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Aussies Attempt to Restrict Foreign Ownership of Land

Agricultural land, like all real estate, has skyrocketed in price recently, and new data suggests that many Australians would enjoy it if foreigners couldn't...

Wet Season Fails to Deliver for Top End Cattle Country

For broad swaths of the Top End cattle region, the rainy season has failed to deliver, with some stations seeing their worst rainfall on...

Wagyu Pioneers Solely Focused on Growth Currently

The owner of the world's largest privately held Wagyu herd is planning more investments in the Japanese cattle variant, including a $100 million purchase...

The Truth about Rural Land Prices

According to a Rural Bank analysis released on Tuesday, Australian agricultural costs have had their biggest growth in 27 years, with land values growing...

Snack Food Industry Developing because of North Queensland Company

A pioneer Australian dried fruit products manufacturer has recognised the need to expand the healthy snack food industry, especially given the fact that the tropical...

Labor Defends Visa Scheme as Farmers Prepare for a Raise

Labor has defended its plan to revamp the federal government's agriculture visa and provide greater incentives to farm workers from the Pacific, which was...

Australia’s First Kelp Crop on the Cards

Those behind a plan to develop Australia's first professional ocean seaweed farm off the coast of NSW believe it will generate a "whole new...

Rail Updates After Record Grain Harvest

Over the next three years, a total of $400 million will be spent in Western Australia's agricultural sector to upgrade the rail structures and loading terminals...

Potato Farmers Warn of Exodus due to Stagnant Prices

Farmers are warning that as pricing constraints render the staple crop untenable in Australia, growers would abandon the industry. Potatoes, unlike most crops, are...

Port Hedland’s Export Deport Struggles to Take Off

As the local live cattle trade tries to re-establish, the livestock export port and feedlot in Port Hedland is up for sale. Paul Brown,...