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.
Only about 1 per cent of the Indian population drinks wine, but with 1.42 billion inhabitants, any growth in consumption offers massive opportunities.
Suppliers left out of pocket after the collapse of a major South Australian winery will receive just 5c in the dollar as part of a sale deal to a Chinese wool tycoon.
Artificial intelligence is helping businesses and scientists assess everything from carbon capture to taint from bushfire smoke and to explore new avenues to growth.
India is now the most populous country in the world and Australian farmers are making inroads there.
Major supermarkets have cut their retail milk prices and farmers fear it could spark a new dairy war.
Investing in carbon sequestration projects is an expensive business for farmers and some are being scared off by misinformation, an industry expert says.
Beston Global Food Company, which failed owing more than $72m, must find a buyer or a bailout to survive, administrator KPMG says.
Singapore’s Olam Agri has withdrawn from the race to acquire Australia’s largest ginning business on the back of a big offer from a rival bidder.
Chocolate lovers, your guilty pleasure is going to cost you even more because the world’s biggest cocoa producing region of West Africa is struggling with its harvest.
Spirits maker Top Shelf International has suspended its shares from trade as it investigates funding options and asset sales to underpin its viability.
One of Australia’s hottest agricultural deal-makers faces a showdown with lenders over his collapsed carbon project.
The ACCC’s claims are as damaging as they can get. But the regulator needs to be careful not to buy into the emotion around price gouging.
Farmers have been calling out the major supermarkets for years. They say the ACCC’s case against Coles and Woolworths is a step in the right direction.
Beston Global Food Company has collapsed into administration after a failed bid to sell the company, putting about 160 jobs in South Australia’s southeast at risk.
Brisbane-based venture capitalist Mark Gustowski is backing startups that could triple the shelf life of milk as well as accelerate beef production.
Graziers who fear being locked out of global beef markets have come up with a definition of deforestation that’s been rejected by environmentalists.
Agribusiness financier Rabobank has found Australian farmers’ confidence has recovered in line with more rain and better commodity prices.
What is deforestation? That’s the question Australia’s cattle industry has sought to answer as it fights against an incoming European Union regulation.
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