Dubai debt relief lifts world markets
Abu Dhabi's pledge of almost $11 billion to help neighbouring Dubai meet its short-term financial commitments boosted global share markets overnight.
View ArticleRural sector tipped to bounce back
There has been a slide in the agribusiness sector in Queensland in the past month.
View ArticleQld business confidence falls behind rest of Australia
The CCIQ says the latest business conditions survey results show Queensland is still lagging behind the rest of Australia.
View ArticleA dollar's worth of pain for exporters
Agricultural exporters are feeling the pain of the high dollar, despite the Reserve Bank's decision not to raise interest rates.
View ArticleRising dollar gouging beef producers
Rural lobby group AgForce says Queensland's beef sector is losing tens of millions of dollars because of the high Australian dollar.
View ArticleFarm exports coping well with rising dollar
The Australian dollar may be at historic highs, but one analyst says that farmers are being protected by high commodity prices.
View ArticleQueensland tourism remains 'under significant pressure'
The Queensland Hotels Association (QHA) says the strong Australian dollar is continuing to put the state's tourism industry in trouble.
View ArticleAnalyst predicts dollar will stay high
A bank analyst predicts the Australian dollar will stay above parity for the rest of the year.
View ArticleRural Report for Queensland, Monday, October 1, 2012
New research drives push to lift NZ tomato ban; Aussies prevail in close working dog trans tasman test and Whitbreads Cordial tradition continues in Charters Towers.
View ArticleAACo station sells after negotiations
The AACo station Brighton Downs, in western Queensland, has sold to a fifth generation family of graziers from the drought-stricken Boulia Shire.
View ArticleDollar offers relief to farmers amid relentless drought
AgForce says a drop in the Australian dollar should provide some relief to rural areas in 2014.
View ArticleCattle auction website, AuctionsPlus, breaks monthly listing record
Record numbers of cattle are hitting the online market amid producers looking to sell off their cattle and an upward trending market.
View ArticleWool renaissance sees strong demand and record prices
Australia's wool industry is in a renaissance not seen since the golden era of the 1950s, with record prices set this week and a billion dollars in sales in the last four months.
View ArticleAustralia's biggest cattle company announces massive cattle losses in Qld floods
Australia's largest pastoral company, AACo, says it has experienced "extreme" stock losses due to the Queensland floods.
View ArticleChina suspends wool trade from South Africa due to foot-and-mouth disease...
Australian woolgrowers are set to benefit from the suspension of wool exports from South Africa to China due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
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