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Category Archives: Agricultural Marketing
Saudi agricultural company buys 200,000 hectares of WA farmland for $60m
Western Australia's biggest grain farmer has sold 200,000 hectares of land to the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company.
Expect to pay more for vegetables as floods, drought and heat start to cut supplies
After floods in Queensland and continuing drought in other parts of the country, the supply of vegetables is being hit hard and prices are rising.
China halts South African wool due to foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
Australian woolgrowers are set to benefit from the suspension of wool exports from South Africa to China due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Sugar industry code of conduct to remain in place
The Federal Government accepts all but two recommendations from a review into the industry's code of conduct, pleasing Australia's sugarcane growers.
Can an inner-city success story help struggling bush towns fight back?
Many metropolitan business have got cooperatives down to a fine art, but it's in the bush that the business model can have a real and lasting impact.
‘Man in the mirror’ wool chairman Wal Merriman resigns
Controversial Australian Wool Innovation chairman Wal Merriman resigns, saying he is proud of what has been achieved during his tenure.
Farmers feel the pinch as water prices skyrocket
Demand is threatening to outweigh the supply of water in the Murray-Darling region, with prices set to double.
WA egg farmers face the brink due to imports by supermarkets
As the industry struggles to make ends meet, WA egg farmers say its major supermarkets have switched to selling eggs from the eastern states.
Australian pork industry in crisis
Low prices and exorbitant production costs have sent many Australian piggeries to the wall. Those remaining are in survival mode, and most growers say it has never been tougher.