Delegates packed the conference room to hear ABC Lateline’s Emma Alberici quiz leading CEOs of Australian agribusiness, at the second day of the Australian Grains Industry Conference (AGIC) in Melbourne. (more…)
Category: The Talk
Holly Ransom joins headline speakers at Australian Cotton Conference
Social entrepreneur and CEO Holly Ransom has joined the impressive list of speakers for the 2016 Australian Cotton Conference, to be held August 2-4 2016 on the Gold Coast. Ms Ransom is the CEO of Emergent, which specialises in the development of high performing intergenerational workforces, leadership and social outcomes. She has an impressive resumé…
Leading global agricultural marketplace
Australian agriculture stands poised and ready to lead the global marketplace for agricultural products but calls for the review or rewinding of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) must be abandoned and focus placed on removing non-tariff barriers to trade. National Farmers Federation (NFF) Chief Executive Office, Tony Mahar, said technological improvements were rapidly reshaping the way…
No kids, lamb chops don't grow on trees
Researchers at the University of Adelaide are shedding light on the different ways people talk to their children about meat production, and what that means for family values and their understanding of agriculture and food. According to the research, it seems parents like to start having the conversation about where meat comes from while their…
Qld legislation delivers competition to sugar marketing
Industry body CANEGROWERS has expressed surprise that legislation which has opened up sugar marketing services to increased competition has been described as re-regulation. The amendments to the Sugar Industry Act were passed by a majority of the MPs in the Queensland Parliament last December in response to farmer anger at being forced into mill-owned sugar…
Potatoes more environmentally stable than pasta and rice
Researchers have shown that potatoes are good for the environment, with a published paper indicating that potato production is more environmentally sustainable than pasta and rice. (more…)