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Analyst warns diesel could top $4 and rationing possible if US ban proceeds
By Alison Branley and Kirsten Aiken
Saul Kavonic says the US's proposed diesel export ban is "probably the most worrying development we've seen in global fuel markets since the [Middle East] war began".
#PetrolPrices #CostofLiving #AgriculturalPrices #Inflation #TransportIndustry #AlisonBranley #KirstenAiken
High prices could change chocolate-eating habits
By Fiona Blackwood
High chocolate prices may be forcing consumers to change their habits.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-23/high-prices-impact-chocolate-eating-habits/107169556
#CostofLiving #Manufacturing #AgriculturalPrices #Supermarkets #FoodandDrink #FionaBlackwood
Grim signs the globe is about to run short of food
By Ian Verrender
Just as the global economy was adjusting to higher fuel prices, a new inflationary wave is about to hit. This time, the shortages will involve food and the poorest nations will be the worst affected.
#Inflation #UnrestConflictandWar #ClimateChange #AgriculturalPrices #FoodDeliveryServices #IanVerrender
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
Trawlers sit idle as tiger prawn season gets underway
By Matt Brann
The tiger prawn season is underway in Australia's far north, but the number of trawlers operating this year has sunk to a record low.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #AgriculturalPrices #Oceans #CreditandLending #MattBrann
Why 'The Bee Drover' is doubling down as other beekeepers quit
By Angel Parsons
When Sophia Croker was 18, she took out a $40,000 loan to buy 120 beehives. Now she manages nearly 2,000 hives with her father and spends her life travelling around regional Australia in pursuit of honey.
#Beekeeping #AgriculturalPestControl #AgriculturalPrices #AngelParsons
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
The price of high-quality Ooty garlic has seen a significant drop in the market, falling to just ₹80 per kilogram. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/money/ooty-garlic-price-drop-jrhjttvy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Ootygarlicprice #Nilgirisgarlic #agriculturalprices #farmerdistress
The price of high-quality Ooty garlic has seen a significant drop in the market, falling to just ₹80 per kilogram. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/agriculture/ooty-garlic-price-drop-jrhjttvy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Ootygarlicprice #Nilgirisgarlic #agriculturalprices #farmerdistress
Analysis: High food prices in Estonia here to stay | News
Prices of key food products continue to rise, or have stabilized but at a high level, according to…
#Estonia #EE #Europe #Europa #EU #agriculturalprices #Eesti #estonia #foodprices #Inflation #Uudised #vatonfood
https://www.europesays.com/2252110/
Economists warn no easy fix for low farm prices as EU launches agrifood observatory https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/economists-warn-no-easy-fix-for-low-farm-prices-as-eu-launches-agrifood-observatory/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Agriculturalprices #foodchain #transparency #UTP
Chinese-owned Tasmanian dairy farm returns to Australian hands in $15m deal
By Meg Powell
A slice of what was Australia's largest dairy farm in Tasmania's fertile north-west has been purchased by a Melbourne-based management fund as part of a 10,000 dairy cow goal.
#DairyProduction #Livestock #AgriculturalPolicy #AgriculturalPrices #MegPowell
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
Cattle sail from Darwin as Indonesian live export trade resumes
By Matt Brann
Indonesia has finally issued import permits for Australian cattle, with the first ship now on the water bound for Jakarta.
#BeefCattle #Trade #Livestock #AgriculturalPrices #MattBrann
With a bumper harvest underway, wine growers pin their hopes on an end to Chinese tariffs
By Hamish Cole, Amelia Bernasconi, and Lucas Forbes
Producers say ideal conditions have led to a 50 per cent increase in yields this season amid hopes the tariffs on Australian wine to China could be lifted as early as March.
#Viticulture #CropHarvesting #Trade #AgriculturalPrices #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #HamishCole #AmeliaBernasconi # #LucasForbes
'Risky' business as Australian barley exports to China surge after three-year ban
By Michael Condon
Barley exports to China are booming after tariffs were lifted in August, but are Australian farmers just repeating the same mistake?
#Grain #Trade #Industry #AgriculturalCrops #InternationalAidandTrade #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalPolicy #MichaelCondon
Could a softening of major supermarkets' demand for blemish-free bananas help cyclone-affected growers?
