Workshops start up with the aim to improve domestic fresh food supply chain
Workshops with perishable agricultural goods industries started today, the seafood industry participating in the first workshop with the aim to improve market transparency across supply chains. The program is another way the government is helping the agricultural industry achieve its goal of $100 billion by 2030. Farmers have been concerned for some time about market […]
Ritchie Bros buys Euro Auctions for US$1.08 billion to expand reach in EMEA region
Ritchie Bros has stumped up £775 million (approximately US$1.08 billion) to buy out Europe’s leading plant and machinery auction house Euro Auctions. According to a joint announcement, the two firms have entered into an agreement under which Ritchie Bros. will acquire Euro Auctions group for an enterprise value of £775 million (approximately US$1.08 billion). Founded […]
Position open for people with a scientific or technical market experience
A request for tender to join the Scientific and Technical Market Access Panel has been published by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment on AusTender. Deputy Secretary Andrew Tongue said the panel was an opportunity for the department to engage external expertise to assist in improving market access for Australian producers. “We’re looking […]
Census data from 2021 is expected to reveal more about agriculture occupations
Ag workers are encouraged to specifically record their occupation details in the upcoming Census to help build better understanding of our ag workforce. Ag workers shouldn’t sell themselves short this Census, as farmers, fishers and foresters are the backbone of our rural economy, and the key to achieving the target to grow agriculture to $100 […]
Course for co-operative farming born from $2.5 million Government grant
In a nutshell, a $2.5 million Australian Government funded grant has been used to develop a Co-operative Farming program with the aim to expand the agricultural market, apparently through a learning course that starts on 17 August 2021. The Co-operative Financials and Governance for Accountants and Lawyers Program, the first course of its kind, has […]
National Landcare Award and $50,000 prize package goes to Andrew Stewart
Mr Andrew Stewart is the 2021 winner of the Bob Hawke Landcare Award Mr Andrew Stewart, a fourth-generation farmer, has delivered outstanding results on his grazing and agroforestry property in Victoria’s Otway Ranges, so well in fact he has become this year’s winner of the Bob Hawke Landcare Award. Take a look at the Video […]
Scientists target ‘ross river’ mosquito to stop the spread of virus
Research to tackle one of Australia’s most prolific mosquitos, responsible for spreading most cases of Ross River virus, has commenced in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. The three-year joint project, between the University of Newcastle, Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, the NSW Department of Health and the University of Melbourne, will use genomic […]
Victorian Chamber partners with Crown to support regional business recovery
The roll out of a business roadshow to help regional Victorian businesses recover and reset their business from the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has been launched by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). Supported by Crown Melbourne, the Regional Business Recovery Roadshow will run throughout the month of August 2021. The […]
Water allocation prices set to remain low across the southern Murray-Darling Basin
The latest water market report appears to confirm that water allocation prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin are likely to remain low in 2021-22. The report provides a range of possible allocation prices for 2021-22 in wet, average, dry and extreme dry scenarios. But based on the current climate outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology […]
Improved weather data switched on for farmers across NSW
Switching on the Hillston Doppler Radar will provide farmers across NSW with improved weather data to aid their business and farm management decisions. Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Minister for Agriculture and Western NSW Adam Marshall have announced the second of three promised Doppler radars is now live. The third is under construction at Yeoval. […]