Agribusiness

Shares in Australian grains trader and maltster GrainCorp have been placed in a trading halt after a potential suitor requested talks with GrainCorp.

The Western Australian Farmers Federation has reiterated its support for the proposed winding up of the wheat industry's regulatory body after a similar organisation asked it to reconsider.

The fate of thousands of Australian sheep hangs in the balance, with a Pakistani court deferring a decision on whether or not to cull them.

A bitter feud over plans to import potatoes from New Zealand is escalating, with growers accusing Australia's biosecurity body of fudging the science and lacking the knowledge to prevent a major pe

The Labor government has labelled the Coalition's newly-united stand on wheat deregulation as a "token show of face", saying an amendment tabled in Parliament today could lead to a return to the 'single desk', despite Opposition Leader Tony Abbott assuring that it would not be re-established.

Live animal exports will decline in coming years and in the meantime Australia should start sending carcasses overseas to avoid mistreatment of sheep and cattle, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Australia's northern cattle regions could benefit significantly if animals destined for sale overseas were processed at home instead of being exported alive, a new report says.

Administrators for Gunns say answers for creditors hit by the timber company's collapse are still weeks away.

Australia's experience in dealing with its challenging farming environment means it's well placed to lead improvements in global food security, Foreign Minister Bob Carr says.

Agribusiness Elders has launched what it says is the first Australian online rural supplies business.

Federal coalition MPs could reach a compromise deal on wheat deregulation that would allow for a state-based regulatory regime, a Western Australian Liberal senator says.

A federal Liberal MP is refusing to step in line with his party over wheat deregulation, claiming the Nationals will push to bring back a "single-desk" system for the industry if the coalition wins

Mining giant Rio Tinto is using surplus water from its Marandoo mine in Western Australia to irrigate fields of hay.

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.

Australian government agencies are failing to enforce standards designed to ensure kangaroos are humanely killed, a report says.

Farmers and agribusiness companies believe xenophobia is putting Asian foreign investment in Australian agricultural land at risk.

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.

Tasmanian timber company Gunns has collapsed into voluntary administration and could struggle to find a buyer for its troubled businesses.

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.

Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke says the government is on strong ground to avoid paying compensation over its ban of a super trawler.

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

The opposition says the federal government needs to go back to the drawing board on its proposed network of marine parks.

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