6 offers made for Cubbie Station
The administrators of Australia's largest cotton farm say they have received six offers to buy the property.
View ArticleRudd, Abbott praise 'stoicism' of flood victims
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he has spoken to the mayors of many of the flood stricken communities in Queensland.
View ArticleCubbie water take misunderstood: designer
One of men who designed the southern hemisphere's largest cotton farm, Cubbie Station, says its storages will take only five per cent of the floodwaters flowing past St George in southern Queensland....
View ArticleCubbie creditors meet today
A creditors meeting today is likely to decide on the future of Australia's largest cotton farm, Cubbie Station.
View ArticleNo Cubbie sale yet
More time has been given to administrators of Cubbie station in southern Queensland to make negotiations on the future of the irrigation property.
View ArticleCotton crop tipped to be best in seven years
Cotton Australia has reviewed it's prediction for the size of this season's crop.
View ArticleHalf of Queensland cotton crop destroyed
Half of southern Queensland's cotton crop has been destroyed by floodwater, in a year growers thought would be one of their best.
View ArticleAustralian growers missing out on some of the cotton price boom
Cotton continues its record run, with a new high price set last Friday.
View ArticleCotton farmers help each other after floods
Farmers are being urged to donate bales of cotton to help colleagues who lost their cotton crops in the recent Queensland floods.
View ArticleFarmers fear pests if research body folds
The grains industry is lobbying government at the moment worried it's going to be exposed to dangerous exotic pests and diseases because of a research funding decision. Wayne Newton, the Grains...
View ArticleQld Country Hour podcast 25th April 2011
Today on the Country Hour we checked on the flooding around Theodore. We also examined the push for green energy with a special report on wind farms, and we travelled to the Augathella races in Western...
View ArticleWaterfront strikes threaten exporters
Olam International regional head Richard Haire discusses the devastating effect a waterfront dispute could have on the cotton industry.
View ArticleBrisbane port thrives despite the floods
The Port of Brisbane recorded a rise in farm exports last financial year, despite floods ruining a lot of southern and central Queensland crops.
View ArticleQueensland irrigator thinks current water allocations are right
A Queensland irrigator says he still doesn't believe the state's irrigation systems are over-allocated.
View ArticleBank forecasts fall in farm commodity prices
Rural lender Rabobank predicts the price of agricultural commodities will drop next year.
View ArticleDrier weather helps cotton harvest
Queensland's cotton harvest is being helped by clear and dry autumn weather after another wet growing season.
View ArticleCotton gins busy in Queensland
Cotton gins in Queensland are working around the clock to process this year's crop.
View ArticlePlenty of water means plenty of cotton
The next eastern states' cotton harvest is tipped to be a record, at almost five million bales, because floods have left water storages full.
View ArticleCubbie sale concerns prompt petition
A gathering of rural women in southern inland Queensland has sparked a petition about foreign ownership of Australian farmland.
View ArticlePetitions persist against Cubbie sale
A number of petitions are ciruclating opposing the sale of the big Queensland cotton property Cubbie Station, even though the Federal Government has approved the deal.
View ArticleCubbie chairman attacks 'fire sale'
The chairman of Cubbie Station says the reported offer of $240 million for one of Australia's largest agricultural enterprises represents a fire sale
View ArticleCubbie deal almost fell through over foreign investment row
The purchase of the controversial Cubbie Station by Chinese investors almost didn't happen.
View ArticleUSDA crop report leaves grain growers nervous
Australian grain growers are closely watching the prolonged Northern Hemisphere winter, which will have a big effect on global market performance.
View ArticleFiona and Stuart Higgins
Fiona and Stuart are two people who both took a huge risk on each other
View ArticleAustralian farmers' record breaking season confirmed at $62.8 billion: ABARES
The value of Australian farm produce is expected to dip slightly for the coming season, but is still tipped to be 9 per cent higher than the five-year average to 2015-16.
View ArticleCrop insurance viable without government subsidies says international broker
An international insurance broker says government subsidies are not needed to develop crop insurance products suited to Australian conditions
View ArticleMurray-Darling Basin: Angry communities call for inquiry after Four Corners...
Community leaders seek inquiry into Murray-Darling Basin Plan after ABC's Four Corners pumping revelations.
View ArticleCotton farm execs accused of $20m fraud over Murray-Darling water funding
Two senior figures from the massive southern Queensland cotton operation Norman Farming face court in Brisbane accused of defrauding the Commonwealth of $20 million in Murray-Darling water funding.
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