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...

Two new Australian-grown apple varieties, Kanzi and Greenstar, will be available throughout Australia as of early April 2012. The Greenstar and Kanzi Marketing Group, made up of several key Australian...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a consultation paper seeking submissions from stakeholders on global agribusiness Viterra’s proposed auction system for the use of...

The 2011 total winter wheat crop is expected to be Australia’s third-largest on record, according to a new industry report released by specialist agribusiness bank, Rabobank. Rabobank estimates the wheat...

For most farmers, walking out into a field of crops to discover that their harvest has been infected by disease is a nightmare. For some corn farmers in Mexico though, it is a dream come true. A fungal...

Despite total Australian wine grape production being forecast to fall by 13 per cent to 1.6 million tonnes in 2008-09, the downward pressure on prices caused by an oversupply is expected to increase, according...

The 2008-2009 growing season has presented more challenges for the Australian wine industry than would normally be expected in a generation, according to the latest Rabobank report analysing the impact...