Farming's Future

JBS affirms position as branded beef marketer

May 14, 2018

JBS Australia has affirmed itself as the branded beef producer in Australia taking out a hat trick of gold medals and a champion ribbon at the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show. (more…)

South East Asian millers get a dough-by-dough lesson in Aussie wheat for Asian baking

May 11, 2018

Flour millers in Indonesia and the Philippines learned more about how to get the best out of Aussie wheat for Asian-style bread during April and May 2018. (more…)

Biosecurity funding will help protect Australia's borders from harmful pests and diseases

May 11, 2018

Australian vegetable growers have welcomed the government’s increased investment in the nation’s biosecurity sector announced in 2018’s Federal Budget, with industry representative body AUSVEG saying it is critical to ensuring Australia’s agricultural production systems are protected. (more…)

Secretaries Perdue and Zinke join forces to combat 2018 wildfire season

May 11, 2018

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke hosted a fire briefing for Members of Congress at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to hear the forecast for 2018’s wildfire season. Following the meeting, the secretaries sent a memorandum to wildland fire leadership highlighting the importance of inter-departmental collaboration to increase…

Aussie veg exports on track to meet ambitious $315m target by 2020

May 3, 2018

The Australian vegetable industry is capitalising on strong demand for locally-grown vegetables in key export markets and investment in increasing the exporting capabilities of its growers, with Global Trade Atlas data indicating that total fresh vegetable exports have increased 61 per cent in value over the past five years, at an average growth rate of…

$1 million chemical grants boost for industry

May 2, 2018

The nation’s horticulture Research and Development Corporation, Hort Innovation, announced it successfully secured more than $1 million in assistance grants under the Federal Government’s Access to Industry Uses of Agricultural and Veterinary (Agvet) Chemicals programme. (more…)

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Biosecurity funding will help protect Australia's borders from harmful pests and diseases

$1 million chemical grants boost for industry

JBS affirms position as branded beef marketer

South East Asian millers get a dough-by-dough lesson in Aussie wheat for Asian baking

Biosecurity funding will help protect Australia's borders from harmful pests and diseases

Secretaries Perdue and Zinke join forces to combat 2018 wildfire season

Aussie veg exports on track to meet ambitious $315m target by 2020

$1 million chemical grants boost for industry