Suppliers seeking price hikes at record levels
Coles chief Steven Cain says grocery suppliers knocking on his door asking for price rises is up five times, while his managers are losing staff to other industries where they can earn more.
Coles chief Steven Cain says grocery suppliers knocking on his door asking for price rises is up five times, while his managers are losing staff to other industries where they can earn more.
The Albanese government should encourage more local food production with accelerated depreciation allowances of up to 150 per cent, says Darren O’Brien.
The time has come for Australia to step up to its responsibility to help feed the world in the wake of the shocks and disruptions to the global food system, says Anthony Pratt.
Food prices are set to soar 10 per cent this year, eroding the profit margins of farmers and processors.
The nation’s biggest animal feed miller, Ridley, is pushing through price increases for farmers of 30 to 50 per cent, which may lift prices for meat, poultry and fish.
A new Agribusiness Index on the ASX should drive an increase in capital for primary producers as they look to expand.
Global food shortages will create a ‘huge opportunity’ for Australian producers in the next decade, says high-profile stockbroker Angus Aitken. Here are four on his radar.
A new gulf has emerged between price makers and takers in Australia’s agribusiness boom.
The major fruit and vegetable grower warns inflationary pressures across transport, fertiliser and shipping will remain elevated.
The Queensland company that pioneered the red-tipped Ecoganic banana is expanding its range into papayas and mangoes and examining new export markets in Southeast Asia.
One of Australia’s few food and agriculture-focused ETFs is expected to have almost doubled in size in just three months.
Surging Australian farmland values could be entering a new phase of growth as wheat and other commodity prices soar in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The world’s biggest dairy exporter has added to the rush of Western businesses to formally withdraw from Russia, while Ansell suspends all imports.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is adding pressure to an already tight global dairy supply market, warns the world’s biggest dairy exporter.
Farmers are enjoying bumper seasonal conditions and buying up a range of crop protection and animal health products to help send Elders’s profit racing ahead.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has jammed up Black Sea exports and risks a massive chunk of the world’s wheat supply. It has also sparked wild price swings in the market.
This tech player uses a dash of CSI to prove that wheat, gold and diamonds are free from sanctions.
The group says all its farmers around Lismore are safe with livestock accounted for, but warns the recovery could take years.
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