Australian farmers are bracing for disruption to their $1 billion-a-year boxed meat market to the US after Donald Trump flagged plans to implement tariffs on agricultural imports next month.
Cally Dupe
The company says protracted Commonwealth scrutiny threatens to delay production from its Mardie salt project, described last year by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek as a potential ‘game changer’.
Sean Smith
The WA property was put on the market with a ‘walk-in, walk-out’ arrangement, with the sale including its massive sheep flock which has at its peak reached nearly 80,000 head.
Australian farmers could send an additional 300,000 chilled sheep meat carcases to the Middle East each year after Qatar got the green light to buy a 25 per cent stake in Virgin Australia.
US President Donald Trump says tariffs on agricultural imports will take effect on April 2, stoking fears for Australia’s biggest beef export market and putting the beef and sheep farmers on tenterhooks.
CBH chair Simon Stead is standing behind the co-operative’s Path to 2033 strategy in the face of seesawing harvest grain receival totals varying up to 50 per cent year-on-year.
A chance to walk through a sunflower field and crack a maze is drawing travellers to the oldest working farm in the nation's capital.
Luke Costin
The 118-year-old PGA sensationally fell into administration in January amid revelations of ‘financial misconduct’.
Matt Mckenzie
WA fertiliser giant CSBP has put its superphosphate manufacturing plant into care and maintenance as demand for pasture fertiliser plummets ahead of the Federal Government’s planned live sheep export ban.
Tim Ryan has pledged to work closely with members and stakeholders in his new role as Australian Meat Industry Council’s top boss.
The conviction of Toodyay landowner Tony Maddox under the Western Australian Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 has sent shockwaves across the nation.
Shane Love
The Toodyay man fined thousands of dollars for breaching the Aboriginal Heritage Act is considering lodging an appeal against his conviction after raising more than $30,000 via a GoFundMe campaign.
A Coalition senator has labelled a failed $2.3 million advertising campaign for the Labor Government’s decision to phase out live sheep exports from WA as a ‘shocking waste of tax payer money’.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A first-generation shearer has broken the solo eight-hour women’s Merino shearing world record, clipping the fleeces of 367 ewes in Darkan on Saturday.
Hannah Whitehead
WA grains legend Duncan Young says he was shocked and surprised to be named Australia’s best cropping farmer after being recognised for his on-farm excellence and industry leadership.
The Premier has touted the Great Southern as the big winners of Labor’s plan to bring WA’s freight rail network into State control, flagging financial benefits for the agriculture sector and community safety.
Melissa Sheil
The RBA's first rate cut since late 2020 will provide some relief to Aussie farmers, but it won't do much to ease the difficulties facing the industry.
Adrian Black
Many vegetable growers ponder quitting as production costs rise and farmgate prices remain paltry, with the industry warning an exodus would risk food supply.
A Czech billionaire has stopped trying to woo a white knight for the bruised and battered survivor of Australia’s scorched potash industry.
Adrian Rauso
The Saudi Arabian owners of WA’s biggest farm aggregation will start to sell a colossal amount of machinery this weekend with the nation’s biggest online clearing sale tipped to net $35 million.
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority took recent action to protect the Australian community, removing 532 unregistered agricultural and veterinary chemicals from online sites.
Australian beef exports could continue to surge to record highs for a second year in a row, with the United States’ insatiable appetite for showing no sign of waning any time soon.
A delegation of Moroccan officials and importers have descended on WA to explore buying sheep, goats and cattle, just weeks after the signing of new protocols intended to grow the live export trade.
One of Australia’s burgeoning real estate and advisory firms has ventured into the farm machinery space for the first time, with plans to hold its first auction later this month.
