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Eyre Peninsula harvest underway for T-Ports Lucky Bay, Wallaroo opens July 2023
Independent grain storage and handler provider T-Ports says a Wallaroo export facility will be available next July in addition to their...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 7, 20221 min read


Wentworth vineyard's former owner in record prosecution over 13GL diversion
The former owner of a vineyard in NSW is accused of illegally pumping up to 13,000 megalitres of water, and is the regulator's biggest...
Staff Writers
Nov 6, 20222 min read


Bowen 'looking lovingly at Ardern' on reducing methane emissions in agriculture
A regional MP has raised concern that the Albanese Labor government could ultimately mimic the Ardern Labour government in New Zealand...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 3, 20221 min read


The new face of southern ag is quandongs and native peppers: researchers
Native bushfoods such as quandongs grown in the Murray-Darling Basin and native pepers in southern New South Wales could reverse...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 3, 20221 min read


Australian sheep industry taking 2030, 2050 methane targets seriously amid flock rebuild
Sheep Producers Australia say a recent emissions intensity report highlights the steep task they have reaching 2050 methane emission...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 2, 20223 min read


Labor 'Dracula' waiting outside farm water blood bank in MD Basin
Hot on the heels of Halloween, a NSW Nationals MP has painted a horror image of imminent water buybacks from farmers in the name of the...
Rikki Lambert
Nov 1, 20221 min read


Free trade can help save the planet from climate change
Australia's peak agricultural forecasting agency claims removing subsidies overseas for inefficient farming would help combat global...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 31, 20222 min read


Farmers urged to be safe as machinery gets bogged
A peak farming body has urged its members to beware the dangers of bogged machinery after three fatalities so far this year. The NSW...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 30, 20222 min read


Labor sinks dammed Nationals vision for water security
Hell's Gate dam is no more, Wyangala Dam's wall won't be raised, and federal Labor is getting the cheque book ready to buy water from...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 25, 20222 min read


Farm water use up as prices lull: ABS
In a classic economic scenario of high supply, prices were low for water the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest research indicates,...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 19, 20222 min read


One third of Aussie grain crop affected by the big wet - as first SA barley comes in
A peak body estimates that 20 of the estimated 60 million tonnes of grain in Australia may be rain-affected at present, hoping and...
Rikki Lambert
Oct 19, 20221 min read


Broad inquiry needed into regulation of grain ports
An ACCC report released on Thursday only further highlights the case for a broader inquiry into prices farmers have to pay to access...
Rikki Lambert
Sep 13, 20221 min read


Aussies urged to stay out of picture-perfect canola crops
Australia's cropping lands are shining gold amid a now confirmed third consecutive La Niña weather event, favourable cropping conditions...
Rikki Lambert
Sep 13, 20222 min read


Wet spring predicted amid wild winter front
Australia's weather forecasting agency has confirmed a wetter outlook for the remainder of winter into spring. The Bureau of Meteorology...
Rikki Lambert
Aug 2, 20222 min read


Ukraine, Russia grain, fertiliser could start moving in weeks under UN deal
Turkey says a deal to unblock the exports of Ukrainian grain amid the war and to allow Russia to export grain and fertilisers will be...
Staff Writers
Jul 21, 20223 min read


US moves to enable ag exports from Ukraine region
Facilitating Russian food and fertiliser exports will not break Western sanctions, the United States government has told firms as talks...
Staff Writers
Jul 14, 20222 min read


Varroa mite bee threat puts over $14 billion of agriculture at risk - former minister
Australia's former agriculture minister has urged the Albanese government to press on with funding reforms to ensure biosecurity is...
Rikki Lambert
Jul 1, 20223 min read


Food wars more serious than it sounds
Sometimes a suspicion lurks in the back of your mind and you're unwilling to let it out, but a Flow correspondent's suggestion that...
Rikki Lambert
Jun 2, 20225 min read


No complacency for innovative Aussie farmers
Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has batted away concerns that Australia may coast to $100 billion in farmgate value by the...
Rikki Lambert
May 12, 20223 min read


Littleproud tackles 'big three' supermarkets in fight for farmers
The Federal Minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud, appeared on the Flow FM airwaves while visiting regional South Australia to...
Staff Writers
May 11, 20222 min read
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