Rallies will be held around the nation this weekend to protest against animal cruelty and the live export trade, following reports that Australian sheep were inhumanely slaughtered in Pakistan.
Nationals MP Tony Crook has decided to support the Labor government's planned deregulation of wheat exports, leaving the Liberal Party's federal MPs in the unusual and embarrassing position of oppo
Australian sheep exporters should consider focusing on Middle East countries with a history of accepting their animals after a shipment was rejected by Bahrain and Pakistan, the WA Farmer
The economic ties between China and Australia are extending beyond the resources sector to financial services, education, tourism and agriculture, the federal government says.
Australia's live sheep exports to the Middle East will resume this week, but producers will have to foot the bill for new measures introduced to appease importers.
If live sheep exports to the Middle East do not resume soon, nations with lower animal welfare standards could fill the gap, Premier Colin Barnett has warned.
An independent veterinarian has provided a clean bill of health for Australian sheep sent to Pakistan after they were rejected in Bahrain, livestock exporter Wellard says.
Australia's largest ocean-grown barramundi producer has launched a $4.5 million share offer to fund the expansion of its fish farm at Cone Bay, north east of Broome.
State government steps to help commercial fisheries gain sustainability certificates have been applauded by a supermarket giant and a conservation group.
Calls to abandon a genetically modified wheat trial in Western Australia amid reports certain varieties could cause liver failure have been dismissed by the state government as scare
Wheat production is forecast to be around 24 per cent lower this year with the industry facing mixed prospects heading into spring, the government's commodity forecaster says.
TFS Corporation shares have jumped after the sandalwood plantation manager announced global investment bank Moelis & Company had been appointed to assist in a strategic review of operations.
A write-down in value of two major projects and a deluge of wet weather during harvest season has hit almond producers Select Harvests' bottom line, with the company posting a full-year loss
Agricultural investment company AACL Holdings and international trading group Glencore Grain say they are still negotiating $7 million in funding support for AACL, after failing to meet self-impose
Conservation groups are gearing up to launch a major public campaign against the state government, after the release of a new 10-year draft strategy for the management of Western Australia’s forest
Former AWB managing director Andrew Lindberg has been fined $100,000 and banned from managing companies for two years over the Iraqi kickbacks scandal.
The nation's largest cattle producer Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) has narrowed its financial losses and flagged an improvement in cattle prices.
The peak body representing egg farmers in Western Australia has warned consumers to brace for higher prices on the back of a once-in-a-century drought in the United States.
Beef producer Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) has reached a tentative agreement with Western Australia's Bunuba people to manage the Leopold and Fairfield cattle stations in the Kimber
Northern Australian cattle producers say more stringent government regulations are giving exporters confidence, despite many of them sliding further into debt.
Indonesia's appetite for beef continues to rise and should lead to a recovery in live imports from Australian producers, a leading agribusiness firm says.
Australia needs to open up its northern regions to agricultural expansion or face a potential food shock from Asia, says the chief executive of Australia's biggest beef producer, Australian Agricul
GrainCorp expects another large national harvest after a bumper crop helped lift first half profit by more than 50 per cent and upgraded its full year profit forecast.
