Industries

The widely held belief supermarkets are hurting dairy and drought-stricken farmers by driving down the price of milk is incorrect.

The strawberry sabotage crisis is no doubt hurting individual growers in the short-term, but in the long-term, it may prove a huge win for the industry.

The strawberry needle sabotage was preceded by crushing financial pressures that left many farmers unable to sell this season’s oversupply of fruit.

Agricultural waste and products deemed not worthy of the supermarket shelf will be used to make pharmaceuticals, food additives and cosmetics.

Hundreds of Australian pubs across the country have banded together to help drought-stricken farmers through the 'Parma for a Farmer' campaign.

The rising number of Chinese students studying winemaking in South Australia is expected to increase further following a university partnership.

The commission has heard that banks still don’t really “get” the vagaries of farming and that farm valuations have become fluid and unpredictable.

Climate change could crumble the global chocolate industry in 30 years, but Australian farmers are future-proofing their produce.

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By Brigit Busicchia, Macquarie University

Have you noticed that some of Australia’s favourite baked goods, such as croissants and butte…

Australian dairy farmers – who have plenty to be upset about already – are taking a stand on the fact that soy beans, almonds and rice g…

By William van Caenegem

The current row about the certification of Manuka honey, and whether it is a distinctly New Zealand product, is …

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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
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