When Are Peonies in Season in Australia?

Dubbed the ‘Queen of Flowers’ peonies are well suited for Australian climates and are in season from mid-to-late October until mid-December. Established peonies are drought resistant and the root systems shut down during hot summers. Tree Peonies Tree peonies bloom in the spring until summer, roughly mid-October to mid-December. Tree peonies are harder to propagate, [...]

How do I Prune Geraniums in Australia?

Geraniums are beautiful flowers that are robust growers. Although they prefer cool and temperate environments, their ability to handle varied abuses makes them a great garden flower, from the temperate regions of Australia to the harsher areas. Because geraniums grow freely and tend to sprawl, they may need to be trimmed back and put in [...]

Australia wheat growers seek more control over prices

SYDNEY,(Reuters) – Australia’s wheat farmers are likely to build more private silos to store grain in their bid for greater pricing power, industry experts said, a move that would protect them from disputed grading practices that have led to a government inquiry. Australia wheat exports, typically the world’s fourth largest, are dominated by three grain [...]

Rain gods bless Australia, Argentina prays for their wheat

SYDNEY (Commodity Online): In the past few days, rain gods have blessed Australia Wheat crops with some much needed showers even as Argentina is lacking the same. The Kagaroos are looking forward to reap 24 million tons, down from 26.3 million tons for the last crop year spanning October 2010 and September 2011. But the [...]

Going Cold on Coffee

It sounded a bit weird to me at first. Iced coffee? I’d had a mouthful of forgotten coffee a few times before, each time more disturbing than the last. "You’ve got to get passed that ‘cold coffee’ thought." Explained Jim Cregan, the man behind Jimmy’s Iced Coffee. To be completely honest I still wasn’t convinced. [...]

Weather, policy dent south hemisphere wheat hopes

Hopes for wheat output in the top southern hemisphere producers has taken a knock thanks to weather setbacks in the region’s biggest grower, Australia, and an unpopular export policy in Argentina. Commonwealth Bank of Australia cut by 700,000 tonnes to 23.5m tonnes its forecast for Australia’s 2011-12 wheat crop, citing the dry conditions which mean [...]

RPT-Australia wheat crop hit by cold dry weather – CBA

Aug 3 (Reuters) – Australia’s 2011/12 wheat crop is suffering from cold dry weather in the key eastern grain producing state of New South Wales, which may cut output, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia said in a report on Wednesday. Offsetting the deteriorating outlook in New South Wales is an improved outlook for Western Australia, [...]

Grazing and farming land taken over to offset carbon

FARMERS fear a new rush of environmental plantings for biodiversity and carbon offsets will accelerate the loss of land for food production. In an emerging trend, carbon traders are starting to buy farms to generate carbon credits for sale under voluntary schemes or – assuming legislation clears the Senate – the federal government’s Carbon Farming [...]