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Ancient grain millet has potential to tackle drought, obesity and...
Researchers hope millet crops could help farmers battling dry conditions while also helping to tackle global obesity and malnourishment.
View ArticleAWI farewells Wal Merriman, announces plan to draw down reserves at AGM
Outgoing Australian Wool Innovation chairman Wal Merriman has been saluted as a "giant of the business" at the peak body's AGM, which follows a historic ballot in which growers voted to reduce the levy...
View ArticleFarm lobby slams new Commonwealth and state governments' drought agreement
The National Farmers Federation wants an overhaul of an intergovernmental agreement on drought but fears a freshly inked deal does not go far enough to support farmers.
View ArticleDrought wipes billions from Australian farm production
The National commodity forecaster, ABARES, finds three quarters of dairy farmers and half of all broadacre farmers will receive a lower income than they did last year because of the drought.
View ArticleDrought support review recommends separating Farm Household Allowance from...
A fortnightly welfare payment for farmers, considered to be the cornerstone of drought assistance, should be removed from social security legislation, an independent review recommends.
View ArticleDrought eats into Australia's agri-accounts as we import grain, deal with...
From sky-high water costs to prohibitively expensive livestock feed, new forecasts show how drought will impact Australia's exports and agricultural production.
View ArticleABARES crop report forecasts another poor harvest for Australia's grain growers
Australian grain growers will produce one of their smallest crops of the decade this year.
View ArticleFarm trespass laws pass making it illegal to use websites, social media to...
People who use a carriage service such as websites and social media to incite others to break into farms could be sent to jail under new laws passed through Federal Parliament.
View ArticleAustralia's drought policy black hole not filled by Government's stopgap support
If Morrison had a message for farmers, announcing it on a Friday afternoon amid football finals, school holidays and long weekends is not how you'd typically deliver it, writes Kath Sullivan.
View ArticleGovernment offers one-off payment for farmers coming off Farm Household...
Farmers are entitled to a new, one-off payment from the Federal Government to help them decide if their farm is sustainable or could be sold.
View ArticleFarmers ask Scott Morrison to consider financial incentives to leave...
Exit packages are one of six measures the National Farmers' Federation has requested of the Federal Government in a bid to help those affected by what it says is unprecedented drought.
View ArticleExit packages might help some farmers, but history shows the take-up is slim
The Federal Government is unlikely to adopt the National Farmers' Federation call for exit packages for drought-ravaged farmers. But even if it did, history suggests they're unlikely to have much impact.
View ArticleDrought-affected farmers and businesses to be offered super-cheap loans to...
The ABC can reveal the Federal Government's latest drought measures will include sweeping changes to an existing finance scheme as part of a $500 million drought stimulus package.
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