NEWS
Business Spectator
Articles written for the Commentary section of Business Spectator
- SunRice spurns its Alan Bond opportunity 14 Jun 11
- The real beef with Indonesian exports 3 Jun 11
- No shortage of Elders excuses 27 May 11
- The seeds of savvy investment 20 May 11
- Productivity drought slows agriculture 9 May
- Labor's food insecurities 4 May 11
- Axe carbon farming 15 Apr 11
- Australia's fictitious Chinese farmers 7 Apr 11
- Hi-Fert reaches a crucial Landmark 31 Mar 11
- Fuelling a food fight 23 Mar 11
- Milk wars will only lead to retailer skimming 10 Mar 11
- Let them eat insects 1 Mar 11
- How GM overcame soy's fatal flaw 18 Feb 11
- Rotten Chinese apple myths 8 Feb 11
- Gillard's food for thought 3 Feb 11
- Organic farming blows both ways 21 Jan 11
- Time to modify the GM debate 14 Jan 11
- Farming for a chemical reaction 30 Dec 10
- Coles' questionable ethics 15 Dec 10
- Natural rural stock selection 8 Dec 10
- Spies in our paddocks 24 Nov 10
- The eve of free trade apples 9 Nov 10
- Spain's sticky rice offer 29 Oct 10
- No mercy for Murray Darling business 15 Oct 10
- The best R&D seedlings 8 Oct 10
- Fishing for GM acceptance 29 Sep 10
- UK farmers' absurd check-up 28 Sep 10
- Not on the rural ropes 20 Sep 10
- How BHP is breaking new ground 10 Sep 10
- Coles' hi-steaks policy 8 Sep 10
- Agrium's AWB lunacy 3 Sep 10
- Independents won't sell the farm 25 Aug 10
- Rich nations and bad seeds 18 Aug 10
- A pig of a decision 6 Aug 10
- Nufarm's phoenix phase 27 Jul 10
- Feeding chicken myths 21 Jul 10
- The other commodity speculators 9 Jul 10
- Biofuel bungle 2 Jul 10
- Elders on the outer? 24 Jun 10
- Australia's farming disadvantage 18 Jun 10
- End the waste of corporate welfare 14 Jun 10
- Organic food loses the high ground 3 Jun 10
- The war between miners and farmers 26 May 10
- Trade impediments only increase hunger 19 May 10
- Is the rain too late for Elders? 11 May 10
- APVMA has a hissy fit 4 May 10
Articles written for the Agribusiness blog 'Agribuzz' on Business Spectator
- The challenge for ethanol 23 Apr 10
- A formula for poverty 23 Apr 10
- Nufarm loses out 1 Apr 10
- Australia's sheep industry still misses out 25 Mar 10
- GM mosquitoes could save us 23 Mar 10
- Was the old AWB better? 19 Mar 10
- Why drought assistance holds back agriculture 15 Mar 2010
- A new world leader 11 Mar 10
- Compost is dangerous 11 Mar 10
- Will a cow vaccine ensure good behaviour 10 Mar 10
- Europe reopens the GM window 8 Mar 10
- Why productivity growth is declining 5 Mar 10
- Bulldust and BSE 1 Mar 10
- The APVMA is past its expiry date 1 Mar 10
- Whose cow is it anyway? 19 Feb 10
- Not happy, APVMA 12 Feb 10
- Swept out to sea 10 Feb 10
- Government interference is hurting farmers 4 Feb 10
- The uptrend for soft commodities returns 2 Feb 10
- GM canola is now an option 27 Jan 10
- Our grain put to the test 26 Jan 10
- GM's organic line 25 Jan 10
- Free trade works both ways 20 Jan 10
- Pfizer sale comes to pass 15 Jan 10
- The best wheat in the world? 15 Jan 10
- A warning to our beef exporters 13 Jan 10
- Back to basics for Graincorp 22 Dec 09
- The regulatory bias 21 Dec 09
- Consumer shell shock 16 Dec 09
- Where to now for Graincorp 10 Dec 09
- How AWB Landmark let Elders slip away 9 Dec 09
- Rinderpest eradication a triumph 8 Dec 09
- Why farmers are different 2 Dec 09
- Crocodile tears over glyphosate 27 Nov 09
- Why GM crops are better 25 Nov 09
- AWB's struggle to improve its judgement 22 Nov 09
- Elders can stand, but can it deliver? 17 Nov 09
