Soft commodities
Why the world’s top coffee producer is switching up its beans
In the coming years, your coffee might start to taste a bit different.
- Renata Carlos Daou
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- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump’s $15 billion Band-Aid for the problem he created
These American farmers are having a record year, but their hands are tied.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Tarnished Tassal brand targets WA barramundi
Canadian giant Tassal is at the centre of a raging debate over salmon farming in Tasmania. Now it plans to grow a major operation in a Kimberley marine park.
- Emma Young
Mulch or ‘wood product’?: Confusion over how the shot-hole borer did the Rotto swim
Deputy Nationals Leader Peter Rundle took particular issue with conflicting responses about how the borer made its way to Rottnest Island.
- Hamish Hastie
‘Dairy shortages, no ifs or buts’: Milk and butter prices to rise as farmers tread water
The high cost of recovery from repeated floods and droughts will contribute to inflation on supermarket shelves.
- Jessica Yun
When was the last time egg prices were $4.20?
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton were asked about the price of eggs – and one politician’s answer was much further off the mark than the other.
- Jessica Yun
‘We don’t want to be the sacrificial lamb’: The farmers hurt by Trump’s tariffs
Caleb Ragland voted Republican three times and doesn’t regret it. But he is about to plant a field of crops that China loves to buy – and he is very worried.
- Michael Koziol
In small-town America, a senator under siege has Australia on his mind
From the town halls of rural Iowa to the farms of Kentucky, Australia’s reluctance to accept imports of US beef is a hot topic.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Donald Trump’s dumb war just got much, much dumber
Donald Trump has just announced the most self-destructive set of policies in modern American economic history.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘Crazy jump in price’: Shoppers, farmers brace for years-long egg shortage
Bird flu outbreaks have choked the nation’s supply of eggs – and frustrated egg farmers say the proposed ban on caged eggs is exacerbating the problem.
- Jessica Yun
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