By Lucy Cooper and Abbey Halter
Bright yellow with blemish-free skin, bananas at major supermarkets tend to look 'perfect", but will a push to sell produce affected by recent tropical cyclones in North Queensland shatter this widespread consumer ideology?
#CostofLiving #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalMarketing #RetailIndustry #LucyCooper #AbbeyHalter
Farmers hit with $100,000 insurance bills as extreme weather events become more frequent
By Angus Verley, Lara Webster, and Brandon Long
Farmers consider running the gauntlet and leaving machinery uninsured as premiums go through the roof, with insurers blaming erratic weather, inflation, and increasing costs for the price hikes.
#AgriculturalInsurance #Insurance #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalSystemsandPractice #AngusVerley #LaraWebster # #BrandonLong
Elders posts 80 per cent profit increase in 12 months to September Despite drought, fires and COVID-19, Australian agribusiness Elders reports a $123 million statutory profit in the 12 months to September. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-16/elders-financial-results-80-percent-profit-lift/12888336 #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #Agribusiness #Wool
Queensland's mango season kicks off in Bowen amid COVID-19 export concerns The first of Queensland's mangoes are being picked from the trees for the season, but the dark cloud of COVID-19 still hangs over production, picking, and freight. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-09/queensland-mango-season-kicks-off-in-bowen-amid-export-concerns/12821986 #AgriculturalPrices #COVID-19 #Fruit
'We could make a billion Weet-Bix': 2020 is set to be the biggest food harvest in years Almost 15 million tonnes will be harvested in NSW in the coming weeks, making up a strong portion of Australia's 47-million-tonne winter harvest output, so there will be plenty of bread, beer and pasta to go around. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-03/2020-will-be-a-bountiful-harvest-after-drought/12785094 #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalPrices #CropHarvesting #FoodProcessing #FarmLabour #Wheat
Mango prices up, but farmers struggle to find workers to pick them Mango growers are harvesting in the middle of the night to make sure they get the most out of a dwindling labour supply, but price and consumer demand provide a silver lining. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-25/covid-19-is-driving-labour-shortages-and-higher-prices-nt-mango/12806046 #ScienceandTechnology #AgriculturalPrices #Horticulture #Agribusiness #FarmLabour #COVID-19 #Rural
Weather insurance spikes with La Niña and long-awaited winter harvest Weather insurers have seen a spike in interest since La Niña was declared active by BOM, with grain growers looking to protect their best winter harvest in years. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-23/weather-insurance-spikes-with-la-nina-and-long-awaited-harvest/12757462 #AgriculturalInsurance #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #Insurance #Rainfall #Weather #Drought #Wheat
Dry September robs millions of tonnes from West Australian grain harvest A lack of rain as the growing season peaked has removed millions of tonnes of grain from Western Australia's expected harvest. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-15/2020-wa-grain-harvest-falls-after-poor-rains-western-australia/12754104 #AgriculturalMarketing #WomenInAgriculture #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #Oilseeds #Weather #Markets #Wheat
From posies to pancakes: The appetite for edible Geraldton wax flower blooms A growing appetite for uniquely Australian cuisine leads to a popular native flower being developed into a food flavouring. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-12/geraldton-wax-flower-australia-wa-flavours-food/12744000 #FoodScienceandTechnology #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #FoodandBeverage #FoodandCooking #FlowerGardens #FlowerFoliage #NativeSpecies #Flowers #Natives
Country-of-origin labelling could help lift welfare standards for pigs, activists say An animal welfare group says if consumers can see where imported ham and bacon comes from they can choose pork from countries with higher welfare standards. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-02/country-of-origin-labelling-for-pork-change-to-improve-welfare/12716354 #AgriculturalMarketing #ActivismandLobbying #AgriculturalPrices #LivestockWelfare #PigProduction #Grocery #Trade
Exporters say union or stevedores should pay for wharf dispute delays It costs $25,000 a day when container ships are delayed and shipping companies are recouping that cost from customers, adding several hundred dollars to the cost of a container for exporters of meat, wool, cotton and grains. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-29/port-botany-exporters-want-union-or-stevedores-to-pay-for-delays/12712876 #IndustrialRelations #AgriculturalPrices #FederalGovernment #AgriculturalCrops
