A bumper year for wool and wine exports is being driven by continued growth by the Chinese market. Image by Stefano Lubiana under a CC2.0 license. Improving global markets and increasing wealth amongst Asian populations is set to continue positive growth in Australian Agriculture in 2018. At the...
New Profits from Old Sheep? Image from 'Productive Sheep Husbandry' from Internet Archive Book Images with no known copyright restrictions. Dry aged mutton could be the next big thing in food thanks to a trial between farmers and chefs at the William Angliss Institute. Led by Chef Dale...
The Australian live export industry is experiencing increasing pressure from animal activists and politicians since it was discovered that 2400 sheep died upon the ship Alwassi. Image by Shpernik088 from Wikimedia reproduced under an Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. The increasing voice of animal activists continues to mount pressure upon...
While Australian agriculture faces an exciting period of growth, an ageing workforce and skills shortages need to be addressed. Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Growing international demand for Australian food, changing food trends and an ageing agricultural workforce will have a...
Image: Premium quality fruit has placed Australian on the front foot of growing demand by Asian consumers. Image from pxhere, published under CCO 1.0 agreement. A forecasted medium-term boom for the horticulture sector will be driven by growth in the nut and fruit sectors, according to the latest...
Image: Mycoplasma bovis is a highly contagious disease affecting dairy cows worldwide. Rotary Milking Parlor by Gunnar Richter published under a BY-SA 3.0 attribution. New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has called for a cull of all cows on 28 properties on the South Island, in a...
Image: An artist's impression of the proposed Lucky Bay grain port. The tiny town of Lucky Bay on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula will house a brand new grain port valued at $115 million, thanks to the State’s first farmer and private equity partnership. Consortium T-Ports raised $96...
Image: Corn in my side - A lack of available labour is an issue for many sectors of agriculture. Image by USDA, available at Flickr through a CC-BY 2.0 agreement. A pilot program kicked off in Queensland earlier this month, with the aim of connecting job seekers...
Image: Small businesses that don't report cyber security attacks will face a maximum fine of $1.8 million under new laws. Image from Max Pixel, under a CCO Public Domain License. New laws introduced this month will require all small businesses to report data breaches to the Office...
Image: Investments in clean energy farming projects are hoped to improve financial and environmental outcomes. Image by Kellie Jane, under a creative commons license. A new $100 million fund is set to accelerate the rate of investment in Australian agriculture, with a focus on improving on-farm sustainability...