Public voting is now underway to decide the finalists in the 2026 South Australian Agricultural Town of the Year Award. The annual award recognises regional communities that demonstrate strong agricultural leadership, innovation and community spirit, while celebrating the role farming continues to play across the state.

Agriculture Victoria is reminding poultry owners not to feed avocados to ducks after a sudden death incident in the state’s south-west triggered an emergency disease investigation.

New South Wales farmers are calling for urgent reforms to local government funding, warning deteriorating rural roads are placing pressure on regional communities and farm businesses.

Australian vegetable growers are urging households to eat more locally grown produce, saying it could help ease cost-of-living pressures while improving public health.

Australian dairy producers are heading into the new season under increasing financial pressure, with Rabobank warning many farms are operating close to break-even levels.

Grain Producers Australia says work is continuing with the national regulator on an emergency permit application for stronger zinc phosphide mouse bait, as growers battle rising mouse numbers across parts of South Australia and Western Australia.

The Federal Government has launched a new three-million-dollar sustainability initiative aimed at helping Australia’s sheep producers improve climate resilience and on-farm environmental performance.

NSW Farmers is calling on the Federal Government to provide answers following changes to the Inland Rail freight project.

The Victorian Farmers Federation has strongly criticised AusNet’s application for compulsory land acquisition powers linked to the Western Renewables Link transmission project.

Grain Producers SA is continuing calls for grain growers to gain access to stronger mouse bait products, as new survey results reveal one in every two producers is seeing mouse activity on farm.

In New South Wales, scientists from the state government's Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development are leading major national research projects aimed at tackling soil-borne crop diseases that cost Australian grain growers more than 1.7 billion dollars annually.

The Victorian Farmers Federation says regional Victoria has been left wanting following this year’s State Budget, warning key funding gaps remain and major policy questions are still unresolved.

Increasing reports of Australian plague locust activity are emerging across South Australia, raising concerns for growers with newly sown crops.

The Victorian Farmers Federation has taken the concerns of rural communities to the 2026 Summer Bushfires Inquiry, outlining the challenges faced on the ground.

A new artificial intelligence-driven fire detection system is improving early bushfire response across South Australia’s south-east, identifying nearly 90 unplanned fires since its introduction.

The Victorian Farmers Federation is urging the Federal Government to deliver a 1.3 billion dollar fuel relief payment to primary producers in the upcoming May Budget.

Australia’s red meat sector has received a further boost, with five additional export meat establishments approved to supply beef to Indonesia, including one facility cleared to export sheep and goat meat.

A grapevine virus known to affect plant growth and fruit quality has been detected in Australia for the first time. The Grapevine Berry Inner Necrosis Virus has been identified in vineyards in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland. Authorities say the virus has been found in both symptomatic and asymptomatic vines, with the full extent of its spread not yet known.

Grain Producers South Australia is calling on farmers to report increasing locust activity across key cropping regions. Sightings have been reported in the Riverland, Mallee, Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula during early seeding operations.

Australian farmland values are expected to record modest growth in the year ahead, according to Rabobank’s latest Farmland Price Outlook.