Agribusiness

Paul Holmes à Court's Heytesbury will take over a global shipping company's live export business in a deal that includes the acquisition of the world's largest purpose-built fleet of livestock ships.

ANALYSIS: While the US-Iran conflict has disrupted global trade and overshadowed earlier tariff tensions, protectionism has not disappeared from the US agenda.

Nine business chambers representing parts of Europe are planning a strategic alliance, in the wake of the recent free trade agreement between Australia and the EU.

Wide Open Agriculture has appointed Element 25 boss Justin Brown as its new non-executive chair, effective immediately.

Agribusiness major Craig Mostyn Group has expanded its presence in the WA food supply chain with the acquisition of livestock feed manufacturer Patmore Feeds.

A $70 million fertiliser storage facility leased by Nutrien Ag Solutions and built by a Cardaci family business has been opened.

A proposal for the use and protection of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River places restrictions on water use by pastoralists.

A historically fraught relationship between Indigenous people and colonial agriculture is being broken down by a new wave of farmers

Australian farmers will receive an additional 250,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Indonesia, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to squeeze supplies.

The new agriculture lobby leader is balancing an overhaul of the organisation and a sweeping policy agenda.

A company backed by former West Coast Eagle Matt Priddis has swooped on a 350-hectare farm near Albany for $7.4 million.

The federal government has announced a streamlined border import process for fertiliser as the Middle East conflict continues to put pressure on supplies.

WAFarmers has warned Elders' retreat from selling Western Australian wool locally is the first domino in the sector's supply chain to fall as the federal government's live export ban looms.

An Aboriginal-owned sea cucumber processor in Denham puts a cosmetic twist on Australia's oldest trade.

OPINION: Measuring the agricultural sector's production is a useful marker, but perhaps not as meaningful as its profitability.

Austral Fisheries is enjoying a bountiful northern prawn season after a tough few years, but is carefully watching fuel prices which both limited competition and raised costs significantly.

The foreign owner of two mothballed abattoirs has put both facilities up for sale and will exit WA after two years of radio silence about its future.

The dire shape of the Tate family wine empire has emerged with debts estimated by liquidators reaching as much as $78 million across two companies.

A trial over WA controversial fishing ban continues in court, with the state claiming Sea Harvest failed to prove why the prohibition was legally unreasonable.

The Ord has been ripe with crop experimentation to make use of its vast water resource since the 1960s.

Sea Harvest has accused Fisheries Minister Jackie Jarvis of giving in to political pressure over the demersal fish ban, during a trial held at the state's highest court.

Australia's live export industry is facing a double whammy as war in the Middle East restricts shipping channels and forces up the cost of diesel for pastoralists and farmers.

WA's biggest winemaker has brought in Melbourne billionaire Anthony Hall as an equity holder, deepening an existing business partnership that started in Tasmania.

Gascoyne growers are bracing for flooding from the region's namesake river after being battered by severe winds and rain from Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Premier Roger Cook has warned fuel suppliers that he could invoke legislative powers to get greater transparency over their market, in the latest WA fuel crisis development.

A Perth startup backed by Andrew Forrest and Bill Gates, which is developing a cattle feed additive which reduces methane emissions, has added a New Zealand investor to its books as it expands to the shaky isles.

Kathmandu co-founder Jan Cameron has lodged fresh legal action against Seafarms Group in the latest bid to recoup some of the millions she invested in the Project Sea Dragon prawn farm.

Fertiliser and explosives major Orica is shoring up alternative supply of ammonia amid two plant outages, after Yara's Pilbara operation was forced offline due to damage.

Mullewa farmer Rod Messina and his father are in a dispute with several family members over a multi-million-dollar agreement to split farmland in the Mid West.

Yara's fertiliser operations in the Pilbara have been damaged, with production to be impacted for two months as the nation's agriculture sector grapples with supply issues.

Former tomato king Michael Le has pushed back against a bid to strike out his claims in a legal dispute that has been ongoing for five years.

OPINION: US-Indonesia negotiations suggest politics may begin reshaping Australia's relationship with a longstanding market.