- Pfizer's titanic competitor 16 Nov 09
- Graincorp's big mistake 10 Nov 09
- Europe's genetic mutation 10 Nov 09
- Greenpeace's anti-GM fundamentalism 5 Nov 09
- Trial by ordeal for public servants 4 Nov 09
- New report signals ban on insecticide 28 Oct 09
- Is Hi-Fert a long term investment? 22 Oct 09
- Economically boosting our milk production 21 Oct 09
- Call for regulatory compensation 16 Oct 09
- Call for a phenoxy intervention 15 Oct 09
- Paying the price for socialism 5 Oct 09
- Divestment fools 2 Oct 09
- A lack of understanding 28 Sep 09
- We don't need more distortions in dairy 24 Sep 09
- Wool struggles to define its future 18 Sep 09
- Anti-GM extremists strike again 17 Sep 09
- Playing chicken on protectionism 16 Sep 09
- More civilised chooks 15 Sep 09
- Sorting wheat from chaff 11 Sep 09
- Fungus-free chardonnay 3 Sep 09
- The Senate's fertiliser follies 31 Aug 09
- Organic meat - now benefit free! 28 Aug 09
- Who wins from Landmark's decline? 24 Aug 09
- Pig industry does it tough 21 Aug 09
- Organic values on the back foot 17 Aug 09
- US crop blocked by Germany 12 Aug 09
- Nufarm changes with the times 7 Aug 09
- Elders' risky sale 4 Aug 09
- New maize will save our forests 3 Aug 09
- Merial goes French 31 Jul 09
- Wal-Mart's sustainable product index 22 Jul 09
- Loose cannons in the APVMA 21 Jul 09
- The answer to food scarcity 15 Jul 09
- Kiwi poo going cheap 13 Jul 09
- Fish egg on their face 1 Jul 09
- Forget MIS, just cut tax 1 Jul 09
- Does animal welfare push up food prices? 30 Jun 09
- No high-five for Hi-Fert 23 Jun 09
- Modern dairy farms save the planet 18 Jun 09
- Up to their necks in fertiliser 15 Jun 09
- Pre-emptive divestments 10 Jun 09
- Sell Merck, keep Intervet Schering-Plough 5 Jun 09
- Agriculture's carbon fate 3 Jun 09
- Choice deserves a spray 25 May 09
- Wheat growers unite 22 May 09
- The Great Southern sell-off 18 May 09
- Stripped but still unloved 15 May 09
- A fertiliser strike 12 May 09
- A premium for unmulesed wool? 8 May 09
- Vaccinating against apathy 7 May 09
- What chaff will be lost? 30 Apr 09
- Rural market shrinks 24 Apr 09
- 'Natural' pork is a health hazard 21 Apr 09
- Inconsistency has its consequences 8 Apr 09
- Held back by regulators 1 Apr 09
- Selling direct? Watch this space 30 Mar 09
- APVMA lacks stakehold support 24 Mar 09
- That's Merial Intervet Schering-Plough to you 11 Mar 09
- A dollop of sense at APVMA 10 Mar 09
- Converging on productivity 6 Mar 09
- Carbon sequestration - the new crop 4 Mar 09
- GM crops grow, Australia misses out 18 Feb 09
- A matter for management 17 Feb 09
- Was it an ambush? 10 Feb 09
- Sold to save the company? 5 Feb 09
- Dairy market distortions 4 Feb 09
- Downturn hits big tractors 30 Jan 09
- Animal health market faces a shakeup 27 Jan 09
- Throwing biofuel on the fire 20 Jan 09
- Double headed fishy story 14 Jan 09
- An appropriate level of protection 8 Jan 09
- Orwellian myth busted 7 Jan 09
- Re-regulation the biggest threat 1 Oct 08
- Crossing the line 17 Sep 08
- Global trade on infertile ground 3 Sep 08
- Milking GM Technology 27 Aug 08
Rural Business
Articles written for the Commentary column in Rural Business magazine.
- Lawyers and dysfunction (refused publication)
- Beware unintended consequences Nov 08
- Unlawful conduct and unnecessary regulation Oct 08
- Some things don't change Sep 08
- Freedom to disagree Aug 08
- The insiders get it July 08
- Living in interesting times June 08
- More money than brains May 08
- Ready to buy Mar 08
- Pity about Roberts Feb 08
- Protecting an asset Jan 08