Australian almonds move to cash in on Trump’s tariffs
Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers has been recruited to sell the story of Australian almonds to the world as the local industry seeks to cash in on the US trade war.
Agribusiness
Plibersek plunges in polls, as DiCaprio enters salmon debate
Tanya Plibersek is paying a personal political price for Anthony Albanese’s pro-salmon farming law, polling suggests, as a Hollywood superstar weighs in.
Budget disappoints farmers
Federal Budget: Trade, food security boost but mixed on water, biosecurity
Albanese’s second salmon stoush: industry to take legal action
No sooner had Anthony Albanese ended one fight with the $1.46bn salmon industry, he faces another: over Chilean imports. This spat appears headed for court, while Peter Dutton demands an import freeze.
Salmon law to bypass minister, wedge Coalition
Anthony Albanese will use budget week to introduce legislation to neutralise a stand-off over salmon farming in Tasmania – and his Environment Minister – with national implications.
The phone call that turned a dreamer into a billionaire
Vikas Rambal’s first business ended in legendary acrimony, the second faltered and his third was shelved as a fantasy. Now worth $4.8bn, this is a story of keeping the dream alive.
Getting the band back together: Behind banking’s extraordinary day
A series of cascading executive moves in one day, including a high-profile defection, are reshaping the top of the nation’s banks.
Historic SA winery in Chinese supermarket deal
Supermarkets are where Australia can win the global wine war according to the head of Chateau Tanunda, which is now stocked in Alibaba’s Chinese grocery chain.
Quality over quantity in early vintage
The wine grape harvest is looking like one for the ages, with hot weather driving yields down but quality up, in one of the shortest vintages on record.
Price rise brewing: $7 for a cup of coffee
Would Australians pay $7 for a cup of coffee? It seems we’re about to find out.
Forget steel, Trump tariffs could come for our $7b farm exports
Australia would be highly exposed to an all-out global trade war; the US has become the second-biggest export market for our farmers, among the most efficient producers in the world.
‘Give farmers energy, emissions support’: industry leaders
Leaders in sustainable food production are urging both sides of politics to match rhetoric about sustainability with action on energy, emissions and waste.
Retaliatory tariffs a ‘Dumb and Dumber’ move
‘Anything over 300km should be on a rail’: NFF boss hits out at supply chain standards. ‘The government is right and Bill Shorten is wrong’ on retaliatory tariffs: top economics adviser. Will consumers pay $8 for coffee?
Crisis call to protect nation’s food supply lines
Australians could face hunger in a major crisis and the nation must act now to secure alternative supplies of vital food production inputs, an expert warns.
China’s thirst for dairy a boon for our farmers
Cream, cheese, yoghurt and milk are increasingly finding their way into Chinese shopping trolleys, which creates a significant opportunity for Australian dairy producers.
Australian food exports racing towards $100bn
Two years ago, billionaire Anthony Pratt said Australia should set a short-term goal of $100bn in food exports and thanks to free-trade agreements and global supply disruptions we’re on the way.
Warakirri milks a gap in demand
Australian agricultural asset manager Warakirri says it plans a $500m-plus expansion into the dairy farming sector via a new trans-Tasman investment fund.
Grain sector forecast to ride Asian growth wave
Australian grain and oilseed exporters are in a prime position to take advantage of a ‘shift’ in diet that is driving increasing food consumption in Asia.
Australia ‘losing the war’ against feral pests
Australia is ‘losing the war’ against feral animals, costing hundreds of millions of dollars in lost food production and farm profits.
Flower pot men to the rescue for gourmet dairy
King Island Dairy, slated for closure and the disappearance of its brand, has been sold to an executive who manages a large plastic pot operation with a dealmaking background.
‘Give us action on food, not another report’
Labor’s new food security plan must be ‘backed by action’ to urgently address critical infrastructure failings, farming groups and experts say.
Wells Fargo drops climate target, but Aussie banks ‘committed’
While the US moves in the opposite direction, Australian banks will continue to pursue scope 3 emissions targets to meet their own climate commitments.
Red meat exports forecast to buoy Aussie ag to $91bn industry
Demand for Australia red meat products is putting the sector’s target of becoming a $100bn industry by 2030 within reach.
Why enriching the land’s more important than wealth
Christophe Bur knows he is never going to get rich by farming yet he is confident he will leave his Queensland cattle property in a much better state than he found it.
Meat the hi-tech, cost-friendly new food culture
Would you eat meat grown in a laboratory? You will soon have the opportunity, from top-end quail foie gras to mass-market lamb mince.
Action needed to redress power imbalance in wine sector
A mandatory code of conduct for winegrape purchasing should be put in place along with support packages for growers to leave the industry, a Senate committee report says.
Despite Albanese vow, live cattle exporters fear ban
From WA to Queensland, live cattle exporters fear a minority government could sink their $1bn trade, but Anthony Albanese has sought to allay their concerns.
Trump ‘won’t stop’ investment in Aus agriculture
Donald Trump might be trying to “de-woke the world” on issues like climate change, but a key ag leader says he’s unlikely to halt investment into Australian regenerative farming.
Beston to be liquidated after last ditch rescue bids fails
Beston Global Food will be liquidated after the dairy company’s former directors failed to pull together a credible bailout strategy.
Angry fishers despair at ‘Plibersek’s green tide’
Tanya Plibersek has put Labor on a pre-election collision course with a host of regional fishing industries, changing marine park rules to evict them from their most productive grounds.
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