Labor backflip on SMSF farm tax grab is a win for farmers according to The Nationals
Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud said farmers have had an enormous win, after Labor retreated on its poorly conceived, reckless and cruel plan to tax unrealised gains on farms held in self-managed super funds (SMSFs). David Littleproud said Labor had been embarrassingly forced to give in, after The Nationals and industry campaigned against the […]
Rabo Community Hub Program announced 12 rural community hubs to receive $10k to improve facilities
Twelve rural community hubs across Australia have been selected to receive $10,000 each to upgrade their facilities, as the recipients of Rabobank’s 2025 Community Hub Program funding. The program, which ran throughout August, was open to all local rural halls and community centres across the country and attracted almost 300 entries. Running for the first […]
Elders acquisition of Delta Ag moves ahead minus six stores
The Elders $475 million acquisition of Delta Ag shares is moving ahead following a final nod from the ACCC albeit with the divestment of six rural stores The proposed Elders acquisition of Delta Ag will move ahead quickly now, following the intervention and approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which has asked […]
Kubota unmanned hydrogen fuelled tractor incorporates many firsts
The tractor is designed to operate without an onboard operator replaced instead with remote control and autonomous driving The autonomous tractor Kubota is expecting to release will incorporate many firsts, including hydrogen cells to power independent twin engines for drive and implements Kubota engineers have brainstormed their autonomous tractor to a level not seen up […]
Norco boosts farm-gate milk price in broader commitment to the industry
Norco has announced a farm-gate price increase linked to milk quality and on-farm reporting as part of a strategy to strengthen resilience and sustainability Norco, as Australia’s oldest farmer-owned dairy Co-operative, has confirmed a farm-gate milk price increase for season 2025-26, lifting the forecast full-year average price across all regions to 90.37cents per litre (cpl) – […]
Andrew MacPherson to be appointed CEO of Teys beef processing business
Cargill has announced that it will appoint Andrew MacPherson as the future Chief Executive Officer of Teys, an entity that has been delivering quality Aussie beef to our customers locally and worldwide since 1946. Andrew will be based in Brisbane QLD, and responsible for driving Teys operations as a leading provider of healthy, high-quality Aussie […]
Les Young thoroughbred horse industry scholarship awarded
This thoroughbred industry scholarship award for 2025 has set the recipient overseas and on track for future local industry leadership Miriam Drinnan’s vision for a big, bold career in the Thoroughbred industry has just been turbo-charged by winning the Les Young Scholarship, an award supported by the AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses Program. The driven twenty-year-old from […]
On-Farm Field Days launched by the Regional Impact Groups
To move to more on-farm Field Days hastens as the Holistic Management Co-op is hosting eight events during October and November A trend to host on-farm Field Days is developing, where farmers can view new ways of farming and discuss the outcomes with like-minded participants. The Holistic Management Co-op is the latest to adapt this […]
Federal officials face hostile Senate estimates grilling over the funniest of fruit import plan
Bananas have long been the butt of many jokes, but the Shadow Minister for Northern Australia and Resources, Senator Susan McDonald will be deadly serious when scheduled to question senior trade and agriculture officials in Senate Estimates today over a push by the Philippines to export bananas to Australia. According to some growers, this will […]
Deforestation can cause an eightfold increase in flood events according to forest fires report
The chance of large-scale flooding in a specific catchment area can increase by as much as 700% if widespread deforestation has occurred. That is the finding of a new paper by academics who analysed decades of flooding data from regions in Australia that frequently suffer forest fires. The loss of forest canopy has long been […]