Canadian Wheat Sales Ottawa, December 30
The Canadian Minister of Agriculture (Mr. J. G. Gardiner) reports that the new Canadian Wheat Board sold 43,900,000 bushels of wheat in the first fortnight of…
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Farming & the land, 1936
1,986 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 100
Inquiries in London Financing Wheat Holdings LONDON, December 31
For the first time in seven years banks have received inquiries with respect to financing wheat holdings. This means that the hand-to-mouth policy of buying…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For Cheaper Freight Wool Interests to Confer Sydney
Commercial circles anticipate a substantial cut in overseas wool freights as the result of a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Rise Wheat Price Up to 3s 11d a Bush. Highest for Years Sydney
A New Year's gift to wheat-growers to-day was a further advance of 1½d a bushel in wheat prices…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain in England Farming Areas Flooded Rail Traffic Disorganised (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 31
Rain has fallen heavily to-day over most of England. It is expected that the fall for the month will exceed the average of 2.99 inches. The rate of flow of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fat Stock Sales Sheep Section Weaker Cattle Values Firm
At the fat stock sales at Waratah yesterday, a heavy supply of fat sheep was forward consisting of about equal numbers of wethers and owes with a good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool President London
Mr. Michael Pickles, director of a Bradford woolmaking firm, who lived in Melbourne from 1907 to 1919, has been nominated as President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Still Soaring 3/11 a Bushel at Sydney SYDNEY
Wheat advanced 1½d a bushel to-day, making the quotation 3/11 for both silo and bagged grain. This quotation is the highest for some years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New High Level Better Position Overseas Wheat Up Again Sydney
Yesterday's record price for wheat in Sydney was eclipsed to-day by a further rise, sellers asking 4s a bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Freights Mr. Thorby Seeks Reduction Conference to Be Arranged Sydney
In the hope of bringing about a reduction in the shipping freight on wool, the Assistant Minister for Commerce (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) has arranged for a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scheyville Training Farm
The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. J. M. Dunningham) referred last night to the facilities provided by the Government at the Scheyville Training…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Market Review Wheat Trade Firm Dairy Lines Quiet Heavy Supplies of Tomatoes Farm Produce
Trade was very quiet in practically all lines in the Newcastle farm produce market during the week, owing, principally, to the intervening holidays. The potato trade win almost at a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brighter Wheat Prospects London, Friday
[?] Conference will reassemble in London in February with the position better than it has been for several years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Federation London, January 2
Mr. Michael Pickles, the Director of a Braford woolmaking firm, who lived in Melbourne from 1907 to 1919, will be nominated as President of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Further Rise Wheat 4/ at Sydney SYDNEY
Following the further improvement in the overseas market local wheat changed [?]ands at 4/ a bushel for both bagged and bulk lots to-day. Business was on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Season Wheat Samples to Fix Standard SYDNEY
For the purpose of fixing the f.a.q. standard, which is the basis accepted in sales overseas, the Sydney Chamber of Commerce has requested shippers, millers,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Slight Slump in Wheat Prices Values Recede in Sydney Sydney
With an easier tendency overseas, buyers on the local wheat market to-day held off, and yesterday's gain in price was lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Grape Crop
The continued dry weather and the poor rainfall over the past year is being reflected in the vineyards in the Pokolbin and Mo[?]t View districts. The berries…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Confidence Australia Benefits Wheat and Wool Rise in Price of Butter (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 5
The markets entered the new year cheerfully, fortified by the most pleasant recollections of 1935, during which industrial activity shook off all hesitancy and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Less Wool Wanted Berlin, January 4
Germany expects to import less wool during 1936. Textile factories will be rationed far below their 1934 consumption, and factories that succeed in popularising…
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