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The humble chickpea has just boomed in value
By Matt Brann and Sophie Johnson
Australian chickpeas are in hot demand, with prices surging towards $1,000 per tonne in some regions.
#Trade #AgriculturalPrices #CropHarvesting #ElNio #MattBrann #SophieJohnson
'Strange' mango season ramps up in Australia's north
By Matt Brann
It is mango time in the Northern Territory, but yields this year are well down compared to previous seasons.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2026-10-14/nt-mango-season-ramping-up-but-yields-down/107263410
Rain turns dry paddocks into bumper crops after years of drought
By Eliza Berlage and Amelia Walters
Twelve months ago, many SA farmers were in drought, entering their fourth year without a crop and having to destock cattle to keep cashflow coming. This harvest is different after above-average rain.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/bumper-harvest-post-drought-hopes-south-australia/107257272
#Agriculture #CropHarvesting #Droughts #AgriculturalCrops #ElizaBerlage #AmeliaWalters
Retiring Riverland grape grower says industry support has come too late
By Eliza Berlage
After more than half a century, Riverland irrigator Jack Papageorgiou is turning off the taps at his beloved vineyard and retiring.
#Viticulture #Grapevines #FruitGrowing #Agribusiness #CropHarvesting #ElizaBerlage
Harvest starts on SA crops that 'have not had a setback all season'
By Cassandra Hough
South Australia's crops, sown early on the back of good autumn rain, are ready for harvest. Logistically, it is going to be a big, difficult harvest but "what a great problem" to have, says a grower.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-04/south-australian-harvest-starts/107225294
#GrainGrowing #Weather #CropHarvesting #Farmers #CassandraHough
48-hour deluge flattens crops as farmers prepare for harvest
By Andrew Chounding
In the WA's Goldfields, Kalgoorlie-Boulder recorded four times its normal September rainfall, while some gauges in the south of the state recorded almost 100 millimetres.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-28/48-hours-of-rain-falls-across-south-west/107203044
Outback date farm bounces back after crop destroyed by rain
By Charles Geary
The Northern Territory's largest date farm looks to bounce back stronger after flooding at the start of 2026 devastated its annual crop.
Safety fears after plane's near miss with drone photographing canola crop
By Selina Green
Blooming canola is a drone photographer's delight, but reports of potentially fatal near misses with aircraft have prompted a warning for operators.
#Drones #CropHarvesting #Photography #OilseedGrowing #SelinaGreen
Queenslanders brace for hot, dry spring but hope for wet summer
By Lachlan Ford and Kallee Buchanan
Warm temperatures through Queensland's winter are expected to continue into the first months of spring, while firefighters prepare for heightened fire risk.
#WeatherForecasts #ClimateChange #CropHarvesting #Bushfires #LachlanFord #KalleeBuchanan
No winter respite for farmers after dry July across southern WA
By Andrew Chounding, Anthony Pancia, and Eliza Bidstrup
Concerns are growing over potential crop losses, with parts of WA's grain-growing regions recording their driest mid-winter spells on record.
#Rain #GrainGrowing #CropHarvesting #BeefCattleFarming #Viticulture #AndrewChounding #AnthonyPancia #ElizaBidstrup
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
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
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
I'm wrongly relieved,
More each day crops haven't failed.
Not harvest time yet.
#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #food #FoodInsecurity #CropFailure #CropHarvesting #harvest #famine #intuitions #FoodSupply
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
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
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
NT government releases 'highly precautionary' water plan for wet season flows
By Matt Brann
The NT government has reduced the amount of water industry can take during the wet season in a policy that has support from recreational fishers and farmers.
