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Jared Lynch is based in Melbourne, covering food, factories and farms, as well as other company news.

Germany's mission to slash Australian skin cancer rate

Germany's mission to slash Australian skin cancer rate

A team of German software engineers is hoping to slash the rate of skin cancers in Australia by putting the intelligence of so-called smart phones to the test.

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Poppy producer TPI has high hopes this year but HQ's profile stays low

Poppy producer TPI has high hopes this year but HQ's profile stays low

Finding TPI Enterprises' HQ is not easy. And that's for a very good reason.

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GrainCorp hit by China's tightening grip on infant formula market

GrainCorp hit by China's tightening grip on infant formula market

China's tightening of infant formula regulations has hit Australia's biggest agribusiness GrainCorp.

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GrainCorp's half-year profit drops 32.5 per cent

GrainCorp's half-year profit drops 32.5 per cent

Australia's biggest agribusiness sees profit fall by a third amid a "subdued market" and dry weather.

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Murray Goulburn director Duncan Morris resigns

Murray Goulburn director Duncan Morris resigns

A third director has quit the board of Murray Goulburn following the dairy co-operative's profit downgrade and cut to the farm gate milk price.

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Incitec Pivot boss calls for payroll tax reform

Incitec Pivot boss calls for payroll tax reform

About 1500 jobs are at risk if fertiliser company Incitec Pivot fails in its talks with gas suppliers, government and its workers to cut costs at its factory in Gibson Island in Brisbane.

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Incitec Pivot's net profit dives 79pc on Gibson Island plant write-down

Incitec Pivot's net profit dives 79pc on Gibson Island plant write-down

Incitec Pivot's first-half profit plummeted 79 per cent amid weak global fertiliser prices and after high energy costs forced it to write down the value of its Brisbane factory.

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Investors blast Orica, shares dive 12 per cent

Investors blast Orica, shares dive 12 per cent

The boss of the world's biggest explosives maker, Orica, says it is impossible to say when a "deteriorating" mining industry will start to improve after the company's half year profit tumbled 33 per cent and it halved its interim dividend.

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Orica's first-half net profit dives 33 per cent

Orica's first-half net profit dives 33 per cent

The world's biggest explosives maker, Orica, has posted a 33 per cent plunge in net profit, citing a "deterioration" of the global mining industry.

  • by Jared Lynch
Dairy farmers go to war on Murray Goulburn, Fonterra cuts

Dairy farmers go to war on Murray Goulburn, Fonterra cuts

A breakaway group of dairy farmers are preparing itself for "war" after Murray Goulburn and Fonterra slashed the price its pays for raw milk.

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Fonterra follows Murray Goulburn in slashing price it pays farmers for milk

Fonterra follows Murray Goulburn in slashing price it pays farmers for milk

Fonterra has slashed the price it pays farmers for its milk, a week after Australia's biggest milk processor, Murray Goulburn, cut farmer payouts following a steep profit downgrade.

  • by Jared Lynch

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