A China-based property development company with no previous involvement in food production appears to have won control over one of Australia’s largest irrigated agricultural land tracts. The company,...

A recent World Bank report says that Africa’s farmers can potentially grow enough food to feed the continent and avert future food crises “if countries remove cross-border restrictions on the food...

A record harvest of navel oranges in the Sunraysia and Riverland districts along the Murray River near Mildura and Wentworth have seen orange prices collapse. Hundreds of tonnes of citrus fruit are being...

The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to introduce a foreign investment register. The register was announced by the Prime Minister, the Hon Julia...

ANZ Banking Group has released a major report detailing opportunities for Australia and New Zealand to become the food bowl for developing Asia over the next 30 years. The ‘Greener Pastures: The Global...

Courses in Agricultural food production at the North Melbourne Institute of Tafe (NMIT) have been attracting strong interest from international students. The subjects in NMIT’s Diploma of Agriculture...

The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and the Australian High Commission in Pakistan continue to be actively involved in assisting to resolve issues related to the large...

Mr David Borthwick AO PSM, who has been appointed by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to review the Commonwealth fisheries management system, has made a public call for written submissions. Australia’s...

Despite job losses and factory closures in the Australian food manufacturing sector, Trade Minister Craig Emerson remains optimistic about expanding demand for food and dairy product exports from Australia...

Some of Australia’s best-known olive oil producers have revealed that pressures from the high Australian dollar, adverse weather conditions and aggressive pricing of major marketers, are all impacting...