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Drought the hottest ever
12/10/2008 | The current and on-going drought ranks along side the Federation and World War II droughts as one of Australia's worst, but new figures show it has also been the hottest of all the big dries.  | Obama vs McCain on their plans ... | Rising cost of food rates high ...
Black Friday: Panic grips global markets
11/10/2008 | Panic has gripped world sharemarkets amid the prospect of a prolonged global recession, with no end in sight to a rout that is threatening to eclipse that of 1987.  | Livestock markets boosted by A$ | Black Friday on the sharemarket
Rudd forced to guarantee bank savings
11/10/2008 | Kevin Rudd has been forced to reassure consumers that their bank savings are sound as the Opposition demanded the Government underwrite every account containing up to $100,000 in case a bank collapses.  | Black Friday on the sharemarket | Aust wool market 0.9pc higher
Obama vs McCain on their plans for ag
11/10/2008 | Farm Progress, a Rural Press/Fairfax Media subsidiary in the United States, posed a series of agricultural policy questions to the Obama and McCain camps. This is an extract of what the two men vying for the most powerful job in the world had to say about farming, fertiliser and fuel for American farmers…….  | Why Aussie farmers need McCain | Wine sales show signs of recovery
Black Friday on the sharemarket
10/10/2008 | Australian shares cratered, recording the steepest falls in what is already a dismal year and dragging the value of the benchmark share index below $1 trillion as the market headed for its worst week since the 1987 collapse.  | Global economic meltdown hits ... | Aussie shares follow Wall ...
10/10/2008 | Monsanto USA achieved net income of $US2 billion for fiscal 2008, up from $US993 million the pervious year.
Share market slumps to 3-year low
9/10/2008 | The Australian share market closed at a three-year low, dragged down by banks and energy producers on fears that the co-ordinated interest rate cuts by central banks won't prevent a global recession.  | CommentsComments (1) | Water buy-back boilover | Market freefall resumes again
Average farmer saves $3000 from interest rate cut
9/10/2008 | Provided the rural banks pass on Tuesday's 1pc interest rate cut in full, the average Australian farmer should save $4000 on their mortgage each year.  | Global rescue: banks cut rates | Rates cut but will farmers reap ...
Global rescue: banks cut rates
9/10/2008 | In a shock move, central banks around the world launched co-ordinated interest rate cuts last night in an attempt to counter the global financial crisis, as Britain pumped $1.3 trillion into its ailing bank system.  | Farmers win and lose in ... | Rates cut but will farmers reap ...
Despair as market, dollar plummet
8/10/2008 | The Australian share market clocked up its second-worst day of the year, closing down 5pc to hit a new three-year low, wiping out all of yesterday's Reserve Bank-inspired rally, with the dollar slumping to US67.65 cents.  | Market freefall resumes again | Farmers win and lose in ...
Belittle them and they will come
8/10/2008 | Mount Isa Mayor has the last laugh after dozens of women send resumes seeking work.  | Partnership poised to prove its ... | Market freefall resumes again
Market freefall resumes again
8/10/2008 | The Australian share market took less than 15 minutes of trading today to wipe out all gains sparked by the Reserve Bank's surprise one percentage-point cut in its key interest rate.  | RBA stuns with massive rate cut | Grain prices tumble as ...
Farmers win and lose in currency plunge
8/10/2008 | While the falling dolllar will make rural exports more affordable for customers overseas, and hopefully bolster demand, it will also result in falling world oil prices having a less pronounced effect on petrol prices back on the farm.  | Long and short-term rainfall ... | Grain prices tumble as ...
Rates cut but will farmers reap the benefit?
7/10/2008 | Hopes that today's 1pc official interest rate cut would be passed on in full to farmers have been dashed, with both the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac announcing they would only be cutting their standard lending rates by 0.8pc.  | CommentsComments (1) | Long and short-term rainfall ... | Global turmoil sends ASX tumbling
RBA stuns with massive rate cut
7/10/2008 | The Reserve Bank has stunned financial markets by announcing a full-percentage point cut - double what analysts had tipped - saying financial markets had taken a "significant turn for the worse".  | RBA shock: Interest rates cut ... | Shares bounce back into the ...
RBA shock: Interest rates cut by 1pc
7/10/2008 | The Reserve Bank has shocked the market by slashing its benchmark interest rate from 7pc to 6pc.  | Sharemarket meltdown continues | Drought aid tops $1 billion
Shares bounce back into the black on rates news
7/10/2008 | Australian shares have leapt into the black after the Reserve Bank of Australia lowered its benchmark rate by 100 basis points, double the amount markets were expecting.  | Financial chaos continues | North-south pipe plugged for ...
Global turmoil sends ASX tumbling
7/10/2008 | Australian markets fell sharply after a slump on Wall Street overnight, as fears about economic growth sent the Aussie dollar to a three-year low.  | Tech company's $50m dairy ... | Sharemarket meltdown continues
Financial chaos continues
7/10/2008 | Australian investors are strapping themselves in for another horror day of trade, in the wake of massive overnight losses on Wall Street and currency markets.  | Drought aid tops $1 billion | Bail-out fails to buoy markets
North-south pipe plugged for water theft
7/10/2008 | Theft prevention measures will need to be built into the north-south pipeline following the Government's decision to add fire hydrants to the project's design.  | CommentsComments (2) | Sharemarket meltdown continues | Horror bushfire season ahead
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