Australia's major supermarkets and leading burger chains can't prove their supply chains are deforestation-free, Greenpeace says.
Liv Casben
Third-generation farmer Ellen Walker has called the decision to end live exports a ‘nightmare’ that likely means her three children will end up quitting the industry.
Jake Dietsch and Caitlyn Rintoul
A disconnect between State and Federal Labor over the move to end the live export trade in four years has been labelled both embarrassing and indicative of the Cook Government’s weak influence in Canberra.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Premier Roger Cook has blasted the Albanese Government over its lack of support for WA farmers after Murray Watt revealed the live sheep trade would end in four years.
Jake Dietsch
Farmers have been left fuming after the Albanese government confirmed the export of live sheep by sea will be banned in Australia from May 2028.
A timeline to shut down the live sheep export trade will finally be revealed as the Federal Government unveils a new plan to ‘transition’ the industry.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The Albanese Government is tipping a record $519 million into its revamped Future Drought Fund.
Scientists will probe Coca-Cola’s groundwater extraction, after revelations the company was taking truckloads of water from the Perth Hills for free.
After three consecutive years of double-digit growth, momentum in the price of Australia's farms will slow, with cropping land to outperform grazing land.
Telstra has revealed a big change to the planned shutdown of 3G networks across Australia.
Liam Beatty
Advances in agriculture will be a focus of Beef Week which starts in Rockhampton on Sunday, with more than 120,000 people expected at the triennial event.
Victoria's burgeoning population presents a number of complications for food supply unless a fragmented planning framework is overhauled, an inquiry has heard.
Adrian Black
The long-awaited moment has finally arrived with the launch of Spud King Tony Galati’s own range of locally grown and produced potato chips.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Crunch time is looming fast for the Federal Government’s biosecurity tax that’s suffered unprecedented industry backlash and unified opposition, writes Grain Producers Australia chair Barry Large.
Barry Large
Nutrien Ag Solutions has won court orders stopping Fremantle Port Authority evicting the major fertiliser supplier from its fire-ravaged Kwinana dockside operations.
Neale Prior
Retail giant again rejects suggestions it treats suppliers poorly, saying it has a zero-tolerance policy for staff action against any partners who make complaints about it.
Adrian Lowe
Fertiliser giant Nutrien is fighting eviction from its Kwinana operation next week amid a souring of relations with the Fremantle Port Authority after a fire destroyed a storage shed in February.
Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis announced an $8.6 million drought-assistance package, but farmers are concerned that will only ‘touch the edges’.
Farmers struggling with a crippling drought will soon be able to access an $8.6 million assistance package.
Corporate giants Glencore and Wesfarmers are big beneficiaries of a $330 million funding initiative by the Albanese Government for clean energy projects.
Adrian Rauso
The discovery of fire ants on a defence base west of Brisbane has raised serious concerns about whether other defence sites are harbouring the super pest.
Liv Casben and Tracey Ferrier
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has called on her Federal counterpart Murray Watt to postpone Australia’s annual live export moratorium as the State’s sheep farmers hit a crisis point.
Olivia Ford
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt is confident inquiries into supermarket prices will result in better deals for primary producers.
Andrew Brown
WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has refuted ‘false’ claims by the WA Nationals that she ‘advised’ drought-stricken farmers to euthanise their livestock, saying her comments were taken out of context.
Adam Poulsen