“Financial and emotional devastation”: Farmers speak up about bank repossession tactics Agribusiness Tess Ikonomou 4 October 2023 Dozens of devastated farmers have laid bare their anguish after their properties were repossessed through alleged misconduct.
Australian flower delivery startup LVLY acquired for $35 million by south-east Asian e-commerce firm Mergers and Acquisitions Bianca Healey 26 April 2022 Local flower delivery startup LVLY has been acquired for $35 million by tech firm Limitless Technology, amid ongoing growth in online flower delivery.
This 100-year-old family business boasts a story of perseverance, diversification, and a whole lot of sheep Agribusiness Belinda Willis 21 February 2020 South Australian family merino wool business AJ and PA McBride is still riding high on the sheep’s back after 100 tumultuous years.
Space and agtech startups team up on IoT satellite network delivering rainfall data to Aussie farmers Startup News Andrew Spence 14 August 2019 South Australian satellite communications company Myriota and Queensland agtech business Goanna Ag have joined forces to help farmers.
Agtech bags $1 million to disrupt food distribution and change how we view leafy veggies Startup News Stephanie Palmer-Derrien 30 April 2019 Agtech startup Vertical Farming Systems has raised $1 million for its technology that does exactly what it says on the tin.
Growers are in a jam now, but strawberry sabotage may well end up helping the industry Agribusiness The Conversation 27 September 2018 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.
‘I saw it coming’: Financial pressures on farmers blamed for strawberry sabotage Agribusiness Alana Mitchelson 20 September 2018 The strawberry needle sabotage was preceded by crushing financial pressures that left many farmers unable to sell this season’s oversupply of fruit.
Iconic Aussie brand Dick Smith Foods to shut down: Smith says Aldi and Amazon are to blame Retail Dominic Powell 26 July 2018 Dick Smith Foods is set to close, with owner Dick Smith saying he’s unable to compete with Aldi and Amazon's "extreme capitalism".
Royal commission shows bank lenders don’t ‘get’ farming, and rural economies pay the price Agribusiness The Conversation 2 July 2018 The commission has heard that banks still don’t really “get” the vagaries of farming and that farm valuations have become fluid and unpredictable.
