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Poor crop pushes Iran to buy US wheat
12:54 PM AEST | Traditionally, Iran purchases wheat from the Black Sea region or Australia.  | Russia: ag superpower or basket ... | Five companies receive export ...
Russia: ag superpower or basket case?
29/08/2008 | With the capability to bump its 2007 cereal crop of 75 million tonnes up to 300 million tonnes without breaking virgin ground, Russia might be expected to present a major threat to Australia's grain exports.  | CommentsComments (1) | Five companies receive export ... | AWB lifts pool forecast by $30/t
NSW Farmers urges wheat growers to get involved
23/08/2008 | The NSW Farmers’ Association is urging all grain growers to participate in the AWB Limited A class shareholder meeting on Wednesday September 3, after yesterday’s AWB extraordinary general meeting was adjourned, to allow more for more voting.  | AWB dissident grower directors ... | Shock delay on grower vote: no ...
AWB dissident grower directors in firing line
22/08/2008 | The four grower directors opposing AWB’s reform plans at Thursday's meeting of shareholders faced down calls for their resignations.  | CommentsComments (3) | Chicago wheat prices up 3pc ... | Shock delay on grower vote: no ...
AWB reform opponents up in arms
21/08/2008 | Opponents of AWB’s reform plan are furious with a decision to delay the A-class grower vote by 13 days – and have indicated they may challenge the decision.  | CommentsComments (1) | Chicago wheat prices up 3pc ... | Growers urgently need info on ...
Wheat still profitable, despite surge in input costs
20/08/2008 | Private forecaster Australian Wheat Forecasters’ Ron Storey concedes that wheat's input costs are much higher, due to the “blow-out” in fertiliser and chemical prices. “Fortunately, that’s coincided with higher grain prices,” he says.  | CommentsComments (1) | Crunch vote on Thursday for AWB ... | WA GM ban extension 'a tragedy'
Crunch vote on Thursday for AWB change
20/08/2008 | On the eve of the historic vote, two South Australian farmers who helped form AWB's constitution in the late 1990s have thrown their support behind the company's proposed changes.
Loss of wheat's “Golden Rewards” could cost growers $35/tonne
14/08/2008 | AWB Ltd’s decision to ditch its popular “Golden Rewards” wheat payment system leaves many wheat growers facing price discounts of up to $35 a tonne in the coming harvest, as AWB discontinues its price incentives for quality.  | CommentsComments (7) | Pulse acreage falls as farmers ... | New Dubbo flour mill provides ...
AWB gag that isn’t
8/08/2008 | AWB Ltd is denying threatening legal action against board members who publicly oppose the company’s planned constitutional reform which would stop wheat growers from electing special A-class directors to its board.  | CommentsComments (1)
The desk is gone ... wheat's new world is here
9/07/2008 | From the 21st floor of AWB headquarters in Melbourne, Gordon Davis showed not the slightest hint of mourning the loss of the single desk last week.  | CommentsComments (14) | Dust or mud in SA | Wine powers royal wheels | AUDIO: Where to for AWB after the ...
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Preference deals with the Greens - how will it play out in the Senate?

27/08/2008 | IF farmers are wondering what the new look Senate will mean for them, they should just take a look at politics in NSW and the behind-closed-doors relationship between Labor and the Greens for a taste of what might be in store Federally.
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