01/08/2009 07:45AM
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Australian wheat futures fell Thursday, taking a lead from a slump overnight in U.S. prices one analyst believes was a sign a commodity mini-bubble - exemplified by soaring wheat prices over the past month - might well have been pricked.
Australia's busiest wheat futures contract
12/29/2008 08:06AM
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Gains last week in the U.S. helped Australian wheat futures advance Monday, with more rises possible, according to Michael Parry, a director of MarketSmart Commodity Management.
At 0515 GMT, ASX January wheat - Australia's most active wheat contract - was A$279 a metric ton, up
12/10/2008 08:18AM
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Australia's most active wheat futures contract - ASX January - settled A$2 higher Wednesday at A$262 a metric ton, for now holding above what has been seen as reasonable support at A$260.
The contract traded up to A$284 early last week, but has bumped into A$260 several times
09/02/2008 08:05AM
Australia Farmer Confidence Falls On Drought, Costs - Rabobank
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Confidence among Australian farmers has fallen again under the weight of increasing input costs and concerns about limited winter rainfall, according to a quarterly survey issued Monday by Rabobank Australia Ltd.
08/18/2008 04:20PM
The United States has substantial interest in Australia’s policies and regulatory framework regarding agricultural biotechnology and products derived thereof.Unprocessed (whole) biotech corn and soybeans have not received regulatory approval in Australia and, thus, cannot be imported without further
05/23/2008 06:20AM
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean said Friday a decision by U.S. President George Bush to veto a bill giving increased support to U.S. farmers augurs well for the Doha Round of world trade talks, despite the veto being overridden by Congress.
"I'm pleased by the president
04/04/2008 06:03AM
TOKYO, (Dow Jones)--Australia's Agriculture Minister Tony Burke Friday expressed hope for a successful outcome to ongoing free trade agreement talks between Australia and Japan. "I am optimistic about a win-win outcome" for the FTA talks, Burke said during a press conference at the Japan Press Club.
03/19/2008 08:30PM
CANBERRA (Dow Jones)--Australian farm commodity prices hit a fresh 20-year high in February on the back of strong, underlying global demand fundamentals - but with increased price volatility and risk, Westpac Banking Corp. and lobby National Farmers' Federation reported Thursday.
A Westpac-NFF Commodity
03/06/2008 01:43PM
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, March 6, 2008 – The 2008 U.S. Grains Council Officer’s Mission kicked off this week in Canberra, Australia where Council leadership met with officials from Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Joel Freemen, policy and technical officer with the Australia