August 2024
Elders makes biggest wool investment in 20 years with robot handlers
Boss Mark Allison is rolling out the robots as the agribusiness makes a high-tech return to wool handling 185 years after its founders started out in the game.
- Brad Thompson
May 2024
Elders chair overrules shareholders
When 63.6 per cent of shareholders indicate they don’t want to grant a CEO some 180,000 free shares, most chairmen would listen. Not Ian Wilton.
- Myriam Robin
Elders plunges to worst result in 10 years on wayward BOM forecast
Farmers sold livestock and cut orders for farm chemicals based on the weather bureau’s prediction of an El Nino hot and dry period, which did not eventuate.
- Simon Evans
June 2023
Elders U-turn as CEO stays on with pay rise, free shares
Chairman Ian Wilton says “what happens in the boardroom stays in the boardroom”, as Mark Allison wins a 27 per cent pay bump to remain CEO.
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- Simon Evans
March 2023
Agribusiness boss says farmers making hay on ESG
Departing Elders boss Mark Allison says agribusinesses can now boost productivity and profitability while making food and fibre production more sustainable.
- Brad Thompson
December 2021
Urea shortage hitting AdBlue triggers fertiliser price jump
The CEO of Elders Ltd, which supplies 1 million tonnes of fertiliser to farmers, says prices are rising as urea supplies from offshore dwindle.
- Simon Evans
November 2021
Red meat prices to rise for at least 18 months: Elders
Chief executive Mark Allison said “self-help” boosted the group’s annual profits by 22 per cent to $150 million.
- Simon Evans
July 2021
Meatworks bleeding as cattle crash through record price milestone
Cattle prices have reached a level producers never dreamt of but abattoirs say they are hanging on by the skin of their teeth and export volumes have plummeted.
- Brad Thompson
March 2021
Greatness thrust upon Elders CEO Mark Allison
The hero worship and false reluctance have been completely overdone.
- Joe Aston
Farm production to hit record $66 billion
Farmers’ income has bounced back as they rebuild herds and prepare for more not-so-rainy days.
- Brad Thompson
November 2020
Business blueprint for healing 'bungled' China relationship
Alarmed by trade sanctions and China turning its back on a multibillion-dollar investment opportunity in LNG, Australian business leaders want the Morrison government to find a way to stop the bleeding.
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- Brad Thompson, Michael Smith and Angela Macdonald-Smith
September 2020
Farmers warned subsidies would enrage China
Trade minister Simon Birmingham and Elders boss Mark Allison agree that handouts are not the way to help farmers.
- Brad Thompson
July 2020
The $300b agribusiness plan to pump up the economy
Agricultural producers who have escaped the worst of the coronavirus fallout believe they can do more of the heavy lifting needed to spur economic growth.
- Brad Thompson
- Exclusive
- Food bowl
Farmers falling behind rest of the world and $100b target
Australian agriculture is facing major investment, productivity and research barriers as the sector faces up to the reality of major customer China looking elsewhere for food and fibre.
- Brad Thompson
May 2020
Wet winter forecast boost for farm stocks
Farmers are tapping into tax-effective nest eggs to plant crops and rebuild livestock numbers now that more evidence suggests the drought is over.
- Brad Thompson
Elders can't help but win from China
Is the Elders CEO really positioned to impartially comment on the merits of over reliance on China for agricultural imports critical to food security?
- Tom Richardson
April 2020
Farm boss says there's no sense in picking a fight with China
Elders managing director Mark Allison has urged the Morrison government to butt out of geopolitics and focus on the health of Australians and economic recovery.
- Brad Thompson and Mark Ludlow
March 2020
Fantastic time to be a farmer, says Elders boss
Consumers have been urged to stop panic buying as beef mince becomes the new toilet paper.
- Brad Thompson
Farmers face crippling crop blow from coronavirus
Australia is running low of chemicals vital to agricultural production as supply from China dries up.
- Brad Thompson and Peter Ker
November 2019
Elders says profits won't dive in drought
CEO Mark Allison says diversification across geographies and products means the company can still make good profits in tougher times.
- Simon Evans