Obituaries Search Obituaries. Obituaries Search Obituaries. It's widely known that Australia and the Ukraine have experienced drought-like conditions in many of their wheat growing regions this year and the Ukraine has already stated that it will not export any wheat from the current season's harvest in an attempt to satisfy domestic demand first. It's widely known that Australia and the Ukraine have experienced drought-like conditions in many of their wheat growing regions this year and...

Western Australia, which produces about 35 percent of Australia's wheat crop, is moving further into drought even as seasonal conditions improve on higher rainfall in the east and south of the nation. June 18 (Bloomberg) -- Australia, the world's third-largest wheat exporter, may cut its forecast for the coming harvest by as much as 12 percent on expectation dry weather in its biggest grain-growing state will limit output. Wheat prices, up 72 percent in the past year, reached an 11-year...

The government last week announced the single desk system would continue but disgraced marketing and export company AWB, which paid kickbacks to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, would not be involved. The decision has angered some Liberal backbenchers who wanted the single desk system to be abolished. May 27, 2007 - 11:09AM Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Mark Vaile says a large majority of wheat growers want the single desk system for wheat exports retained. Get free news...

The harvest is almost over, and farmers gathered for the weekly market in the nearby village of Lagfaf say most of the wheat is good enough only for the animals. LAGFAF, Morocco (Reuters) - When 2007 arrived and the winter rains had still not fallen, Morocco's religious leaders led anxious prayers to avert a rural catastrophe, quoting from the Koran: The months passed but clouds scudded over the kingdom's central plains without shedding their load and in the fields near the central...

In this speech to the European Biotechnology Open day in Brussels EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson strongly defends an open European approach to biotechnology and GM food; one that prioritises strict science-based health and safety testing but which recognises that safe biotechnology has a crucial role to play in agriculture and agricultural trade both in Europe and the developing world. In this speech to the European Biotechnology Open day in Brussels EU Trade Commissioner Peter...

Moffet says dump AWB break fee or he will resign Thursday, 14 June 2007 OUTSPOKEN AWB director, Chris Moffet, has declared he will protect wheatgrowers from a multi-million dollar break fee that could come into play during the process of establishing a new grower-owned and controlled single desk manager. Moffet says dump AWB break fee or he will resign Thursday, 14 June 2007 OUTSPOKEN AWB director, Chris Moffet, has declared he will protect wheatgrowers from a multi-million dollar break...