Ag struggles to find workers and visas don’t help
Agriculture is still struggling to find the staff it needs. Pay rates for top ag sector graduates jumped 26.2% last financial year, indicative of how agribusinesses – particularly corporates – have been forced to raise the stakes significantly to attract new talent. Sources: Queensland Country Life, Farm Online Even regions squeezed hard by recent drought […]
Golden era for farming in Australia
Australia’s agriculture sector is entering a “golden era” of prosperity and growth, boosting the national economy, farmers’ incomes and the fortunes of sluggish regional towns and struggling country businesses. Source: The Australian National agricultural production will exceed $60 billion in value this year, for the first time. Food and rural exports are already worth $48bn to the economy, […]
Polaris has outstanding year
Polaris is Australia’s number one off-road vehicle brand after yet another outstanding growth year in Australia for the US$5 billion turnover North American company. Source: AFDJ eNews Polaris’ 6037 retail sales in 2016 was also the biggest year by any brand in the Australian off-road vehicle market, making Polaris the first brand to ever exceed […]
Case IH turns 175
Case IH is beginning a year of celebrations to commemorate its 175th anniversary in 2017. Source: AFDJ eNews It was in Racine, Wisconsin in the US, that founder Jerome Increase Case established the Racine Threshing Machine Works to produce a machine to speed up the separation of grain after harvest. “I find it amazing to […]