Disease threat turns spotlight on feral pigs
By day he’s a carpenter, but it’s Shane Young’s night-time gig that inadvertently puts him at the rearguard of Australia’s biosecurity battleground.
Agribusiness
New voice for issues on the land
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has announced a tripartite working group to bring together unions, peak agricultural groups and government to work through issues plaguing farming.
Beston faces existential risk as share placement unravels
Beston Global Foods says it has a strategy to continue as a going concern, after posting a large full year loss.
Clean Seas Seafood posts profit on strong turnaround
Chefs around the globe are picking up on the versatility of local favourite kingfish, helping Clean Seas Seafood deliver a large swing back to profitability.
Podcast: The ag investment hotspots
Agribusiness expert David Williams says Middle East sovereign funds are eyeing Australian ag assets in an effort to shore up food security.
Paraway secures $75m to cut emissions
Macquarie-owned Paraway Pastoral has secured a significant investment from the Federal Government to drastically reduce its methane emissions.
Plibersek under fire over ‘concrete’ MDB Plan
A Griffith citrus grower has taken aim at the Water Minister over her government’s approach, which he says “targets” irrigators.
Centuria snaps up Accolade vineyards
ASX-listed Centuria Capital has boosted its agricultural holdings with the acquisition of six South Australian vineyards from wine giant Accolade Wines.
‘Absolute scandal’: Fletcher slams EU quotas
Australia’s biggest sheep processor is calling for higher EU meat export quotas, saying the current trade agreement is a “poor deal”.
The surfer, the billionaires and their $24m milk stoush
Surfing champion Joel Parkinson and his manager, Gold Coast Titans founder Michael Searle, are now suing the billionaire Perich family business over a soured milk deal.
Farmers rewarded for good practice
Farmers will be paid to look after their land, protect threatened species and nurture habitats under ‘biodiversity certificates’, heralding the creation of a new market.
Podcast: Incentives to attract farm workers
Agribusiness recruiter Nigel Crawley tells The Australian Ag Podcast of the extraordinary lengths farmers are going to secure workers.
Fonterra taps new CFO as it mulls Aussie ops $1.2bn float
Chris Rowe will act as Fonterra’s chief financial officer until a permanent replacement is found, with the group’s CEO talking up his M&A expertise.
Abalone company plans major KI tourism venture after port win
Yumbah Aquaculture is expanding its Kangaroo Island abalone operations, with plans for a tourism centre being developed.
‘Higher food prices the sting in beehive ban’
One of the world’s biggest farming and food trading companies warns different state rules over the transportation of beehives will potentially drive food prices higher.
Podcast: Grains boss ‘reservedly optimistic’ about China relations
Grain Growers Limited chairman Brett Hosking is hopeful frosty relations between Australia and China will soon thaw to benefit agriculture.
Twiggy’s fund joins ASX stock on trip to success
A company pioneering medical cannabinoids and psychedelics therapy is an early beneficiary of Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s biotech venture capital fund.
Tassal hooked on $1.1bn takeover
It’s a case of fourth-time lucky for Canadian seafood giant Cooke, which has won over the board of Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal with a $1.1bn bid.
JB Hi-Fi keeps one step ahead of retail game
It is the constant evolution that has seen JB Hi-Fi pivot from selling cheap CDs and car stereos to becoming one of the best performing retailers of the past decade.
Dan Murphy’s owner buys McLaren Vale winery
Dan Murphy’s owner Endeavour Group has acquired McLaren Vale winery Shingleback, adding to its growing portfolio of premium wine brands.
Rare Aussie victory in China against Penfolds copycat
Treasury Wine Estates scores a win against Chinese-Australian company Rush Rich, which it alleges has been copycatting its Penfolds wine in China.
Camperdown Dairy to cease fresh milk production
Australian Dairy Nutritionals will shut its fresh milk processing plant in Victoria as inflation hits the small cap company.
Agri fund hoping to harvest $100m
Duxton Capital is seeking $100m for a fund which owns stakes in the specialist investor’s suite of local agricultural assets, and which will pick up a portfolio of global stocks.
The big sting: battle for the honey bee a race against time
The varroa mite wreaking havoc on honey and horticultural industries has been in Australia months longer than we thought. Can it be eradicated?
Richlister’s cattle station takes top Ekka honours
A cattle station owned by one of the richest families in Australia and that is home to a 160-year-old castle has taken top honours at the Ekka beef competition.
United Malt shares tumble on profit warning
Just as United Malt was seeing some light at the end of the tunnel as people returned to bars and clubs, a poor barley crop will flatten its annual profit.
‘Catastrophe’ of foot-and-mouth revealed
Australia’s cattle capital would face a ‘catastrophic’ economic impact and 33,000 job losses if the disease made its way into the country.
Expert warns foot and mouth outbreak here a 50-50 chance
Expert warns Bali “is one big farm” and tourists could unknowingly risk economic carnage for Australia by bringing back foot and mouth disease.
Gina moves $400m cattle HQ to Queensland
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart is taking a bigger slice of the Sunshine State with her huge cattle operation S Kidman & Co moving its head office to Queensland.
End of an era as S. Kidman & Co. to shut SA base
Billionaire Gina Rinehart is making further moves up north, relocating the headquarters of her $390m cattle empire S. Kidman & Co to Queensland.
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