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Summer crops outlook "lowest in 3 years"

Tue 16/02/10 - 10:34:18 vs6
Rain in January and February has done little to stop summer crop production reaching at its lowest level in three years, the nation's commodities forecaster says. Crop production will fall to about 2.4 million tonnes, 36 per cent less than last season and the smallest crop since 2006-07,
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Wheat crop shrinks a third as rains come too late

Tue 16/02/10 - 10:33:38 vs6
Rain in January and February has done little to stop summer crop production reaching its lowest level in three years, the nation’s commodities forecaster says. Crop production will fall to about 2.4 million tonnes, 36 per cent less than last season and the smallest crop since 2006-0
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Summer crops outlook "lowest in 3 years"

Tue 16/02/10 - 10:33:14 vs6
AAP Rain in January and February has done little to stop summer crop production reaching at its lowest level in three years, the nation's commodities forecaster says. Crop production will fall to about 2.4 million tonnes, 36 per cent less than last season and the smallest crop since
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SunRice profits take a battering

Mon 21/12/09 - 08:32:06 vs6
RICEGROWERS, trading as SunRice - one of Australia's biggest exporters of branded processed foods - has posted a 90 per cent slide in first-half profits and warned the rising Australian dollar and weaker global demand would blunt earnings next year. Gary Helou, chief executive, said the...
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Tags : smh.com.au, stock, RIC, Long, Exchange, global food shortages, water allocations, snack foods, rice prices, rice harvest, global demand, processed foods, tonne, tonnes, optimism

Ricegrowers" staple comes down to earth

Mon 21/12/09 - 08:30:39 vs6
ONE of Australia's biggest exporters of branded processed foods, Ricegrowers, which trades as SunRice, has posted a 90 per cent slide in first-half profit and warned that the rising dollar along with weaker global demand will blunt earnings next year. Chief executive Gary Helou said the...
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Tags : smh.com.au, stock, RON, Exchange, global food shortages, medium grain rice, water allocations, rice prices, snack foods, fivefold increase, rice crop, rice harvest, global demand, processed foods, plantings, tonne

Murray irrigators win healthy boost

Thu 01/10/09 - 10:45:38 CFDmarket
Good rain has prompted the South Australian Government to announce an immediate boost in irrigators' entitlements from the drought-affected Murray.
Tags : 8, Mini, Par, water allocations, irrigators, title.irrigators, licence holders, resource availability, great news, economy

Drought advisor outlines dire Murray scenario

Thu 13/08/09 - 02:07:45 CFDmarket
There has been a dire prediction that the level of the Murray below Lock 1 at Blanchetown could drop to almost 1.5 metres below sea level over the next few months.
Tags : water allocations, human perspective, emergency package, irrigators, water market, plantings, water supplies, evaporation, rainfall, crops

Tandou reports $11.5m profit

Thu 21/05/09 - 10:41:13 CFDglobal
Agribusiness company Tandou has returned its first profit in several years.
Tags : water allocations, scale farming, federal governments, water market, cereal, 5 million, annual report

Mass exodus: rural town struggles to survive

Thu 09/04/09 - 09:53:24 CFDmarket
Towns in rural Australia are at risk of dying off as drought and Federal Government policy takes a toll on agriculture and forces a "mass exodus" in some regions.
Tags : water allocations, irrigation scheme, mass exodus, sitting ducks, rice industry, agricultural region, water levels, spending money, financial planner, drought, trickle, farmers, prosperity, federal government, six years

Tandou expects full year profit

Tue 10/02/09 - 03:50:29 Trader

Tandou Ltd is expecting its full year result to rebound to a $11.5 million profit, as the cotton, grain and fruit producer benefits from selling some water rights.

Tags : cereal crops, water allocations, plant cotton, water allocation, bank debt, water rights, development opportunities, half year, 30 million, two cents, balance sheet, asset management, 5 million, 6 million, assets