25/10/2006 Dairy farmers will continue to use alternative feeds such as palm kernel meal as grain supplies tighten. Farmers in Victoria say grain prices have jumped from $215 to... Farmers to import alternative dairy cattle feed

 

REUTERS 25/10/2006 Soaring grain prices are likely to be a boon for New Zealand's exports of beef, which come from grass-fed cattle, unlike US and Australian beef, says Trade... More expensive feed grain boost to NZ grass-fed beef exports

 

REUTERS 25/10/2006 Soaring grain prices are likely to be a boon for New Zealand's exports of beef, which come from grass-fed cattle, unlike US and Australian beef, says... Dearer feed grain boost to NZ grass-fed beef exports

 

By Chris Gardner WAIKATO TIMES 24/10/2006 Rising on-farm costs and a lower-than-normal predicted payout from Fonterra is causing... Cow-feed scale tips to turnips

 

DAILY TELEGRAPH 23/10/2006 FARMERS should consider tree plantations as an alternative crop in drought prone areas of the country, a forestry conference has been told.... Plant trees, not grain

 

By Blair Speedy THE AUSTRALIAN 14/10/2006 The drought has pushed wheat prices to 10-year highs and forced exporter AWB to cut its... Wheat harvest forecast slashed

 

By Philip Hopkins THE AGE 13/10/2006 IAN and Rosli Reid have a sense of deja vu watching the tough, dry period unfold. In... Out of the drought, a rural business success

 

By Riccarda Burley THE BORDER MAIL 22/08/2006 Sressed Riverina grain growers in Australia, having given up hope their crops will survive... Crops abandoned: Livestock pick over a lost cause