National Rural News

Grain industry split on WEA future

7:30 AM | GRAINGROWERS are sending mixed messages to Canberra about the future of wheat export marketing arrangements currently being decided in Parliament. | KFC switches to local canola | Woodland birds return to farms

Grains and Cropping - Wheat

May rain made to order

10 May 12 | AN almost made-to-order frontal system last weekend has given most WA Wheatbelt farmers the start they wanted to the 2012 season.

Grains and Cropping - Wheat

Stored grain pests probed in WA research

03 May 12 | WEST Australian research investigating the ecology of major pests of stored grain is expected to result in improved management practices and minimise the development of resistance to fumigants.

Grains and Cropping - Wheat

Deregulate wheat: Sidebottom

22 Apr 12 | FEDERAL Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Sid Sidebottom says abolition of the single desk has generated improved productivity and created new global export markets for Australian growers. |

Comments (19) | Viterra moves on new terminal ... | Wheat farmers shy of bullish ...

Grains and Cropping - Wheat

New role could save WEA

20 Apr 12 | AUSTRALIAN wheat industry representatives met in Sydney on Monday, agreeing to several key principles for developing the industry’s future and guiding decision-making on federal legislation currently under consideration. |

Comments (3) | Senate committee seeks grains ... | Wheatgrowers need to grow up

Grains and Cropping - Wheat

Wheat farmers shy of bullish claims

19 Apr 12 | WITH seeding just around the corner for many Wheatbelt farmers, Rabobank's most recent agribusiness review has predicted another bumper crop for Australia in 2012/13. |

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Grains and Cropping - Wheat

PGA supports WEA wind-up

16 Apr 12 | The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) says Federal Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig’s decision to proceed with the wind up of Wheat Exports Australia (WEA) will only benefit the Australian Wheat industry. |

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Grains and Cropping - Wheat

Govt to continue dismantling WEA

13 Apr 12 | THE federal government says it will forge ahead with plans to implement the Productivity Commission’s (PC) key recommendations from its report into the state of wheat export marketing arrangements in Australia post-single desk and remove further red tape from the market. |

Comments (1) | GPA calls for WEA levy support | Indonesia doubts Aus wheat quality

Grains and Cropping - Wheat

Rogue marketers blamed for wheat complaints

12 Apr 12 | ROGUE marketers are being blamed for quality issues with Australian grain exported to Indonesia. |

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Grains and Cropping - Wheat

Iraq wheat compensation

05 Apr 12 | AUSTRALIAN wheat growers will finally get compensation for wheat deliveries to Iraq during the 1980s which weren’t paid for. |

Comments (6) | Duopoly inevitable: Jock Munro

Grains and Cropping - Wheat

Time to plan 2012 rust strategy

20 Mar 12 | NEW research comparing upfront and in-crop fungicide control of stripe rust in two popular wheat varieties has pinpointed timing as a key influence on effective control.

Grains and Cropping - Wheat