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Tasmanian Salmon company Tassal has announced that it has turned down a takeover bid from Pacific Equity Partners, citing an undervalued share price of $1.80-1.90 per share. Pacific Equity Partners has...

The international market for dairy snacks, such as cheese strings and yoghurt tubes, grew by 7% in 2009 and is heading for a 6% rise this year. The first major study on this sector, by leading food and...

Swift Australia today reopened its King Island abbatoir, with assistance from the Tasmanian state government. Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett said today the multi-million dollar upgrade of the King Island...

Milk and meat from the offspring of cloned animals would not need to carry labels informing consumers of the origin of the food, the UK’s food-safety watchdog has argued. A meeting of the Food Standards...

CSIRO is researching ways to improve the welfare of livestock by developing scientific methods for assessing how animals ‘feel’ in response to common management practices, with the aim of reducing...

Western Australian Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman has used an address to delegates at a major international grains forum to re-affirm the State Government’s commitment to agricultural research...

The health implications of caffeinated energy drinks, improvement of public awareness of the nutrition content of take away food and recent international developments and efforts made by Australian and...

South Australian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Grace Portolesi, today announced a new comprehensive food security strategy for the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. The...

Milk producers Harvey Fresh and New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra have moved to take up extra milk, after farmers supplying the Challenge Dairy Co-operative were told they should find new purchasers for...

Lupins – a valuable crop rotation legume, and a rich source of protein and dietary fibre – will be the subject of Australia’s first major plant genome sequencing project. CSIRO researchers...