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Aussie farmland price surge could soon dry up
The cost of agricultural land in Australia is set for a "double digit" percentage growth through 2023, following three seasons of solid...
Flow Australia
Apr 18, 20232 min read


Container levy a must for biosecurity
Australia’s largest farm advocacy body is calling on the federal government to make importers pay a container levy to boost biosecurity...
Staff Writers
Apr 17, 20232 min read


Once extinct 'zombie fish' comes back from the dead
A so-called "zombie fish" thought to have been extinct for 20 years is now officially back from the dead following a successful breeding...
Staff Writers
Apr 17, 20231 min read


Relief on barley, wine China sanctions on the agenda
Australia is hoping to take another step in the reduction of trade sanctions imposed by Beijing as an assistant minister prepares to head...
Rikki Lambert
Mar 26, 20232 min read


RSPCA slammed for lookaway stance on live exports
The shadow agriculture minister has slammed the RSPCA, claiming in a recent meeting they were unconcerned about his argument that animal...
Rikki Lambert
Mar 21, 20231 min read


Ag umpire needed to 'ground truth' ecological claims over NSW farms
The New South Wales Farmers association say the ecological significance zoning over farms are just one of several conflicting land uses...
Rikki Lambert
Feb 23, 20232 min read


Labor water voices earns praise for sensible Murray-Darling stance
The Murray-Darling Basin water ministers meet on Friday and someone not at the table - but soon could be - has earned praise from across...
Rikki Lambert
Feb 23, 202310 min read


Victorian opposition concerned government might be winging it on avian flu
Avian flu has been transmitted to wild otters, foxes, seals and farmed minks according to the University of New South Wales in an unusual...
Rikki Lambert
Feb 20, 20233 min read


Murray, Cootamundra farmers to cop the brunt of net zero policies : IPA
Voters in southern New South Wales might want to consider the impact of net zero policies on employment in their farming communities,...
Rikki Lambert
Feb 20, 20231 min read


Buyback biteback - war of words erupts in SA before Basin ministers' meeting
The South Australian government is calling for the state opposition to come on board their voluntary buyback policy, but one SA Liberal...
Rikki Lambert
Feb 20, 20232 min read


Meatwork staffing a potential price disrupter for livestock farmers in 2023
It may be a new year but the continuing shortage of agricultural workers could bite cattle and sheep farmers this year according to one...
Rikki Lambert
Jan 17, 20231 min read


New dairy export markets welcome but a challenge with falling Australian supply
Australian dairy farmers might not be in the best position to immediately capitalise on the benefits spruiked by the federal government...
Rikki Lambert
Jan 17, 20232 min read


Tricks and profits moving bumper Aussie crop
The federal agriculture department says it is implementing a number of initiatives to help move huge grain inputs and storages in...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 19, 20222 min read


NSW Nationals leader urges driver patience as farmers face another trying harvest
The New South Wales Riverina faces another protracted harvest due to heavy rain and flooding, with farmers' harvest activity across...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 15, 20222 min read


Farmers face PALM metro move potentially butchering farm labour pool
The federal government has expanded the Pacific Australia Labour Mechanism (PALM) to allow metropolitan based food businesses to access...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 15, 20222 min read


Aussie wool clip on the up with the market in final 2022 trades
Despite a shearer shortage in some parts of the nation, Australia is on track to bring in a 5 per cent increase in wool in 2022/23 as the...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 15, 20222 min read


Ag minister backs three-way cost split on sheep e-tags
The federal agriculture has backed the proposition put forward by Sheep Producers Australia that the cost of implementing electronic...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 12, 20222 min read


Historically high fertiliser prices expected to stabilise in 2023: Rural Bank
Australian farmers have done very well out of a food supply crunch particularly in the winter cropping sector, but input costs -...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 12, 20221 min read


Pointy end of electronic sheep tag cost negotiations begin in 2023
A peak sheep industry body says current discussions around the cost of electronic traceability in the sheep and goat industry starts with...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 8, 20222 min read


1 in 6 NSW crops abandoned but national farming picture still nudging records: ABARES
Australian farmers may be heading for another record winter cropping harvest but it is a gloomy picture for NSW and northern Victorian...
Rikki Lambert
Dec 5, 20222 min read
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