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.
Agribusiness
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.
‘Don’t be slippery’: Salmon industry warning for PM
Anthony Albanese has suffered a pre-election shock in the key battleground of Tasmania, with salmon CEOs demanding more than his word on fish farming in contested Macquarie Harbour.
New markets for fresh produce ease trade uncertainty
Amid a year of trade uncertainty and a war between supermarkets and farmers, Australia’s fruit and vegetable exports have hit a record.
Crop owners to criminals at stroke of a pen
Farmers in far west NSW say they have been branded criminals for harvesting their crop in the same way it’s been done for more than a century.
Chicken back on the menu as rate relief spurs takeaway sales
Australia’s largest chicken producer Inghams expects the rate cut will help ease cost-of-living pressures and boost sales at fast-food chains and restaurants.
Pro-Medicus co-founder eyeing another seafood takeover
Pro Medicus co-founder Anthony Hall’s ambition to grow a seafood production empire continues with a bid launched to take over kingfish farmer Clean Seas Seafood.
Farmers fear forced flood easements
Farmers along the Murrumbidgee River in NSW fear they will be forced to allow flood easements on their land.
Farmers’ new weapon in red meat climate fight
Australian scientists have found a natural feed additive that can slash livestock methane emissions by up to 90pc, offering an alternative to the future promoted by activists who cite climate change as a reason to reduce red meat consumption.
Flood damage will force up banana prices
Farmers are calling on the federal government for more funding to restore crucial banana and sugarcane plantations in north Queensland.
Call for origin labels on imported timber
About a quarter of timber tested in Australia last year had incorrect species or origin labels. The industry wants new laws to prevent it happening and to support Australian producers.
Win for farmers as bill bites the dust
The Albanese government’s so-called ‘fresh food tax’ has been withdrawn from parliament.
Fishers salty over sardine plans
A newly discovered, vast sardine resource could be a new sustainable fishery for Australia, but some are getting salty over dolphin deaths.
The final straw as sheep farming goes to the dogs
Wool producers have been finding it hard to make a buck. They say government policy on live sheep exports has forced them to consider their future.
Final chapter unfolds in failed agri-baron’s trail of destruction
Once a prospective cattle baron, the tale of Sam Mitchell is almost over as he’s chased by bankruptcy trustees and the tax office for millions of dollars allegedly spirited away from creditors.
Australia reclaims China wine crown
The surge of Australian wine back to China is welcome trade news for Canberra. But all is not right in the Australian industry’s biggest overseas market.
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