December 2024
How salmon could cost Labor majority government
A fierce backlash over a review into fish farming in Macquarie Harbour in the state’s west that is costing the party votes in battleground electorates.
- Ronald Mizen
November 2024
If it’s gourmet adventures you’re after, it’s time to visit Slovenia
This country of 2 million has 10 Michelin-starred restaurants. Here’s how to navigate them.
- Paul Best
IPF spreads a little wisdom to keep farmers in fertiliser
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers has won the Established Business to Business category in The Australian Financial Review Customer Champions list 2024.
- Alexandra Cain
October 2024
- Drinks With Max Allen
- Life & Leisure
Ever heard of a beer farm? This paddock-to-pint brewery is onto something
Provenance is all around you at Devilbend Farm Beer Co, where Mike Shaw grows his own ingredients, from barley to hops – even the yeast.
- Max Allen
What makes this Himalayan valley so alluring is its inaccessibility
In Ladakh’s fabled Zanskar Valley, remote villages, dramatic landscapes and ancient monasteries await adventurers. But will a new highway destroy the remote culture drawing visitors to the region?
- Nina Karnikowski
How to have a job you love, save the world and earn up to $800k
This week BOSS speaks to four executives who are helping to save the planet. All have a high level of job satisfaction, and all earn decent money. It appears it is possible to have it all.
- Sally Patten
September 2024
Farmers rate Labor policies as bigger threat than extreme weather
Farmers say their greatest challenges are adverse political and regulatory decisions, closely followed by price volatility and extreme weather events.
- Brad Thompson
July 2024
- Agriculture Winner
- Sustainability Leaders
A farming revolution built on down-to-earth thinking
Increasing carbon levels in grazing lands could remove 10 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere says the winner of the Agriculture category.
- Tom McIlroy
‘No water equals no milk’: big dry, cold snap hit farmers
Victorian farmers have been hit by a combination of dry and cold conditions as dairy producers also face a 15 per cent cut in farm gate milk prices as of July 1.
- Gus McCubbing
June 2024
This Australian chef is the first to win three Michelin stars
After being plucked from near-obscurity at just 23, Brett Graham has hit the heights of global gastronomy. Now he’s turning his attention back to the farm.
- Hans van Leeuwen
May 2024
Rest Super-backed Cibus to push into carbon farming and robotics
Cibus Capital will make a big push into regenerative farming and will use the latest robotics to expand one of the country’s biggest seedling growers.
- Larry Schlesinger
April 2024
- Exclusive
- Aviation
Make green fuel the new hydrogen, airlines and airports urge Labor
Qantas and Virgin are among those lobbing the federal government to set aside $2 billion at next month’s federal budget to reduce dependency on fuel imports.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Incitec Pivot’s drawn-out fertiliser sale rounds the finish line
Investor sources tell Street Talk new chief Mauro Neves has the market’s support to run the company as a pure-play explosives business.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
December 2023
How we overcooked the vegan business boom
Consumer tastes are changing – back to a weekly steak as more vegans understand the importance of protein – but have we really lost our appetite for fake meat?
- Eleanor Steafel
How Rachel Ward went from Vogue cover model to farmhand at 60
The actor and director has had an unexpected second act as a farmer. A new documentary follows her “bloody crusade”.
- Lauren Sams
Murray Cod Australia throws out a line to hook $400m fund
That would dwarf the company’s current market capitalisation of about $107 million and be used to fund infrastructure development and holding water rights.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Urban farmer makes use of vacant CBD space
Short-term leases are not an issue for this modular agriculture start-up.
- Richard Cornish
November 2023
Biofuels finally give GrainCorp an in to Western Australia
Robert Spurway says there’s a compelling case for new oilseed crushing capacity in the company’s biggest move since it spun-off its global malting division.
- Brad Thompson
October 2023
What do an abalone farmer and ex Wall St analyst have in common?
Jay Albany and Brad Adams are running successful regenerative food businesses out of different parts of Western Australia.
- Carolyn Beasley
September 2023
Sheep prices plunge to $1 a head as farmers flood market
Farmers are scrambling to sell before summer as Australia’s sheep flock and breeding ewe numbers hit their highest level since 2007.
- Brad Thompson