Farming
Is farmed salmon a guilty pleasure this Christmas?
Tasmanian salmon will be on the tables at thousands of Christmas lunches. Questions remain about the environmental cost.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
Panic over additive in cattle feed sparks milk and meat furore
Consumers are dumping milk down toilets in protest at a supplement fed to cattle that’s approved for use in Australia.
- by Angus Dalton
Empty shelves at Woolworths as industrial action cripples supplies
The company confirmed that some stores in Victoria, NSW and the ACT were experiencing limited stock flow.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Gemma Grant
‘An existential issue’: Property speculation threatening Victoria’s food bowl
Farmers and government MPs want stronger protection for prime land on the outskirts of Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat, but are voluntary legal contracts enough?
- by Benjamin Preiss
Exclusive
Climate solutions
From bottled lightning to ‘hempcrete’: The Australian innovations that could save the world
From harnessing the power of lightning to make fertiliser to using yeast to produce forest-friendly palm oil, these start-ups are helping solve big environmental problems.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Gearhead, farmer, tax protester: Jeremy Clarkson takes to London streets
Farming’s least likely champion opposes a new tax the Labour government says will help restore public services.
- by Rob Harris
Banned pesticide among toxic cocktail discovered in state’s west
A government monitoring program has detected traces of many potentially toxic agricultural chemicals on public land.
- by Ben Cubby
‘Free-range’ label to stay when chickens locked down to contain bird flu
A new strain of bird flu has infected the rest of the world and could enter Australia at any moment. When it does, poultry producers will be on red alert.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Competition
Finding it hard to stomach higher prices? Something seedy is going on
It’s not just supermarkets that are likely to be pushing prices higher. Some of us are getting squeezed from more angles than one.
- by Millie Muroi
Taste-testing the lab-grown future of meat and milk
Dozens of companies are trying to grow, ferment or even 3D-print meat substitutes. Here’s how they stack up against the real thing.
- by Liam Mannix
Farmer sentenced to 6 months in prison for illegally cloning giant sheep
The sheep were part of a larger-than-life plot to breed animals that could be used for commercial hunters.
- by Kyle Melnick
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