Grazier outrage as axe falls on $40m carbon credit plan
A method that generated the country’s fourth highest number of carbon credits, worth about $40m, has been suspended, leaving the beef industry fuming.
Agribusiness
Iconic dairy ‘could be nationalised’
A Liberal Premier is open to nationalising one of Australia’s oldest and best known and loved cheese makers if its foreign owner fails to agree its sale to a suitable buyer.
Special salmon law on political menu
Legislative ‘solutions’ to Tasmania’s salmon standoff are on the political menu, but industry just wants Tanya Plibersek to do her job.
Elders cops second strike over pay
Elders received a second strike against its remuneration report on Thursday, but avoided a spill of the company’s board ahead of a leadership shake-up next year.
Cattle farmers fire up as carbon credits cut
The beef industry says the federal government’s suspension of a key carbon credit method will undermine their ability to reduce emissions.
Outrage in remote areas at dud telcos
As a government committee unveils its report on the state of regional phone and digital connectivity, the peak farming body says frustration has reached ‘boiling point’.
Viterra drops bid to buy South Australian grain handling sites
Viterra has dropped a bid to buy five grain handling sites across SA and Victoria from GrainFlow, after the date for a decision by the competition regulator was pushed back.
Albo’s pre-Christmas salmon party to be served with Green wedge
The Greens are devising an election strategy to wedge Labor on salmon in seats nationally, as Anthony Albanese flies to a small Tasmanian town in a ‘risky’ move to placate aquaculture workers.
BOM out of climate driver confusion
After last year’s wetter-than-usual El Nino summer, the weather bureau will tone down the emphasis on individual climate drivers.
Winemakers sitting on a 200 million litre glut
Australian wineries have an estimated 200 million litre glut of wine in their inventory despite slowing production in the aftermath of a three-year trade stand-off with China.
Iron ore mining resumes at Whyalla, blast furnace still out
Mining has resumed at GFG Alliance’s iron ore mines near Whyalla, while rail haulage for both iron ore and steel products remains offline, along with the blast furnace.
Beston Global Food Company’s $150m-plus fall from grace
Beston Global Food Company shareholders had hoped to profit by feeding the world. Instead the company slowly fumbled its way into eventual liquidation.
Confusion over ALP salmon ‘fix’
Anthony Albanese has floated a radical solution to the Tasmanian salmon standoff: granting fish farms in Macquarie Harbour a ‘national interest exemption’ from federal environmental laws.
Jet-setting moovement as dairy diplomacy takes flight
Indonesia’s President wants to feed nutritious lunches – with a daily drop of dairy – to the country’s schoolchildren. Australian dairy cattle have been sent to help.
Food sector at a ‘tipping point’
Business leaders from the food sector say Australia’s position as a global food power is under threat.
Green tape, Middle East conflict ‘stifle Aussie exporters’
Environmental standards and soaring labour costs are the among the key factors weakening international competitiveness for Australian exporters.
Agriculture surge driven by meat exports
In 2018, the agriculture sector set a target to be worth $100bn by 2030. It’s on track to meet the goal.
China lifts trade ban on final two abattoirs
All 10 Australian beef processors banned by China are now free to trade again, ending a diplomatic standoff that lasted more than four years.
‘Forest wars’ fear, as Greens dump deal
The Greens have joined environment groups in walking away from the landmark Tasmanian forest peace deal.
All bets off on logging as green groups dump forest agreement
Conservationist groups are walking away from the Tasmanian forestry peace deal they signed in 2012, alarming industry players and setting the scene for a federal election showdown.
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