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Australian citrus growers miss out on millions without US export markets
By Vanessa Jarrett
There are calls for government departments to speed up decades-old negotiations as markets in Asian countries worsen and Australia faces citrus oversupply.
#FruitGrowing #AgriculturalCrops #FruitCrops #Biosecurity #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #FruitTrees #VanessaJarrett
Former vineyard turned into sanctuary for endangered birds
By Jackson Byrne
A regional property previously home to wine grapevines has been transformed into a sanctuary for the endangered regent parrot in South Australia's Riverland.
#EnvironmentalManagement #Viticulture #TourismandLeisureIndustry #Birds #EnvironmentalImpacts #Conservation #LandManagement #AgriculturalCrops #JacksonByrne
One Nation wants environmental water 'unlocked' for agriculture this season
By Emily Doak
Irrigators and One Nation are calling for environmental water in the Murray-Darling Basin to be made available for agricultural production this season.
#WaterResources #MurrayDarlingBasin #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalCrops #RiceGrowing #IrrigatedFarming #EmilyDoak
Eucalyptus industry fights back against fake oil, cheap imports
By Tim Lee
Australian eucalyptus oil producers are investing millions in new distilleries and high-yielding trees to compete with cheaper imports and secure the industry's future.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/australian-eucalyptus-oil-industry-investment/107164508
Breaking: SA government commits $109m to help struggling wine industry
By Amelia Walters
The South Australian government has announced a $109 million support package for the state's struggling wine industry.
#Viticulture #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Agriculture #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #Agribusiness #AgriculturalCrops #FruitGrowing #Industry #AmeliaWalters
Apple varieties 'lost over the years' are being kept alive in this collection
By Laurissa Smith
A heritage-listed orchard on a university campus is helping to preserve a slice of Tasmania's apple history.
#FruitGrowing #AgriculturalCrops #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #FruitCrops #Gardening #LaurissaSmith
El Niño freezes crops in PNG as El Niño brings unlikely threat
By Alice Lolohea and Natasha Emeck
Drought, crop-destroying frost and water shortages brought about by El Niño are causing alarm in parts of Papua New Guinea.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/frost-freezes-crops-in-png-as-el-nino-takes-hold/107134520
#ElNio #ClimateChange #AgriculturalCrops #AgriculturalWorkers #Frost #WeatherPhenomena #Droughts #AliceLolohea #NatashaEmeck
Free canola field lets tourists take selfies without trampling crops
By Lauren Pezet
NSW towns are capitalising on canola's picturesque backdrop with a free public field proving a major drawcard.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/riverina-canola-tourism-boom-bumper-crop/107128494
#AgriculturalCrops #TourismandLeisureIndustry #OilseedGrowing #LaurenPezet
French wine output predicted to be lowest in 30 years
France is expected to produce one of its lowest amounts of wine in decades after soaring temperatures and drought over the summer.
British-backed CPC buys another NT station for $47.4m
By Matt Brann
Consolidated Pastoral Company has bought Vermelha Station in the Northern Territory for $47.4 million, which includes a water licence for 2,956ML.
#IrrigatedFarming #BeefCattleFarming #AgriculturalCrops #Trade #MattBrann
Household waste could make for sweeter tomatoes
By Tayla Larsen
Research has found the flavour and aroma of tomatoes improve when compost made from food and garden organics is added to the soil.
#Agriculture #FertilisersHorticulture #Horticulture #AgriculturalCrops #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #RecyclingandWasteManagement #TaylaLarsen
Tassie growers spitting chips over Simplot spud contract
By Laurissa Smith
It's crunch time for Tasmanian potato growers in a contract dispute with US French fry giant, Simplot.
#Farmers #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #VegetableGrowing #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #LaurissaSmith
Crippling costs force family to close mushroom farm after 45 years
By Jessica Ross, Jennifer Nichols, and Sam Audas-Ryan
A Queensland grower of popular supermarket mushrooms says operational costs are too high to make the industry viable.
