Seaweed solution to methane problem
Governments and companies around the world are cracking down on carbon emissions in their supply chain. A Fremantle business has come up with a solution for the livestock sector.
Agribusiness
Coles suppliers win new payment terms
In the wake of the bruising senate inquiry into the supermarkets and focus on their treatment of suppliers, Coles has inked a new payments deal with its food and grocery suppliers that should help with their cashflows and budgeting.
Call for a new way to measure value in the bush
AgriFutures chair Cathy McGowan reckons the calculation that farming creates about 2.7 per cent of GDP radically understates the value of the sector to the national balance sheet.
‘Cattle baron’ faces bankruptcy over $52m court ruling
Hong Kong-based lenders have won a NSW Supreme Court ruling against would-be cattle king Sam Mitchell, finding that he owes about $52m.
Jobs slashed at Whyalla steelworks amid tough times for sector
GFG Alliance has cut about 50 jobs at its embattled Whyalla steelworks as rumours mount of late payments from Sanjeev Gupta’s global conglomerate.
Shellfish giant mussels into oyster outfit
Yumbah Aquaculture, backed by billionaire Pro Medicus co-founder Anthony Hall, is doubling down on oysters with its takeover offer for East 33.
Super tax could kill small business, says peak body
The federal government’s proposed tax increase on super funds of more than $3m could send some small businesses to the wall, the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia fears.
Stereotyping the bush is a hiring hurdle but so is the data gap
Stereotypes about rural jobs need to change, but a lack of solid data is not helping in the search for more workers.
Missing cars, huge cash transactions and ‘insolvent’ for nine years
Would-be cattle baron Sam Mitchell’s WealthCheck allegedly traded while insolvent for about nine years, with an audit revealing missing cars and huge cash transfers before its collapse.
Sam Mitchell’s agricultural empire crumbles
Would-be cattle baron Sam Mitchell was relaxing on the deck of his luxury ocean-view home in the suburbs of San Diego as another company in his agricultural empire disintegrated.
Government support key to driving agriculture growth
The Australian’s Global Food Forum has heard that food and agriculture industry in Australia has plenty of growth potential if supported by government and a holistic approach is taken.
How Australia became a global ‘food superpower’
Australia has quietly become a ‘food superpower’ with 1200 factories popping up over the past decade and exports more than doubling, billionaire Anthony Pratt will tell the Global Food Forum.
Ministers ‘must unite’ to push food exports: Costa boss
Marc Werner has called on the whole federal government, including the Prime Minister, to step up and help fresh Aussie produce get into more international markets.
Crushing it! Lifting of China tariffs uncorks wine exports
New data shows the growth in Australian wine exports to China since tariffs were lifted in late March.
Fresh hope for food group but hundreds of jobs in limbo
A buyer has been found for Tasmania’s HS Fresh Food Group after it fell into administration, but hundreds of employees across the country face a nervous wait to learn their fate.
Apple industry on red alert as growers squeezed by soaring costs
An Adelaide Hills apple grower has ceased production after 120 years, saying rising costs and a price squeeze from supermarkets have left the industry in crisis.
Synlait’s China-led rescue plan sails through
Dairy group Synlait has secured critical backing for its China-led rescue plan days ahead of a debt deadline after supplier and shareholder A2 Milk indicated its support at the eleventh hour.
‘Beware of too many eggs in the China basket’
Australian winemakers need to be wary of too much exposure to the China market despite the lifting of tariffs, the CEO of Hugh Hamilton Wines has warned.
‘Beware of too many eggs in the China basket’
Australian winemakers need to be wary of too much exposure to the China market despite the lifting of tariffs, the CEO of Hugh Hamilton Wines has warned.
China back on the agenda for exporters
Producers of beef, wine and barley are benefiting from a removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers by China in recent months in the wake of improved political ties.
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