Soft commodities
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
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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
Empty shelves at Woolworths as industrial action cripples supplies
The company confirmed that some stores in Victoria, NSW and the ACT were experiencing limited stock flow.
- Madeleine Heffernan and Gemma Grant
The proof is in the plum pudding: bid to buy up WA produce
Stonefruit WA chair Anthony Caccetta has encouraged shoppers to buy fruit from “trees down the road, not across the Nullabor” as 250 lines of produce fail border controls.
- Claire Ottaviano
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