Recap: Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Festival 2022
The Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival in Queensland has once again demonstrated the importance of the town's fruit-growing tradition. From February 25 to...
Indian pomegranates to hit Australian supermarkets for the first time
Good news for the pom loving masses. Indian pomegranates will soon appear on Australian shelves for the first time in another positive development in...
Mighty Millets—Super Grains of Power
Super-grain, super-food and wonder-grain are some of the adjectives often used to describe millets, one of the oldest foods known to humans, and probably...
Stock losses shatter NSW farmer
A dairy farmer in New South Wales has described the terrifying moment he saw a fifth of his 300-strong herd carried away by roaring...
Hive of activity at ports to protect bees
Artificially intelligent beehives are being installed at Victoria’s ports to bolster protection from exotic pests and diseases, in an initiative backed by the Andrews...
Uncontrollable Plant Fungus Present in Australia?
Biosecurity Attempts to confine the plant fungus blueberry rust have been abandoned by Tasmanian authorities, who claim that "the benefits of containment no longer...
Bloom and gloom in citrus market as pandemic plays havoc with exports
The pandemic is peeling away at the profits of citrus growers. For one, due to the shortage of labour and production, the exports have...
Mareeba Citrus Producers Expand to Keep up with Demands
Galati Farming, a producer of citrus in Mareeba, plans to grow after being awarded a subsidy of up to $200,000 from the government. Galati...
Dairy Poll Advocacy Mess
As separate groups go to fight over the mandated levies farmers pay to Dairy Australia, cracks in the dairy advocacy bodies have flared out...
As Brisbane Markets Reopen, Growers Assess Damage
Trading resumed in a limited capacity at the flood-damaged Brisbane Markets early yesterday morning after a significant clean-up. Wholesalers worked around the clock on...