The lack of control and regulation in the renewable energy sector has led to a backlash against some operators in rural communities, but Squadron Energy chair Jason Willoughby says he’d be happy to see more rules.
Meeting methane reduction targets will cost the dairy sector at least $35m. The question is, who pays?
A new poll could embolden Tanya Plibersek to take on salmon farmers – and the Prime Minister – to save a rare fish from extinction.
The huge debt pile amassed by SA’s Fox Creek Wines in the lead up to its collapse has been revealed, as administrators search for a buyer to save the business.
About 150 jobs will go at South Australian dairy outfit Beston Global Food Company after the collapsed business failed to attract a buyer to resurrect it out of administration.
Mighty Kingdom’s managing director has stepped down and the shares remain suspended, after the game developer earlier floated the prospect of a material acquisition.
Fertiliser, fuel and chemicals are vital inputs for farmers. But the reliance on inputs means Australia’s food security is vulnerable.
Australia’s lack of regulation on organic food products could mean consumers are being misled, the industry has warned.
Farmer Ed Suttle still chokes up when he talks about the start of a grassroots plan to turn an old gravel pit into a solar farm. ‘Within an hour, we had $500,000 committed. It was just stunning.’
Grazier Andrew Lawrie’s latest cash crop – carbon credits – has survived floods, droughts and doubts to become not only a way to improve his land but also secure his family’s financial future.
Elders boss Mark Allison has conceded the company may need to sell off branches in order to win over the ACCC as it bids to take over rural supplies group Delta Agribusiness.
The equivalent of seven MCGs’ worth of perfectly good tomato plants are being pulled up and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fruit destroyed, writes Michael Simonetta.
A carbon credit scheme quietly backed by the federal government could succeed where decades of greenie campaigns have failed – and end native forest logging. But not without a fight.
The boss of Australia’s biggest agribusiness says it can take whatever comes its way amid Donald Trump’s tariffs warning, as annual profit tanks.
The European Union drew up a map of agricultural land in Australia as part of its deforestation crackdown. Now, the bloc admits it got it wrong.
The agriculture sector has grown from $55bn to $80bn since 2018. But it will fall short of its $100bn 2030 goal if there are no improvements in road and rail freight infrastructure, the industry’s peak body says.
Grain farmers are bracing for the effects a new US President will have on global trade.
T-Ports has lodged a submission with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission opposing Viterra’s proposed acquisition of Cargill’s GrainFlow assets in South Australia.
Australian almond growers are eyeing new overseas markets as exports boom and their board has appointed celebrity chef Poh as its first global ambassador.
McLaren Vale’s Fox Creek Wines has called in administrators to help revive the winery, four years after it was acquired by a trio of prominent industry figures.
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