#CostofLiving #AgriculturalCrops #LocalFoodSystems #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Economy #VegetableGrowing #HorticultureIndustry #JessicaRoss #JenniferNichols #SamAudasRyan
Illegal dam on NSW blueberry farm attracts $130k in fines
By Samuel O'Brien and David Claughton
The NSW Land and Environment Court fines two Mid North Coast blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam, but they will not have to demolish it.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/bucca-blueberry-farmers-fined-for-illegal-dam/107003136
#WaterResources #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Courts #AgriculturalCrops #EnvironmentalImpacts #SamuelOBrien #DavidClaughton
Pineapple growers raise biosecurity concerns as Asian imports considered
By Tayla Larsen
Australian producers flag biosecurity worries as the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry considers importing pineapples from India and Indonesia.
#Biosecurity #TradeAgreements #Horticulture #FruitGrowing #AgriculturalCrops #TaylaLarsen
Top End's first potato crop in decades almost ready for harvest
By Sam Parry
A South Australian potato company is preparing to harvest the Northern Territory's first crop of commercially grown potatoes in decades.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/nt-potatoes-nearing-harvest-katherine-seed-farm/106981550
#CropHarvesting #VegetableGrowing #Agribusiness #AgriculturalCrops #Pests #SamParry
Pet dogs trained to sniff out black truffle treasure worth $2,000 per kg
By Toby Hemmings
On the NSW South Coast, working dogs and pets are learning how to identify the smell of a an expensive delicacy to see if they have what it takes to become professional truffle hunters.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-01/pet-dogs-nsw-taught-to-sniff-out-black-truffles/106966408
Beekeepers plead for better access to varroa mite treatments
By Jackson Byrne
Beekeepers want more drastic measures taken to manage the deadly parasite varroa mite amidst food security concerns.
#Beekeeping #AgriculturalPestControl #Pests #AgriculturalCrops #Insects #Agriculture #Horticulture #JacksonByrne
Millions of WA bees trucked across Nullarbor to save South Australian almonds
By Brianna Melville
"Humming" road trains deliver millions of WA bees to varroa mite-ravaged South Australia to help pollinate almond trees.
Thousands flock to Victorian canola farm chasing social media snaps
By Justine Longmore, Warwick Long, and Nate Woodall
Tourists looking to get a picture of canola fields are often told to steer clear, but one central Victorian farm is welcoming them with open arms and has turned the attraction into a popular agritourism event.
#SocialMedia #TravelandTourism #TourismandLeisureIndustry #AgriculturalCrops #JustineLongmore #WarwickLong #NateWoodall
Proposed $200m timber hub promises jobs and building materials boost
By Jean Bell
The timber manufacturing hub would transform blue gum wood chips into timber beams for construction.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/forestry-hub-boost-for-south-west-victoria-industry/106946618
#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #Industry #ConstructionProjectsandEquipment #RenewableEnergy #AgriculturalCrops #JeanBell
Could cropping transform Queensland's cattle country?
By Kavina Kumar
A $5.3 million investment aims to expand cropping across North West Queensland, with ambitious targets for cotton, grain and pulses in traditionally cattle country.
#LocalGovernment #AgriculturalCrops #RuralandRemoteCommunities #CottonGrowing #GovernmentFunding #BeefCattleFarming #KavinaKumar
$30m biochar facility could help replace coal at Rio Tinto refineries
By Jasmine Hines
Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with an Australian company for a biochar product that could help replace coal used in its emissions-intensive Queensland refineries.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/biochar-coal-superchar-rio-tinto-central-qld/106897034
#Biofuel #MiningandMetalsIndustry #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #AgriculturalCrops #JasmineHines
Australia's wine grape crush plummets to lowest in more than 25 years
By Elsie Adamo, Cassandra Hough, Alana Calvert, and Jackson Byrne
Australian wine grape production has fallen to its lowest amount in more than 25 years as the industry adjusts to a combination of depressed market conditions.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-15/wine-australia-national-vintage-report-2026/106917278
#Viticulture #AgriculturalCrops #AgriculturalPrices #ElsieAdamo #CassandraHough #AlanaCalvert #JacksonByrne
Farm profits to dive by 70 per cent as drought and costs bite
By David Claughton, Michael Condon, and Mark Bennett
The ABARES report for the June quarter predicts national crop production will fall by more than 20 per cent, with profits down 70 per cent for broadacre farms.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/crop-production-down-as-farm-profits-take-a-big-hit/106745960
#AgriculturalCrops #GrainGrowing #Trade #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #WheatGrowing #AgriculturalPrices #DavidClaughton #MichaelCondon # #MarkBennett
What's in 'Australian Made' products? Not necessarily Australian produce
By Nikki Sorbello and Tayla Larsen
Farmers battling cheap imported produce want a review of food labelling laws to highlight what Australian produce is included in products.
#FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #AgriculturalCrops #NikkiSorbello #TaylaLarsen
Shoppers warned of grocery price rise as parasite hits crop production
By Selina Green and Cassandra Hough
Beekeepers say the escalating cost of pollinating crops will be passed onto consumers as the industry battles a devastating bee killer.
#Supermarkets #Beekeeping #LocalFoodSystems #FruitCrops #AgriculturalPestControl #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #CostofLiving #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #PestControl #FoodTechnology #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Farmers #SelinaGreen #CassandraHough
Infected hives removed but varroa could still be in SA, authority says
By Amelia Walters and Shannon Pearce
PIRSA says there is a chance the deadly parasite remains in the state where it was detected for the first time earlier this month.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-19/varroa-mite-threat-south-australia-pirsa/105787606
#Pests #Beekeeping #AgriculturalPestControl #AgriculturalCrops #PestsHorticulture #PestControl #Horticulture #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #AmeliaWalters #ShannonPearce
East German upbringing sparks baker's passion for tackling food waste
By Kate Forrester
A German chef works with farmers in South West WA to give second-grade produce and food waste a second chance.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #LocalFoodSystems #Chefs #SmallBusinesses #FoodandDrink #AgriculturalCrops #KateForrester
Do you know what a real truffle tastes like?
By Annie Brown
As demand for truffle flavour grows, the industry fears most people are not getting the real deal.
Farmers to plant record crop equivalent in size to entire UK
By Brandon Long
Despite droughts and floods battering Australia, farmers are on track to sow a record area of winter crops, covering a land area equivalent to the United Kingdom.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-05-26/australian-farmers-set-to-plant-a-record-crop/105328014
#AgriculturalCrops #WheatGrowing #Droughts #Floods #BrandonLong
New mine gets 20-year licence despite fears land will be 'scarred forever'
By Tamara Clark
A controversial mining project in northern Victoria has been cleared to proceed despite staunch community opposition.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/20-year-mining-licence-granted-vhm-minerals-sands/105166592
#MineralSands #AgriculturalCrops #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalImpact #TamaraClark
How to grow a pumpkin big enough to row down a river
By Jess Scully
Rowing a giant pumpkin might seem like something from a nursery rhyme, but growing it? Mark Peacock is The Big Pumpkin grower and says it's less of a fairytale and more like a lesson in resilience.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-09/growing-a-big-pumpkin-to-row-down-tumut-river/105021884
#AgriculturalCrops #VegetableGrowing #FoodandCooking #Gardening #FruitGrowing #CropHarvesting #Horticulture #JessScully
Tomato virus outbreak leaves migrant farm workers facing battle to 'make ends meet'
By Evelyn Leckie and Josephine Lim
With three SA tomato businesses, including a major supplier, forced into quarantine because of the outbreak of a crop virus, workers like Sharon Tarisesei have lost their jobs, and are apprehensive about securing future employment.
#Biosecurity #UnemploymentCommunityandSociety #EmploymentServices #AgriculturalCrops #PlantDiseases #EvelynLeckie #JosephineLim
Grape growers in iconic wine region hit hard by unseasonal frost
By Timu King and Will Hunter
Producers in some of Australia's largest and most iconic wine regions say they have suffered crop losses due to frost, which is expected to continue in the coming week.
