Wednesday) failed to secure a sale.
No hands were raised after only one bid, with the properties passed-in at $38 million.
20/08/2008 | South Australian Premier Mike Rann has called for the harshest penalties for anyone caught illegally diverting water from the Murray-Darling River system.
20/08/2008 | Australia can play an important role in meeting Malaysia’s food consumption and demand for food processing inputs, according to a new ABARE report.
19/08/2008 | BOOMING developments and more efficient transport links across the Adelaide Plains will help lower production costs for farmers in the agriculture and horticulture sectors.
18/08/2008 | Australian live sheep exports slipped by just 1pc for the 2007-08 fiscal year, as tighter sheep supplies in the eastern states were offset by a sharp increase in numbers in WA and overall steady demand
18/08/2008 | Over-the-hooks pork and bacon prices are currently the highest since March 2007 and sow prices the best since November last year.
18/08/2008 | More than $20 million in research and development funding is up for grabs as the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) seeks ideas and innovations that will help strengthen and diversify rural Australia.
15/08/2008 | The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has welcomed the first Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publication to treat the basin as one discrete statistical area.
15/08/2008 | SA Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald announced today that South Australian River Murray irrigators' allocations will increase from 2pc to 6pc.
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15/08/2008 | The Australian Bureau of Statistics is urging 30,000 farmers to return survey forms in a quest to find out more about the nation's resource management.
13/08/2008 | FUTURIS remains on track to post a profit in its forecast range of $80-85 million for 2007-08 when its annual profit results are announced at the end of the week as it attempts to turn its fortunes around after a tough year.
11/08/2008 | Australian beef and veal production totalled 2.15 million tonnes (carcase weight) in 2007-08, back 3pc on 2006-07's record 2.23 million tonnes, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
11/08/2008 | AN estimated 5000 protestors converged at Goolwa yesterday (Sunday), demanding urgent action from the South Australian and Federal governments to save the River Murray and Lower Lakes.
10/08/2008 | Billiatt Conservation Park - located in the Murraylands about 30 kilometres north of Lameroo - has been proclaimed a wilderness protection area.
8/08/2008 | Murrumbidgee Irrigation says the Federal Government is right to open South Australia's Lower Lakes to sea water, saying it is the only "possible solution".
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8/08/2008 | CONSUMER education and value-adding are two of the reasons behind The Olive Grove at McLaren Vale opening its press house to the public.
6/08/2008 | Duncan MacGillivray, Chairman of the MacGillivray Group, owns noted South East property Wittalocka and is making further rural investments with the growth of the Wittalocka Angus stud and a paddock-to-plate beef label. We get his response to OUR TOP FIVE QUESTIONS
5/08/2008 | Recent rainfalls have provided Lakes districts and McLaren Vale irrigators with a golden opportunity to gain new insight into root zone salinity, according to SARDI.
4/08/2008 | The South Australian Farmers' Federation has slammed NSW Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald, describing some of his comments in relation to SA's water shortage as "mischievous and unhelpful".
1/08/2008 | BY PAULA THOMPSON
CLOSE to average rain should fall across most agricultural areas on the State in August, according to Weatherzone meteorologist Matt Pearce.