Agriculture
Farmers speak up on food crisis
Australian farmers are faced with a dilemma – agricultural production must increase steadily over the next few decades to meet......
Farmers draw battle lines on coal seam gas in NSW
How would you feel if you were a farmer coming home from a hard day’s work, only to find out,......
Genetically modified food: the wrong path for Australia?
Greenpeace’s radical action in destroying genetically modified wheat crops being trialled by the CSIRO in Canberra has catapulted the issue......
New animal welfare fund to ease pain for cattle farmers
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig were in Darwin today to meet with representatives of the live......
Toowoomba locks the gate on the gas man
The town of Toowoomba narrowly avoided being left to at the mercy of the mining sector yesterday, after Queensland Minister......
Bills introduced to end live export of all animals
Independent MPs Andrew Wilkie and Nick Xenophon, and Greens MP Adam Bandt introduced legislation to end live export of all......
Farmers, legal experts warn NSW on coal seam gas regulation
The NSW government is currently deciding how it should regulate the controversial Coal Seam Gas industry. Any further expansion of......
Next chapter in live cattle trade saga
Since the airing of Four Corner’s report into Indonesia’s mistreatment of Australian cattle, the meat industry has been up in......
New concerns for the beef industry
The beef industry in Australia has been dealt another blow with an E. Coli outbreak in Japan being linked to......
Australian fruit and vegetable imports on the rise
A report has found Australia now imports more than a third of its fruit and almost 20 per cent of......