#Viticulture #Frost #WeatherForecasts #Farmers #AgriculturalCrops #FruitGrowing #FruitCrops #TimuKing #WillHunter
Inside the push to boost homegrown coffee in Australia
By Kamin Gock
The Australian coffee industry is aiming to get bigger and better. Whether it can or not hinges on access to prime real estate and importing smaller coffee trees.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-18/bid-to-boost-homegrown-coffee-in-australia/104225938
#Agriculture #TeaandCoffeeGrowing #AgriculturalCrops #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #KaminGock
Why your strawberries are unexpectedly rotting in your fridge
Finding spoiled fruit in your fridge is frustrating but research is underway to make strawberries last longer.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-18/strawberries-harvest-new-varieties-shelf-life/104223390
#Agriculture #FoodandCooking #FruitGrowing #AgriculturalCrops
Prison farm inmates impress celebrity gardener with skills to fill worker shortage
By Mark Bennett
Sabrina Hahn was surprised by the quality and quantity of work being done at a farm in WA's Great Southern region that supplies meat, vegetables, fish and fruit to major metropolitan prisons.
#Gardening #Rural #LawCrimeandJustice #AgriculturalCrops #FarmLabour #Agribusiness #MarkBennett
From paddock to pint, Australian brewers are getting fussy about beer barley
By Tim Lee
How Australian growers are making some of your favourite beer brands taste consistently good.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-15/beer-australian-barley-aussie-grown-hops-farmers/103582380
#FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #AgriculturalCrops #Rural #FoodProcessing #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #AgriculturalPrices #TimLee
Will kava become the Pacific's version of champagne?
By Doug Dingwall
Pacific Island nations are preparing to stake their claim to naming rights for kava, as demand for the product grows outside the region.
#Agriculture #InternationalAidandTrade #AgriculturalCrops #Trade #FoodandCooking #HumanInterest #PlantCultivation #Plants #DougDingwall
Hot chips top global list of foods for best biodiversity footprint, study finds
By Elsie Adamo
New study of global website recipes suggest eating less meat and choosing plant-based meals help protect the world's environment
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/hot-chips-best-food-world-biodiversity-study-food/103498364
#FoodandCooking #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #FoodProcessing #Environment #AgriculturalCrops #ElsieAdamo
Hemp is a superfood and is even replacing plastics. So why isn't Australia embracing it?
By David Claughton, Michael Condon, and Lara Webster
Hemp has been hailed as a fibre of the future with a low-carbon footprint. Canada and China are streets ahead when it comes to embracing its benefits but Australia is lagging far behind.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-24/hemp-industry-challenges-for-growth-in-australia/103471584
#Rural #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #DavidClaughton #MichaelCondon # #LaraWebster
Tumbleweeds known as 'hairy panic' choke farms, block roads in all but unstoppable spread
By Monty Jacka and Simon Wallace
Huge piles of tumbleweeds are surrounding houses, frustrating farmers and heightening fire risk in rural areas. But academics say very little can be done to wipe them out.
#Weeds #AgriculturalCrops #AnnualWeeds #Offbeat #MontyJacka #SimonWallace
In the golden age of railway, the WA government ran affordable holidays to show off the state's attractions
By Emma Wynne
The WA government once offered train holidays around the state with sleeping cars, on-board dining, and a chance to see the sights on 'reso tours'.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-18/history-on-wa-rail-holidays-reso-tours/103478670
#TravelandTourismLifestyleandLeisure #History #AgriculturalCrops #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #EmmaWynne
Why are barricades being put around New Delhi?
Protesting Indian farmers clash with police for a second consecutive day as tens of thousands march towards the capital to demand guaranteed prices for their produce.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-15/india-farmers-protests-explainer/103470732
#Agriculture #CivilUnrest #ForeignAffairs #AgriculturalCrops #WorldPolitics #AgriculturalPolicy #ActivismandLobbying
Farmers say fall armyworm 'identical to a bushfire' as it wipes out crops within days
By Brandon Long
The invasive insect causes millions of dollars in losses across Australia's summer crop-growing regions.
