Just a tick: peak farming group delivers scorecard
The nation’s peak farming body has rated the policies of the main political parties. The outcome could swing votes in key rural and regional seats.
Agribusiness
Welfare meeting ‘breaches caretaker rules’
A government roundtable on animal welfare standards breaches caretaker conventions, livestock exporters claim, pointing to sharp political differences on the issue.
Salmon crisis triggered on ‘thin evidence’
The long-running saga over salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour was triggered by green groups on ‘questionable’ and ‘thin’ evidence, a new report finds.
Westpac banking on the bush again
The banking major has admitted it got it wrong after shuttering its Moree branch, reopening the operation in a bid to expand bush business banking.
Labor pushing ahead in key seat
A parachuted-in candidate will save Labor in one of the nation’s most marginal seats, polling suggests, but the Coalition wins points on fuel tax, and Jacqui Lambie inflames the salmon wars.
Parties pressured over cattle ban compo
A decision of the Gillard government has come back to haunt the Albanese administration in the middle of an election campaign.
Strategic warning on food security
Australia plans to spend up to $360bn on nuclear subs but could struggle to feed itself in an extended conflict, says a landmark report. It wants food security treated as seriously as defence.
US tariffs damaging but Americans will suffer: Aussie farmers
Donald Trump’s tariffs are damaging but Americans may hurt the most, say Australia’s farmers and meat producers, as they back the decision not to retaliate – or dumb down biosecurity.
What’s the beef? ‘We can’t risk clean, green image’
Why beef farmers with skin in Donald Trump’s tariff game would rather a fight than giving ground on biosecurity.
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.
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.
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