The number of farmers seeking mental health help doubled last year, with nearly 70 per cent of those reaching out being men. This concerning trend prompted the launch of a new farmer-focused mental health campaign, Don’t Keep it Under Your Hat, by specialist mental health support charity TIACS (This is a Conversation Starter). Supported by […]
Police officer on the scene of a Queensland highway crash is trampled by a bull that appears out of nowhere. Click to check the original article.
Sam Coulton is not one to throw things away. The third-generation Queensland cotton grower keeps everything that still has potential use on his Goondiwindi farm. He says he inherited the trait from his father, Keith, a pioneer of irrigated farming in northern NSW who was honoured with an MBE in 1979 for services to agriculture […]
A major NSW wool grower with credentials across industry bodies has been snubbed as a favoured candidate in the upcoming Australian Wool Innovation board elections. But Ed Storey — a former WoolProducers Australia president whose resume reads like a who’s who of the wool industry — says he’s hopeful his reputation will be recognised by […]
Victoria and southern NSW are in the box seat to produce Australia’s best winter crops this year, according to a leading grains analyst. Market Check chief executive Mick Crundall told this week’s episode of The Australian Ag Podcast said while Western Australia produced an “absolute thumper” of a crop last year, tonnages in the nation’s […]
It could be years before lamb prices rise back to the levels seen over the past few years but one processor believes rates could have hit the bottom. Gundagai Meat Processors director Will Barton told the Australian Ag Podcast a softening of world demand, high global stocks of protein and increased supplies had conspired to […]
Welcome to The Weekly Times Coles 2023 Farmer of the Year awards. We are searching for the best farmers from across Australia, those leading the way, who constantly strive to improve their business and are finding success in their efforts. So, if you know someone who deserves to be recognised as an outstanding farmer, let […]
The nation’s largest valencia orange grower says Australia’s labour schemes are not addressing the “massive” shortage of workers, particularly in the horticultural sector. Grove Juice general manager Greg Quinn told the Australian Ag Podcast there needed to be more focus around increasing skilled labour. “Certainly the Pacific Island scheme is good and it’s working very […]
Property giant Lendlease is slashing 10 per cent of its global workforce, with up to 740 jobs on the chopping block. The shock announcement comes amid a five-year turnaround plan for the builder to deliver “more sustainable” performance following a bruising few years for the construction industry across Australia. In an internal memo to staff, […]
Governments must honour their own commitments towards water recovery under the Murray Darling Basin Plan and leave irrigators “the bloody hell alone”. That’s according to National Irrigators Council chairman and southern NSW farmer Jeremy Morton. Speaking on today’s episode of The Australian Ag Podcast, Mr Morton said recent discussion about the need to recover another […]
Free-trade agreements, such as those negotiated with the UK, provide much more than improved access for Australian agricultural products, the boss of one of the nation’s biggest beef companies says. “It also provides competition so that we improve our services,” Hancock Agriculture chief executive Adam Giles told the latest episode of The Australian Ag Podcast, […]
Australian cattle prices have likely bottomed out with some reprieve for producers expected over the next months with the US forecast to enter a herd rebuilding phase post-drought. That’s according to Cattle Australia president David Foote who told The Australian Ag Podcast today that while the sharp reduction in saleyard cattle prices over the past […]