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Australian dairy co-operative Dairy Farmers has attracted domestic and international interest since announcing it would consider offers from third parties interested in acquisition, mergers or joint ventures.
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Ten companies are currently due to list on the Australian Securities Exchange in July, with junior resource companies making up the bulk of new entrants to the market.
Rice is the staple food of more than half of the world’s population. Yet a global supply shortage this year has caused prices to surge, and sparked fears of drastic food shortages in the world’s poorest nations.
Australian wool growers are waiting with baited breath as minister for trade Simon Crean attempts to kick-start stalled free-trade negotiations with China.
An ABARE report claims that the Australian economy would be bolstered by over $900 million a year if farmers were to gradually take up genetically modified strains of oilseeds and wheat by 2018.
A quarterly survey of 1200 farmers from around Australia has registered growing confidence in the rural sector.
Australia’s wheat growers look set to produce a bumper 2008-2009 crop, according to commodities forecasters.
Australia’s $4.9 billion annual export beef industry could be about to take a hit from American beef exporters as a result of Korea easing restrictions on US beef. Lee Jenson reports.
Microalgae have the potential to become a major source for biofuel, and an international group of experts have formed the Solar Bio-Fuel Consortium in order to drive forward research in the highly competitive area. Fiona Collins reports.
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