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Wheat woes: share the blame

Wheat woes: share the blame
MANY bear responsibility for potential loss of control over the wheat trade, writes Andrew Farran.
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Summer crop coming off
22 May 13 | FARMERS currently harvesting sorghum crops across southern Queensland and the Liverpool Plains are pleased with the way prices for the feed grain are holding up.  | 'Chance' sorghum crop a windfall | Wheat woes: share the blame
US bumper crop to hit wheat futures
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'Chance' sorghum crop a windfall
21 May 13 | A “CHANCE” crop of sorghum planted on an isolated rain event that fell on only the two front paddocks of Paul White’s farm, Tarlee, near Edgeroi in North-West NSW has turned into a summer cropping windfall.
Cotton harvest wraps up
21 May 13 | COTTON pickers are moving through the final fields of a 4.35 million bale cotton crop, wrapping up a harvest that has gone smoothly under blue skies and fine conditions.
Wheat woes: share the blame
21 May 13 | MANY bear responsibility for potential loss of control over the wheat trade, writes Andrew Farran.  | CommentsComments (18)
Go direct to profits
21 May 13 | IN A 250-millimetre average annual rainfall district, retaining summer moisture through efficient weed control is a critical component to crop success.  | Patchy start to seeding | Gairdner gets competition
Getting sowing dates right
20 May 13 | THE ISSUE of optimum sowing dates is something that is intensely scrutinised among the farming sector.  | CommentsComments (2) | Pulses welcome southern rain | Forecast record crop casts pall...
Condo’s fibre feat
20 May 13 | THE Kirk family on the Lachlan River irrigation property, “West Borambil”, Condobolin, has finally fulfilled their dream of creating their own “fibre factory”.  | CommentsComments (1)
Pulses welcome southern rain
18 May 13 | PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the 2013 planting season into full swing, but also to lessen the risk of plantback issues.  | Managing the Mallee | Brewers bank on better barley
How Australia cottoned on
18 May 13 | VIDEO: IN THE early 1960s the papers were breathlessly calling cotton “white gold”, but there really was an element of goldrush in the building of the cotton industry.  | CommentsComments (2)
| VIDEO: 50 years of cotton
Crunch time for chickpeas
18 May 13 | AUSSIE grain growers could potentially capture a share of the growing global healthy snack food market by specifically growing chickpeas with desirable “puffing” qualities.
Brewers bank on better barley
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Forecast record crop casts pall on prices
16 May 13 | THE USDA is forecasting a record global wheat crop this year, with a rise in plantings across the globe, but this bearish news had not brought back wheat prices in the past week.  | CommentsComments (14) | Fert not harming soil health | Cutting nitrogen losses
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ADM records profit drop
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Fert not harming soil health
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Waging war on weeds with wheat
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Cutting nitrogen losses
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Scholarship for southern graingrowers
14 May 13 | THE GRDC is supporting four Nuffield Scholarships for 2014, including one for a grower from the southern region, which comprises southern NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
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Summer crop coming off

FARMERS currently harvesting sorghum crops across southern Queensland and the Liverpool Plains are pleased with the way prices for the feed grain are holding up.
FARMERS currently harvesting sorghum crops across southern Queensland and the Liverpool Plains are pleased...

US bumper crop to hit wheat futures

TRADERS in the grain market remain focused on the North American corn crop, which is in the last few weeks of its planting season.
TRADERS in the grain market remain focused on the North American corn crop, which is in the last few weeks...

Getting sowing dates right

THE ISSUE of optimum sowing dates is something that is intensely scrutinised among the farming sector.
THE ISSUE of optimum sowing dates is something that is intensely scrutinised among the farming sector.

Machinery

Feeling chipper for winter

PARKLANDS have released a new wood chipper just in time for the colder months.
PARKLANDS have released a new wood chipper just in time for the colder months.

Agco merges with GSI

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Wool's 30c bounce

THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the first time in four weeks.
THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the...

Wool's upward trend

THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend could continue.
THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend...

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Around the saleyards: Charters Towers and Roma

CHARTERS Towers combined agents yarded a total of 542 cattle at the weekly store and prime sale held on May 22. And at the Roma Store Sale held on May 21 a total of 8500 head of cattle were penned.
CHARTERS Towers combined agents yarded a total of 542 cattle at the weekly store and prime sale held on...

RFID debate heats up

The RFID debate for sheep and goats has heated up with livestock authorities in NSW endorsing the current mob-based traceability system claiming the scheme meets national tracing standards.
The RFID debate for sheep and goats has heated up with livestock authorities in NSW endorsing the current...
Queensland Country Life

Drizzle doesn't dampen Dalby

LANDMARK Chinchilla auctioneer Terry Ryan said early selling at today's Dalby cattle sale indicates a rise in the market.
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Agribusiness

Buffett dumps ADM shares

BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett is not waiting around to see how ADM's ambitious GrainCorp bid will work out - he has quit his ADM shareholding for about $US207m.

ADM dodges questions

FARMERS say US corporate raider Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is clearly uncomfortable with calls to have port operators free up their exporter access rules at Australia's seaboard grain terminals.
FARMERS say US corporate raider Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is clearly uncomfortable with calls to have...

Horticulture

Fruit science focus at Tas grower conference

Fruit Growers Tasmania will host over 200 delegates at their annual May conference which starts in Hobart later this week.
Stock Journal

State fruit fly threat grows

INDUSTRY will have to pay for increased roadblocks entering South Australia in response to a heightened risk of fruit fly infestation, according to Agriculture Minister Gail Gago.
INDUSTRY will have to pay for increased roadblocks entering South Australia in response to a heightened...
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