Agribusiness

Bob Vale is one of many small-scale farmers expected to sell up after the federal government opened the biggest water buyback scheme the southern Murray-Darling Basin has seen in years, but big irrigators are unlikely join in.

Farmsafe Australia wants all agriculture workers to have first aid and trauma response training, saying it can be the difference between life and death in remote areas.

Ditching corporate lives in busy cities, these tree changers are moving to rural Tasmania in search of a different life.

Queensland's Lockyer Valley has suffered multiple natural disasters, which risks the region's reputation as the state's salad bowl as fruit and vegetable crops were ruined by drought, flood and hailstorms. But some young farmers are determined to make their farms viable, turning to cotton instead.

As more eco-conscious fashionistas move away from fast fashion, a new trade deal with India has created more market potential for Australia's sustainable cotton and wool industry.

More than 20,000 tonnes of wheat grain from a farming family in Gnowangerup is loaded onto a bulk carrier through the port of Albany, bound for the Indonesian port of Surabaya.

Australia's once-booming sandalwood industry appears to be in terminal decline with Quintis and Santanol, Australia's two largest producers, both being sold off.

Diesel accounts for about 85 per cent of the energy used on Australian farms, but that mix is expected to change as alternative fuels and renewable technology become more affordable.

The outback New South Wales community of Bourke celebrates the good fortunes of its previously troubled local abattoir which processes sheep and goats.

Declining rainfall and a 34 per cent drop in water flow results in increased management measures put in place around the major food-producing town Gingin north of Perth.

The new owners of Woolner Station have spent more than $200 million buying seven NT cattle stations since 2018.  

Farmers have been told to stand "shoulder to shoulder" after the federal inquiry into phasing out the export of sheep by sea recommended the bill be passed.

The wine glut in parts of Australia is not deterring developers from forging ahead with planting new vineyards in Tasmania.

Farmers fear a company that "couldn't do the right thing" when exploring western NSW for rare earth minerals won't be able to manage if its project goes into full production.

Since the imposition of hefty Chinese tariffs on Australian wine in 2020, wine grape growers have barely broken even and the federal government has signalled it will not fund growers to exit the industry.

A farmer with $50 million in public liability insurance says it will not be enough should a fire jump from his place into a new neighbouring solar farm. He says it isn't sufficient to cover "rebuilding an industrial estate" and wants the industry pick up the slack.

Only about 3 per cent of spices found in your pantry are grown in Australia despite the nation's large agricultural industry, and a research team and a bunch of farmers want to change that.

A rosy-skinned, red-fleshed apple named Kissabel is one of several new styles set to tempt fruit lovers back to eating an apple a day to revive the fruit's market share.

The gender pay gap and female participation in the wine industry are still wide despite a report showing progress for women.

With the likely end to live sheep exports out of Western Australia, people right along the state's supply chain are contemplating how the future of sheep production will look.

With the cost-of-living crisis forcing numerous small businesses to close, Charters Towers couple Karin and Kale Robinson are thriving against the odds, navigating the retail meat industry while raising five boys.

West Australian canola growers have been refunded more than $600,000 from a seed company after successfully arguing their consumer rights had been breached by widespread pre-harvest crop deaths.

Wine grape growers in the region supplying more than 10 per cent of Australia's crush have rejected an offer to sell their red wine contracts for $4,000 per hectare to multinational company Accolade Wines.

A growing number of citrus producers in Australia are being squeezed out of the industry, blaming rising production costs and low prices for their produce from supermarkets.

There's been an ongoing trend of people trading their city life for a charming country cottage, but farmers want you to make sure you know what you're signing up for.