How Kiminnes Ol’ School Shearing is rethinking the shearing shed hierarchy
A new approach to managing shearing teams is paying dividends in the mid-north of South Australia and helping address the skills shortage.
After two cancellations, small businesses and wineries gear up for Australia’s longest-running wine festival
After lockdowns and pandemic chaos, Victoria's Rutherglen wine region is once again preparing to showcase its small business community.
How this Australian-made app helps growers and farmers manage their land through 5G
Precision farming is about to get a whole lot more precise with a wave of 5G technology showing economic and productivity benefits to the viticulture industry.
Why lettuce prices are so high, and why they might stay that way
Lettuce prices are skyrocketing, with Twitter users posting photos of iceberg lettuces for $10 and $11.99, well above the more usual $2.80.
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to feature dedicated South Australian page with 2500 products
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has agreed to sell more than 400 additional South Australian food and beverage products in a new partnership with state government.
Australia’s chance to lead in climate tech: Regrow’s CEO on raising $50 million and Australia’s future
Regrow’s software platform provides science-based solutions for both farmers and corporations to decarbonise and build sustainable agricultural practices.
“Truckloads gone to waste”: Avocado harvests dumped amid low prices in supermarkets
Avocado farmers have been forced to dump their harvests as low prices prevent them from recouping transport and labour costs.
Australia needs to ramp up investment in agtech now, or risk being left behind
Industry and government must remain focused on supporting locally developed technology if we are to build on Australia’s world-leading position as an agriculture powerhouse.
Buying flowers for Mother’s Day? Expect to pay more for less variety in 2022, wholesalers say
Flower industry leaders say flight shortages, poor weather and a labour crunch have impacted the Mother's Day flower market.
This award-winning startup is getting ready to take its methane-eliminating seaweed feedstock to market. Will it work?
Sea Forest, a Tasmanian startup that produces a seaweed-based, methane-emission-reducing cattle-feed additive, is gearing up to go to market.
How Kirsten Abernethy is championing women in the seafood industry
The stories of women in the fishing industry are not traditionally heard, or even encouraged, a fact that Kirsten Abernethy has been working to change.
This farm and local business partnership is bringing affordable meat to rural Australians
Winner of the 2022 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, Robyn Verrall is on a quest to bring fresh, low-cost produce to country people.
