Tag Archives: Farming
Hansen Virus Threatens To Wipe Out Livestock Industry World Wide
Livestock producers world wide need to stop sticking their ‘head in the sand‘ over global warming. I know that the majority of producers just want to get on with their… Read more
It’s All Crystal Ball Stuff….
Chris Wyhoon [pictured], is a Western Australian stud cattle breeder and executive officer (livestock and farm business/economics), Western Australian Farmers Federation. He writes: ***** Recently I attended a series of… Read more
The ETS Attack On Mining And Farming Will Devastate Communities In Australia
Australian treasurer Wayne Swan admitted yesterday that the government does not know which companies would be covered under the ETS. In an answer to a question on notice by Acting… Read more
Corporate Agriculture Squeezing Family Farmers World Wide
The internet brings global food producers together and it is indeed incredible how similar many of the challenges family farmers face the world over. Agmate member Joel Gill [pictured] is… Read more
2008 Wheat Crop – A Lost Opportunity – Thanks Tony Burke & Friends
The 2008 wheat harvest is finished and as predicted by Agmates, this years deregulation of the Australian Export Wheat market has been a nightmare for growers. What should have been… Read more
Barnaby Joyce – The Innate Problems With Labors Emissions Trading Scheme
Leader of the Nationals in the Senate Barnaby Joyce writes to the Agmates community – ***** I’m going to be serious and quite frank with you here as the issues… Read more
Australian Senate Finds Fertilizer Companies ‘Price Gouging’ Farmers
The Senate select committee on Agriculture has found evidence that farmers have been ‘price gouged’ by fertiliser companies. That ‘Price gouging’ is what we have reported on over the last… Read more
Heavy Rain Wipes Millions Off Aussie Wheat Crop
This is heart breaking for many farmers who are harvesting a bumper crop follow a number of dismal drought affected wheat crops. TWO weeks of rain over the northern NSW… Read more
Tackling The Global Farm Crisis.
Professor Julian Cribb writes: World food security, as Australian consumers and others are fast discovering, is at its lowest in half a century. The precipitous fall in world food stocks… Read more
KLR Livestock Marketing Conference – Live Blogging
I am off to attend a Livestock Marketing Conference today Conducted by our friends at KLR Marketing. . Providing the technology does not let us down I will be posting… Read more