#LeafEatingInsects #AgriculturalCrops #PestManagement #PestsHorticulture #AgriculturalChemicals #PestControl #Grain #BrandonLong
How do repeated disasters impact farmers' mental health?
Droughts, fires, floods and cyclones have hit Queensland farmers in the past five years, pushing their coping mechanisms to the limit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-15/farmers-psychological-impact-of-natural-disasters/103449710
#Floods #Cyclones #MentalHealth #CommunityDevelopment #AgriculturalCrops #BeefCattle
After her Master's degree @[email protected], Lea Strigl joined our group @unifreiburg as a PhD student in April 2022 #NatureScientistsUFR. In the #NBiomasseBW project with @unihohenheim, she is working on biodiversity in #AgriculturalCrops🌱 🚜 🌽
https://www.nature.uni-freiburg.de/team-en/Lea%20Strigl?set_language=en
Congrats to Senthold Asseng's team on reaching the finals of the "project of the century" hosted by the Werner Siemens Foundation!👏 Their project "Revolution in #FoodProduction" could help fight the #climatecrisis: http://go.tum.de/561402
📷U.Benz
"With hundreds of fields of fresh produce destroyed by flooding since the start of the rainy season, farmers are sounding the alarm that food prices will continue to rise. However, they are also threatening to down their tool until the dry season is approaching, saying it makes no sense to continue to suffer losses due to the losses being brought about by flood damage"
#ClimateCrisis #food #agriculturalcrops #agriculturaleconomics #inflation
https://guardian.co.tt/news/farmers-threaten-to-stop-production-6.2.1568884.231b2e6199
And guess what-
Wealthy western countries' growing regions are at risk:
"the U.S. Midwest & Northeast were especially vulnerable to land erosion because they were receiving more extreme amounts of rain than normal, a trend expected to continue'
#food #FoodChat #FoodAndRecipes #foodculture #climatebreakdown #USA #Healthissues #FarmersIssues #farmsfarmersfarming #agriculturalcrops
https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/dying-lands-farmers-fight-save-skin-earth-2022-11-12/
'Jordan Valley: Climate change wreaking havoc on planting seasons
Temperature increases and water scarcity have delayed planting seasons in one of the kingdom's most fertile areas, reducing production and damaging crops'
#foodsecurity #food #Jordan #Farming #agriculture #agriculturalcrops #agricultureandfarming #agricoltura #agrosysteme #cop27egypt #climatebreakdown
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordan-valley-climate-change-wreaking-havoc-planting-seasons
Threatened cockatoos 'annihilating' apple crops An iconic Aussie bird is ruffling apple industry feathers to the tune of millions of dollars a year in damage to orchards and crops, say frustrated farmers. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-25/black-cockatoos-damage-apple-harvest/12915174 #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #AnimalScience #Horticulture #FruitCrops #Birds
Raising Queensland's largest dam could spark ecological disaster, expert warns A coastal erosion expert and a farmer slam a costly plan to raise the Burdekin Falls Dam, saying the project will further threaten farmland and vital bird, fish and marine mammal habitats. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-25/raising-burdekin-falls-dam-could-be-environmental-disaster/12915820 #EnvironmentalImpact #AgriculturalCrops #DamsandReservoirs #Irrigation #Rivers #Rural #Birds
Pot pourri of fortunes for florists as pandemic brings mixed bunch of losses and opportunities Wedding and event cancellations due to COVID-19 restrictions have cost florists dearly, but farmers' markets, social media networks and a new appreciation of locally grown flowers have seen demand bloom. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-24/sa-florists-pay-price-for-lockdown-as-weddings-cancelled/12911852 #DiseasesandDisorders #LifestyleandLeisure #AgriculturalCrops #Horticulture #Health