Time for the World to Get 'Fair Dinkum' About World Trade Reform
WITH no breakthrough from the weekend’s G6 Ministerial meeting in London on international trade arrangements, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is urging the Australian Government and, indeed, all World Trade Organisation (WTO) members, to pull out all stops to ensure the looming WTO negotiations do not falter. “This WTO Round, launched 1,615 days ago with […]
Rural Commodities Herald Farm Profit Improvement
THE Westpac-NFF rural commodity price index rose 4.2% over February as the farming sector bucked the trend of its declining terms of trade, with farm incomes unexpectedly set to rise in 2005-06 to $6.4 billion. “Virtually every rural commodity measured by our index rose in February, with wheat prices up 7.7%, canola 3.9%, sugar 14.1%, […]