The role of women within the agricultural industry has evolved and become crucial for its continued success. It has become a talking point in recent years but for many, this has long been understand. Today is the International Day of Rural Women and companies like New Holland are celebrating the achievements of their female workforce.
Australia’s record or near record, depending on the final six weeks of the growing season, 2021-22 canola crop could not have come at a better time with other major exporters of the oilseed suffering poor seasons, pushing prices up to new records in excess of $1000 a tonne. In particular the drought in Canada, the.
The value of Australia’s agricultural production is growing at millions by the minute, so much so it’s set to break the $70 billion gross mark for the first time in history. In what ABARES describes as a “remarkable combination of events”, record yields, prices and good seasons have combined for the record ag production forecast.
Adcock Partners Property & Livestock successfully sourced a shipment of 2,204 cattle to Vietnam, from Townsville on the 17th August on account of Melbourne based Aussie Beef. Michael Spencer and Patrick Burke co-ordinated the procurement and loading of the cattle. The cattle were drawn from the Clermont, Richmond, Hughenden, Chillagoe and Charters Towers area. Cattle.
Queensland livestock agents have featured heavily in the AuctionsPlus sheep and cattle throughput tallies in recent weeks, as ‘buoyant’ markets see large numbers on the move. Two weeks ago, Elders agent Gary Cartwright topped the sheep numbers, while four Queensland agents accounted for all, except the top, cattle throughput rankings. Quilpie-based livestock agent Sam Bartlett.
The new agriculture visa will not only secure a steady workforce for the sector, it will build the nation by paving the way for migrants to settle in regional communities, the Agriculture Minister says. The details of the new visa are yet to be finalised, but the federal government promised it would be operational by.
Big beef producer Australian Agricultural Company and the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group have teamed with the likes of the WWF, meat business JBS and animal health giant Zoetis to join the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. The roundtable is a worldwide network of people and organisations committed to sustainable beef production and supply.
The Queensland Government’s Department of Environment and Science has emerged as the buyer of Bramwell Station, a cattle stations and eco tourism facility on Cape York. DES bought the 131,900 hectare (325,932 acre) soon after if was passed in for $11.3 million on an online auction. The actual sale price has not been disclosed, but.
Many of the prices of commodities across agriculture, metals and energy are rising to multi-year highs on the back of supercharged pandemic-driven demand and reduced production. Talk of COVID kick starting a commodities supercycle is hot and heavy, particularly in categories where the chase for food security has facilitated genuine structural demand shift. A supercycle,.
For NSW wool grower Jess Webb, being featured in the Women in Wool podcast came as a surprise but she grabbed the opportunity. Jess and Hamish Webb, along with sons, Walter, 3, and Angus, 1, run a mixed sheep and cattle enterprise at their 1417 hectare property, Myanbah, outside Uralla. With a marketing and agribusiness.