Union accused of 'holding country to ransom' over wharves pay dispute The Federal Government weighs into a dispute that is delaying 10 freight carriers at the Port of Botany, saying it will back a bid by stevedore Patricks to halt industrial action. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-28/maritime-union-criticised-over-wharf-pay-dispute-port-of-botany/12710172 #IndustrialRelations #AgriculturalPrices #FederalGovernment #AgriculturalCrops #SeaTransport #BeefCattle #Unions #Cotton
Consumers' erratic buying hurts vegetable prices and forces farmers to mulch crops Farmers say panic buying has forced vegetable prices down and meant some have had to mulch crops into the ground. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-28/erratic-covid-panic-buying-forces-vegetable-prices-down/12668024 #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalPrices #Vegetables #COVID-19 #Grocery
Oil from a tree found only in the wheatbelt is in hot demand A West Australian wheatbelt based oil distilling company enjoying insatiable demand for its unique eucalyptus oil plans to double production and move into international and retail markets. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-24/eucalyptus-kochii-oil-demand-in-western-australia-wheatbelt/12693852 #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalPolicy #AgriculturalCrops #EssentialOilCrops
Welcome rain in NSW cropping areas Grain growers in NSW have had another good rain event, which is pushing up the volume of the state's next wheat, canola and barley crops. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-22/welcome-rain-in-nsw-cropping-areas/12687942 #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #Weather
How to harvest a crop in the middle of a pandemic COVID-19 travel restrictions for workers, a bumper crop and need for more storage are all combining to create challenges for NSW grain farmers this harvest. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-22/north-west-farmers-prepare-for-harvest/12685056 #AgriculturalPrices #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #FarmLabour #COVID-19 #Drought
Aussie cheesemakers on a roll thanks to COVID-19 lockdown, expensive European imports Isolation is deepening our love affair for artisan cheese, and a lack of European imports is giving Australian cheesemakers a rare advantage. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-19/demand-for-australian-artisan-cheese-soars-due-to-covid-europe/12673386 #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalPrices #DairyProduction #FoodandBeverage #FoodandCooking #FoodProcessing #Agribusiness
Meet Calvin, the grain grower brewing up big ideas in his small wheatbelt shed Grain farmer Calvin Squire believes regional areas like his have a healthy future if people start "thinking outside the box". So he's putting his ideas where his mouth is. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-13/wa-wheatbelt-farm-nano-brewery-beer-native-ingredients/12594384 #PopulationandDemographics #RegionalDevelopment #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops #TravelandTourism #FoodandBeverage #FoodProcessing
Successive shocks to wine industry could see many small players go out of business Drought, fire, the pandemic and then trade wars with China are making this a very bad year for the wine makers and exporters. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-10/australian-wine-industry-setbacks-impact-small-winery-future/12644256 #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalPolicy #AgriculturalCrops #Drought
Wool industry body cops 50 per cent hit to revenue Australian Wool Innovation is reviewing 'every single' area of expenditure, after annual revenues collapsed by half following a wool price freefall. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-09/wool-industry-body-cops-hit-to-half-its-revenue/12646434 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalMarketing #CorporateGovernance #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalPolicy #AgriculturalCrops #SheepProduction #Agribusiness
Record bull sale despite COVID-19 restrictions Renowned Santa Gertrudis stud Yulgilbar Station grosses $919,500 at its stud sale. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-09/yulgilbar-station-record-covid-restricted-bull-sale/12636496 #AgriculturalPrices #BeefCattle
Skyrocketing helicopter insurance threatens to ground aerial mustering, firefighting Premiums have surged as revenue falls during COVID-19, forcing operators to uninsure machines or reconsider their aerial services. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-07/sky-high-insurance-hurts-helicopter-mustering-farming/12625890 #AgriculturalInsurance #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalPrices #AirTransport #AirandSpace #Insurance #Livestock #Rural
'Seismic' shift on the way as next-generation farmers take the reins Young farmers say the next 10 years will see a major transfer of land ownership to a new, educated, and business-savvy generation focused on sustainable, organic opportunities. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-04/young-farmers-land-ownerhip-shifts-to-next-generation/12533696 #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #AgriculturalPrices #SheepProduction #CropHarvesting #BeefCattle #RuralYouth