A GOVERNMENT economic survey of Australian vegetable-growing farms of the last two years shows a 12 per cent increase in cash income for Australian vegetable farms to $319,000 per farm in 2017-18. ABARES...

DESPITE drought conditions our farmers have had some good news with a report showing Australia is the world’s leading exporter of lamb in the world. Independent Chair of the Red Meat Advisory Council,...

PEOPLE are increasingly choking to death in aged care, an alarming fact made worse by the lethal multiplier laid bare in early Royal Commission talk – a lack of adequate supervision. Experts say any...

THE value of Australia’s farm production is forecast to remain relatively unchanged at $60 billion in 2018–19, well above the 10-year average of $56 billion, despite very dry conditions in some places. ABARES...

THE supermarket industry is on the threshold of a fresh wave of competition. The major players, Coles and Woolworths, are girding themselves for a fresh set of competitive threats on all sides, in an industry...

The ASEAN region’s growth prospects, health profile, and market conditions, coupled with global food trends, have created a perfect storm that Australian agribusinesses and food innovators should take...

WE know drinking soft drink can be bad for the waistline, now a study by Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute researchers provides evidence of the damaging metabolic effects on overweight and obese people...

Dear readers … Australian Food News will not be publishing on Wednesday 19 September 2018 out of respect for Yom Kippur, in accordance with the policy of its publisher. This policy has operated since...

A SPIRALLING decline in beer drinking is leading Australia to a 55-year low in alcohol consumption, though figures show ours “guts” continue growing. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics report,...

IF you needed further evidence the butcher shop was, to say the least challenged, Victoria’s largest independent retailer has entered voluntary administration. Tasman Butchers’ poor performing stand-alone,...