http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/agribusiness.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-10-02T13:28:34+11:00 2008-10-02T13:28:34+11:00 The Australian kangaroo industry says it makes good environmental sense to farm more kangaroos at the expense of traditional livestock industries.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2380169.htm2008-10-02T13:28:34+11:00There's been a call for Vanuatu to investigate the possiblity of rice farming because of the high price its fetching on world commodity markets.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2368329.htm2008-09-18T15:45:13+11:00A key regional organisation says the world's fuel and food crisis is affecting Pacific islanders, susceptible to global economic downturns.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200809/s2355553.htm2008-09-04T15:30:50+11:00There's further evidence of a sustained boom in Australian live cattle exports to South East Asia.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2325523.htm2008-08-06T14:34:19+11:00The Australian government has launched a $US24.7 million program to give farmers access to training programs to deal with the impacts of climate change.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2318377.htm2008-07-30T08:40:24+11:00A disagreement between over protectionist measures to save farmers from imports is threatening World Trade Organisation talks in Geneva.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2316036.htm2008-07-28T09:02:36+11:00Protesters are picketing South Korea's ports and airports to block any shipments of US beef.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2287162.htm2008-06-27T04:54:15+11:00South Korea will start procedures to resume US beef imports after securing extra health safeguards aimed at placating protesters.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2285563.htm2008-06-25T20:24:11+11:00An international farming group is urging countries to step up domestic food production by providing more facilities to small-scale farmers.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2282609.htm2008-06-23T10:54:53+11:00Australia's senate has passed the federal Government's bill to scrap the single desk marketing system for wheat exports.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2280455.htm2008-06-20T08:01:10+11:00New Zealand has suspended exports of tomatoes and capsicums, after a debilitating bacterium was found in three North Island hothouses.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2265070.htm2008-06-04T15:25:38+11:00A two-year national ban on the sale of rice farms has been imposed in the Philippines.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2260955.htm2008-05-30T22:14:30+11:00Cambodia's prime minister, Hun Sen, has lifted a ban on rice exports to reduce global concerns over supplies of the grain.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2256139.htm2008-05-26T19:54:55+11:00A Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) advisor for the Pacific says other Island countries could follow Samoa's lead in getting more fresh fruit and vegetables into the New Zealand market.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2223109.htm2008-04-21T18:29:19+11:00Indonesia will soon receive Australia's first ever shipment of a new type of quality-assured traceable grain from Western Australia's southern port town of Esperance.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2222796.htm2008-04-21T12:24:45+11:00An international conference on water resources has been warned of worldwide food shortages unless more land is cleared for agriculture.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2219879.htm2008-04-17T21:02:29+11:00Australia's rice crop this year is set to be the smallest since the industry began in the 1920s, as years of drought and water restrictions take their toll.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2212072.htm2008-04-09T22:16:01+11:00Farmers in the eastern Australian state of New South Wales will soon be able to legally grow a type of cannabis.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2211576.htm2008-04-09T07:54:00+11:00Oil palm growers in Papua New Guinea want a permanent board to the Oil Palm Industry Corporation to oversee operations.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2209524.htm2008-04-07T09:19:57+11:00Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has convened a food summit with top officials and farm experts, to help the country cope with soaring rice prises.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2208396.htm2008-04-04T20:54:15+11:00Australia's 24,000 wheat farmers are being asked to take part in a survey on how they want the country's export wheat marketing system to be managed.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2207636.htm2008-04-04T08:07:40+11:00