Western Australia should produce 420,000 tonnes more wheat this year than was projected a month ago, an industry group said Friday, adding to expectations that Australia's national crop will be larger than pre-harvest estimates.
Wheat yields in Western Australia are better than expected, industry body says
Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks
A slump in U.S. beef production has opened the door for Australia to export record amounts of meat, growing its market share in North America and Asia and channelling billions of dollars to cattle processors and farmers.
Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat
Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.
Australian farmers protest animal, environment policies they say harm them
Hundreds of farmers from across Australia held a protest on Tuesday against government farming policies they said were influenced by environmental and animal welfare activists and which were harming their livelihoods.
Glencore seeks Australian carbon capture approval amid farmer protests
Australia's Queensland state will decide this month whether to give Glencore a key approval to bury liquefied carbon dioxide in the country's largest aquifer, a plan farm groups say must be blocked because it risks poisoning water supplies.
China backs out of Aussie wheat sales
Australia joins the U.S., which has also seen recent Chinese wheat sales fall through
Chinese wheat importers have cancelled or postponed about one million tonnes of Australian wheat cargoes, said trade sources with direct knowledge of the deals, as growing world stockpiles drag down prices. The news comes after the U.S. government recently reported cancellation of more than 500,000 tonnes of U.S. soft red winter wheat exports to China, the world’s
Stranded livestock land back in Australia after Red Sea turn-back
Reuters – Thousands of sheep and cattle that were stuck on a ship forced to abandon passage through the Red Sea in January have begun disembarking at the same Australian port they left nearly six weeks prior, Australia’s agriculture ministry said Feb.12. The MV Bahijah sailed from Fremantle, Western Australia on Jan. 5 for Israel
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