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Animal-free fat adds meaty goodness to plant proteins

Animal-free fat adds meaty goodness to plant proteins

A food technology company that's made a breakthrough aimed at the plant-based protein market is pitching its wares at omnivores who enjoy their meat.

Winter crop production to fall amid drier conditions

Winter crop production to fall amid drier conditions

Winter crop production to fall amid drier conditions

Winter crop production to fall amid drier conditions

Australia's winter crop production is expected to fall by almost a quarter, after three consecutive years of bumper harvests.

Agriculture strategies need to be 'better connected'

Agriculture strategies need to be 'better connected'

Agriculture strategies need to be 'better connected'

Agriculture strategies need to be 'better connected'

Farmers and other agricultural stakeholders are thrashing out how the industry and government can better work together to reach industry goals.

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Albanese hopeful of China wine dispute solution

Albanese hopeful of China wine dispute solution

A report into Australia's trade dispute against China has been handed down, with the prime minister "very hopeful" a breakthrough can be made.

Farmland most 'tightly held' it's been in a generation

Farmland most 'tightly held' it's been in a generation

Australian farmland is more tightly held now than it has been for a generation, according to the Rural Bank Australian Farmland Values Report.

Calls for wine support as China tariffs deadline looms

Calls for wine support as China tariffs deadline looms

China is on a deadline to decide whether to drop trade tariffs on Australian wine but there are calls for financial aid for the struggling sector.

Regenerative farming 'growing in momentum'

Regenerative farming 'growing in momentum'

A national soils summit in country NSW has been told that regenerative agriculture is becoming more mainstream.

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Agriculture ministers on the march against fire ants

Agriculture ministers on the march against fire ants

Agriculture ministers on the march against fire ants

Agriculture ministers on the march against fire ants

The spread of an ant that can kill native species and livestock has dominated a meeting of senior ministers, with power poles above farmland also on the agenda.

EvokeAG looks to grow innovation in agriculture

EvokeAG looks to grow innovation in agriculture

EvokeAG looks to grow innovation in agriculture

EvokeAG looks to grow innovation in agriculture

Food waste, pathways for innovation and artificial intelligence in agriculture are key themes of evokeAG's 2024 conference.

Farm incomes to tumble as drier conditions take hold

Farm incomes to tumble as drier conditions take hold

Farm incomes to tumble as drier conditions take hold

Farm incomes to tumble as drier conditions take hold

Farm incomes are expected to fall this financial year due to drier conditions and lower prices, the federal government's agricultural forecaster says.

Vegan cats and dogs could help to save the planet

Vegan cats and dogs could help to save the planet

Vegan cats and dogs could help to save the planet

Vegan cats and dogs could help to save the planet

Feeding cats and dogs a nutritionally-sound vegan diet could unlock significant environmental and food energy savings, research by a veterinary professor shows.

Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon 'bottom line': Don't trade integrity for offsets

Carbon offsets should be used as a last resort and limited to Australia's heaviest polluters, conservationists warn the federal government.

Dozens of red meat producers join sustainability study

Dozens of red meat producers join sustainability study

Dozens of red meat producers join sustainability study

Dozens of red meat producers join sustainability study

Drones will be used to map dozens of farms across Australia to work out ways to improve sustainability in the red meat supply chain.

Australian halal firm quiet on US senator bribe charges

Australian halal firm quiet on US senator bribe charges

Australian halal firm quiet on US senator bribe charges

Australian halal firm quiet on US senator bribe charges

A company responsible for halal certification of goods exported from Australia to Egypt has retained the role despite being ensnared in a US bribery scheme.

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Almond grower underpaid staff by more than $500,000

Brownport Almonds failed to pay close to 200 workers correctly across a five-year period, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman has uncovered.

Cloud-based micro businesses floated for future economy

Artificial intelligence in health, education or agriculture could fix many social challenges and is within reach for even the smallest firms, a report shows.

Industry urged to club together in clean energy hubs

Taxpayer funding for cleaning up heavily polluting industries is being wasted by favouring smaller projects at individual facilities, economic modelling shows.

Beekeepers ponder future as deadly mite takes hold

Australian beekeepers are contemplating their future after authorities conceded they can't control a deadly mite which has wreaked havoc on other countries.

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Qantas CEO apologises as inquiry hears damning evidence

The new chief of Qantas has apologised to Australians for poor service as a Senate inquiry was told the airline had acted like it was "above the law".

Beekeepers shift to suppress spread of deadly parasite

A parasitic mite that preys on bees has spread so far beyond a containment zone that authorities have been forced to switch to a suppression strategy.

'From mud to concrete' farmers feeling the El Nino heat

With drier and hotter weather patterns confirmed some Aussie farmers are already in drought.

Beekeepers warn deadly parasite cannot be eliminated

Beekeepers say detections of the varroa mite show attempts to eradicate the parasite have failed and the industry must learn to live with it.

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Net-zero tsar Greg Combet has put Australia on a post-war footing for the massive task of decarbonising the economy but business leaders are more realistic.

Embracing 'natural capital' can give farmers extra edge

Tapping into the natural capital of agricultural properties - water, soil, air, plants and other resources - can reap significant economic benefits for farmers.

Blooming good idea recognised in Rural Women's Award

A Victorian flower farmer has won the 2023 Rural Women's Award for co-founding a digital platform that links consumers with local blooms.

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