Widespread demonstrations will take place next week as basin communities, farmers and farming organisations protest the Albanese Government’s water bill.
AuctionsPlus has partnered with Meat and Livestock Australia to release two new indicators to help market participants stay informed.
Victorian grain and livestock producer David Jochinke has been elected president of the National Farmers’ Federation, succeeding Fiona Simson who steps down after seven years in the role.
As her tenure draws to a close, Fiona Simson has reflected on her seven years at the helm of the nation’s peak farmer lobby group.
AuctionsPlus Market Operator Team Leader and Country Education Foundation of Australia (CEF) alumni, Millie George, has given back to the foundation that supported her through her studies, by inspiring a new partnership that will see AuctionsPlus work together to support regional and rural youth and communities.
A rolling tally of cattle stud auctions interfaced by AuctionsPlus over the past week.
Farmers are losing confidence in a government that is "marching to the beat of the activists' drum", with 23 industry groups making that clear in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday.
The University of Sydney and the Australian Farm Institute are undertaking research to deliver a process to measure human connectivity to soil. Although this is a key indicator of soil security, there is currently no way to measure this.
A rolling tally of cattle stud auctions interfaced by AuctionsPlus over the past week.
A rolling tally of all the results of sales interfaced by AuctionsPlus for the past week.
Mounting pressure on emissions reductions has pushed Dutch farmers to the brink, according to National Farmers' Federation CEO Tony Mahar, who says Australians have much to learn from the pushback.
Storied assets, premier irrigation country and an 82,000 hectare holding are leading the property pops this week: read on to see the pick of the listings.
A rolling tally of all the results of sales interfaced by AuctionsPlus for the past 10 days.
National rural confidence has dropped to the fourth-lowest level in two decades, as increasing concerns about lower commodity prices and the prospect of a return to drought conditions weighs on producers.
Flower farmer, tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Grown Not Flown, Nikki Davey has been named the 2023 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner for her work in creating a digital platform and app connecting flower farmers and consumers, globally.
Nuffield Australia has announced a bumper crop of 2024 scholars, with five extra spaces added to the program thanks to the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund.
Luke Bowen, chief executive officer of Cattle Australia (CA), has resigned from his position due to health issues. His resignation is effective immediately.
A rolling tally of all the results of sales interfaced by AuctionsPlus for the past 10 days.
Helping goatmeat producers achieve productivity gains through informed genetic selection decisions in the same way beef and sheep producers can is among the key aims of a new $3.7 million research and development project.
Powerhouse dealer group Titan Machinery has entered the Australian market with an agreement to purchase O'Connors, in a cash deal reportedly worth US$63 million (A$97m).
Several high-quality holdings have hit the market in New South Wales in the past week, including the Singaporean-owned Wyuna, which is expected to attract offers in the $30 million range.
The opportunity to acquire control of the foundation genetics of a high-performing sheep breed has presented itself, with the Garnett SheepMaster Stud being brought to market.
Overall red meat consumption may be in decline due to cost, but perceptions about the industry are going in the opposite direction.
As sheep meat producers seek to improve the efficiency and productivity of their operations, one breed is emerging as a key to success.
One of the Goulburn district’s most iconic and highly-regarded rural holdings has hit the market, after five years of significant capital works by the current owners.
The rural property market is showing no signs of slowing down, with well-known families across Far North and southern Queensland among those bringing historic holdings to market this week.
Bush Agribusiness, the Toowoomba-based financial advisory firm behind the triennial Australian Beef Report, has released a new publication identifying what they believe are the country's top stud producers.
Wyn Snyman has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of AuctionsPlus.
Continued low transactions of rural property is pointing to strong confidence within Australian agriculture, even amid the pain of falling commodity prices and rising interest rates.
The last property in the Packhorse Pastoral Company portfolio has been acquired by Queensland Investment Corporation, in a deal reportedly worth upwards of $30 million.
A large-scale dryland cropping portfolio located in the tightly-held Avon region of Western Australia has hit the market, with expectations it will generate offers of more than $35 million.
The assessors and their teams with the highest throughput on AuctionsPlus have been named, with the announcement of the AuctionsPlus Awards for the 2023 financial year.
A large-scale cattle breeding and fodder production opportunity has hit the market in central Australia.
The first Australian carbon credit units generated under a digitally enabled model have been issued to the Fysh Carbon Project at Mount Tom near Gladstone.
Australia’s sheep flock and its breeding ewe numbers have reached their highest levels since 2007, following three consecutive years of above-average rainfall in sheep regions.
An elite variety of Oldman Saltbush that has yielded greater wool and meat production is being planted in the hundreds of thousands across Australia’s south-east this winter.
Australia’s largest soil carbon project holder has put forward three properties for a research project looking at the viability of soil carbon farming across the country.
An institutional-scale irrigated mixed farming and horticultural development opportunity in the Loddon Mallee region of northern Victoria has hit the market, bringing with it significant water entitlements.
Telstra has signed an agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink in a bid to improve connectivity options for rural and remote customers in Australia.
The Australian red meat industry has earned a prestigious award for its commitment to sustainability through the Carbon Neutral by 2030 initiative.
Understanding how rural crime impacts farmers across the nation is the focus of a new study.
Beef producers are becoming more optimistic that conditions are unlikely to get much worse, but sheep producers continue to have a gloomy outlook.
The latest sustainability scorecard for the beef industry has revealed record achievements, including decreased carbon emissions, increased forest on grazing lands, and reduced water use per kilograms of liveweight gain.
Structural changes in the Argentinian beef industry could result in increased competition for Australia, as the South American country looks to direct more beef into the global market.
Mort & Co's plans to expand its footprint into central Queensland has been given the green light, with construction on the 36,500-head feedlot expected to commence at the end of 2024.
The historic Mondilibi Aggregation in the renowned Western District of Victoria has hit the market, with expectations it will make in excess of $65 million.
Cattle buy-in pressures and stubbornly low utilisation rates have seen the numbers of cattle on feed remain steady across the March quarter, with analysts saying the theme is likely to continue in the short term.
Producers could soon select cattle for nitrogen efficiency using a simple test that analyses tail hair samples.
As the Australian livestock industry stares down increasing biosecurity threats, next-generation vaccine technologies have been identified as a potential game-changing approach to emergency disease preparedness.
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