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
Not all overseas harvest workers went home during the pandemic International border closures left many in the agriculture sector short-staffed this year, but there are a few overseas workers who opted to stay in Australia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-22/taking-harvest-lessons-home-to-indonesia/12886712 #TravelandTourism #CropHarvesting #FarmLabour #Lockdown #Grain
'I make a lot more money here than Tonga': Grateful workers saving Queensland's harvest The first international farmworkers to join the Australian fruit harvest — without completing hotel quarantine — are saving central Queensland farmers millions of dollars. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-20/tongan-seasonal-workers-emerald-complete-on-farm-quarantine/12897008 #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #Horticulture #FarmLabour #Harvesting #FruitCrops #Rural #Fruit
Cash, crops up in smoke as farmers deal with spate of 'heart-stopping' header fires A north-west NSW farm contractor is one of many picking up the pieces after his header, worth more than $250,000, went up in flames while harvesting a wheat paddock. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-19/header-fires-increasing-as-weather-heats-up-during-harvest/12895176 #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalInsurance #CropHarvesting #Fires #Grain #Wheat
Producer overcomes growing pains to reap record sandalwood harvest — but the timing could be better The world's second-biggest producer of Indian sandalwood has completed its largest ever commercial harvest in WA, but it comes amid tough times for the global fragrance industry. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-17/santanol-harvest-sets-a-record-in-wa/12888172 #CropHarvesting #Rural
Can you smell that? It's durian season. And it's going off in Perth A fruit salesman from WA received a record 800 kilograms of NT durian and wondered 'is this going to sell?' It took just three days. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-14/durian-season-smells-good-with-fruit-heading-west/12871780 #FoodandBeverage #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #Fruits
Bushfires, drought, frosts and hail storms: How much more can Queensland's wine industry take? Queensland's grape growers call for stronger action on climate change after being hit by frosts, floods, fire, drought and hail which stripped vines and devastated crops. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-14/qld-grape-growers-face-uncertain-future-amid-climate-change/12880600 #CropHarvesting #ClimateChange #EdiblePlants #Horticulture #Environment #FruitCrops #Grapevines #StormEvent #Weather
Farmers urged to ramp up fire protection as haystack, header go up in flames The New South Wales Rural Fire Service urges farmers and landholders to put in firebreaks as harvest and hot weather ramps up the fire risk in southern NSW. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-11/farmers-urged-to-ramp-up-fire-breaks-in-nsw/12867850 #EmergencyPlanning #CropHarvesting #FireService #Bushfire
'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
Bumper harvest for some, but not for others as hailstorms wreak havoc and farmers seek financial help Much has been made of this year's bumper harvest in New South Wales, but some farmers are counting the cost after massive hailstorms laid waste to their oat and wheat crops. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-30/storm-affected-farmers-in-nsw-seek-financial-help/12826008 #AgriculturalInsurance #CropHarvesting #StormEvent #Rural
First south Queensland grain crop since 2016 ends reliance on WA imports Queensland's grain industry is bouncing back after multiple seasons were missed because of the drought and the state relied on grain imports from Western Australia to feed livestock. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-25/grain-growing-in-queensland-bounces-back-ending-wa-reliance/12799024 #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #RailTransport #SeaTransport #Transport #Wheat #Grain
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
'Scary' forecast: Farmers race against rain to harvest grain crop After years of drought, farmers are now working around the clock to get their first crop since 2016 off before it rains. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-22/grain%C2%A0growers-race-against-the-rain-to-get-winter-crop-off/12796874 #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness #FarmLabour #Rainfall #Drought #Grain #Wheat
Farmer drives tractor half a kilometre after arm ripped off in hay baler NSW farmers are busier than they've been in years, but they're being urged to slow down amid a string of accidents, including two deaths and a gruesome incident that saw a man's arm taken "completely off his body". https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-21/farm-accidents-in-riverina-spark-worksafe-harvest-warning/12797060 #OccupationalHealthandSafety #CropHarvesting #FarmLabour #Harvesting #Workplace
Farmers accuse Government of driving dodgy labour by not supporting illegal worker amnesty Farmers are angered as the Government rules out an illegal worker amnesty that would allow undocumented workers to come forward without fear of being deported. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-20/government-rules-out-worker-amnesty/12784968 #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalPolicy #FederalGovernment #CropHarvesting #Horticulture #Agribusiness #FarmLabour #Workplace
'Waiting for a crop for too long': Excitement brews as growers begin harvest There's a glow atop the paddocks in northern New South Wales, a sight locals and farmers haven't seen since 2016. It's header drivers working into the night to get the most important crop in years off as quickly as possible. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-20/headers-light-up-the-night-sky-as-nsw-farmers-begin-harvest/12772288 #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalCrops #CropHarvesting #Agribusiness
This Myanmar refugee is learning to drive tractors to ease the ag worker squeeze Refugees and migrants are being trained in basic agricultural skills as part of a new course aimed at addressing farm labour shortages. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-16/myanmar-refugee-learning-to-drive-tractors-to-ease-squeeze/12761968 #CommunityandSociety #CommunityEducation #AccessToEducation #CropHarvesting #AdultEducation #Agribusiness #Immigration #Agriculture #FarmLabour #Refugees #Rural
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