Agriculture
Farmers protest mining outside SA Parliament House
Farmers from SA’s Yorke Peninsula gathered today for a rally at the State’s Parliament House. Along with the Greens they......
Could Australia get Ag Gag laws?
There’s a growing push for anti-whistleblower laws aimed at protecting farmers from covert filming. Animal activists are less than impressed. Australia......
Imported food edging out local producers
Australia has the capacity to grow just about anything but the food industry is struggling to stay afloat with competition......
Study shows spider venom could be used as insecticide
New form of insecticide returns to the natural world- where spider venom can be used as pest control as they......
Campaign to warn of poppy plant perils
Tasmania’s poppy crops are a booming state industry, contributing to half of the world’s opiad production. However, the plants are......
Small-scale farmers, the key to future food security
This week the 22nd International Grasslands Congress was held in Sydney. The world’s leading experts gathered to discuss how we......
Australia’s call for cattle
As a big meat-eating country, many Australian’s take beef for granted – but the local poor see it as a......
Farmers’ Federation rates political parties
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will issue a new Report Card on the major political parties’ agricultural policies for the......
Fair food week: who made your lunch, really?
This week is Australia’s first Fair Food Week, a week dedicated to the promotion and celebration of locally produced Australian......
A frozen vault protects global crop diversity
Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a doomsday seed vault on a Norwegian island, about 1300 kilometres from the North Pole.......