Australian farmers have sown a record 2.9 million hectares of canola mid optimism about pricing and early rainfall events. On the back of a global shortage of oilseeds, farmers are hedging their bets with Western Australian growers committing to grow canola on across 1.5 million...
Global meat supplies have been largely undisrupted despite a major cyber-attack on JBS meats earlier this month.The world’s largest meat supplier was forced to shut down meat processing operations across the world, including North America and 47 locations in Australia, after hackers took over JBS...
A bold new project will combine technologies including autonomous vehicles, drones, sensors, data analytics, geospatial mapping and remote sensing to create Australia’s first fully automated farm. At a cost of $20 million, the Global Digital Farm will be established at the AgriPark at Charles Sturt University’s...
Australia is one step closer to strengthening trade ties with the United Kingdom after it was announced that an in-principle free-trade agreement was reached earlier this month. Higher commodity quotas, the phased removal of trade tariffs on agricultural produce, a relaxation of visa requirements and better...
The National Farmers’ Federation has renewed calls for tighter biosecurity systems, amid the interception of parcels containing pork products contaminated with African Swine Flu and Foot and Mouth disease. “Fortunately, in this instance the offending products were detected at the border, however all it takes is...
As the popularity of Australian red-meat has increased over the past decades, the supply chain has been challenged to adapt and innovate in order to maintain the throughput required by customers – both domestic and international. Other challenges for the industry include a shortage of labour...
What do chemical weapons, sun screen, tennis balls and chewable dog wormers have in common? They’re all examples of products developed with the use of nanotechnology – the manipulation of incredibly small particles (less than 100 nanometres) with the aim of improving the properties of objects...
Farmers across New South Wales and Queensland, as well as parts of Victoria and South Australia continue to battle mice plagues of once-in-a-lifetime proportions. As many growers look to sowing winter crops, trying to get a handle on mice populations is an unwelcomed distraction. On a University...
The use of dual-purpose cropping on Mayfield Farm near Oberon in New South Wales has restored the farm from a “dustbowl” to a productive business with record-breaking canola yields. Farm Manager Peter Brooks attributes the yield – 7.16 tonnes / hectare – to the practise of...
Global Agribrands Minerva Foods and SALIC have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to establish new agricultural operations in Australia. SALIC – the Saudi Arabian government’s agricultural fund – currently owns 211,000 hectares in Australia of which 158,000 hectares are arable and 90,000 hectares...