Agribusiness

Foreign ownership of Western Australia's agriculture assets will be closely watched if the opposition wins the March 9 election.

Australia's crop farmers are gearing up for a better than average harvest despite a summer of scorching heat, bushfires and widespread flooding.

Australian sheep are still being brutally slaughtered at a livestock market in Kuwait despite complaints to the federal government, an animal welfare group says.

The Liberal-National coalition has questioned the value of Labor's $37 billion national broadband network, but farmers appear to be happy with its progress.

Environment Minister Tony Burke will wait for legal advice before deciding if a banned super trawler should be allowed to operate as a giant freezer for smaller ships fishing in Australian waters.

Western Australia's fisheries department is looking into photos posted by world boxing champion Danny Green of a tiger shark caught in waters off Perth.

Any moves away from live animal exports and towards more meat processing in Western Australia will be well planned and in consultation with the industry, Opposition Leader Mark McGow

Troubled agribusiness and automotive interiors supplier Elders has blamed a weak market for lower sales and earnings in the first two months of its fiscal year.

A listeria outbreak has prompted a nation-wide recall of certain brands of soft cheeses.

Incitec Pivot has given shareholders an optimistic financial outlook for its explosives and fertilisers businesses in 2013 despite a tough year in 2012.

Unseasonable wet weather has caused major frustration for the state's grain growers, with grains handler CBH Group forced to revise down its harvest estimate as a result of the disruptions.

Elders has announced it will sell 30,000 hectares of pulpwood timber plantations and its Indian Sandalwood assets in the Ord River irrigation area.

US food processing giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has had its second takeover knockback from Australia's GrainCorp in a month.

Local wine makers must stop whining about the high Australian dollar and back themselves to win their share of global sales, says producer Australian Vintage.

The Western Australian Farmers Federation says dairy farmers need to receive at least 42.5 cents per litre for milk for the industry to be sustainable in WA.

The dire state of the plantation forestry sector has been highlighted by a move by growers to wind up their Australian Growth managed investment schemes run by RuralAus Investments.

The nation's largest cattle producer, Australian Agricultural Company is on track to post a 2.5 per cent increase in sales for the year.

Australia's winter crops have resisted several months of dry weather to shape up for a better than average harvest.

More support is needed for the struggling Australian food production sector after iconic food brand Rosella was placed in receivership, a national vegetable growers' group says.

US food processing giant Archer Daniels Midland Company has increased its offer for grains marketer and maltster GrainCorp to $2.78 billion.

Western Australia's farmers are the most pessimistic in the nation, as dry conditions hitting this season's grain harvest continue to drive down agricultural confidence.

Agriculture Minister Terry Redman can't shed light on reports a Chinese agricultural giant could buy up to $4 billion worth of prime farmland after snapping up some 30,000 hectares in the past mont

Horticulture is proving the latest attraction for Chinese investors, with a major Donnybrook vineyard that was at the heart of one of the state's most expensive tax-driven financial disasters becom

Two Western Australian Liberal senators have broken ranks with their colleagues in declaring their support for a Labor bill to finalise the deregulation of wheat exports.

If all goes to plan, the Ord River irrigation area will attract $700 million of private investment, but there is a long way to go before that happens.

Chinese property developer Shanghai Zhongfu was today confirmed as the preferred proponent to develop 13,400 hectares of irrigated land in the Kimberley, and has immediately highlighted the substan

Agribusiness and automotive interiors supplier Elders says about 30 parties have expressed interest in its rural services business.

Amid rumours that a Chinese property conglomerate has won the right to develop land in the second stage of the Ord River expansion in the Kimberley, Premier Colin Barnett says he will not reveal wh

Shares in fertiliser and explosives maker Incitec Pivot have gained more than five per cent after it lifted its annual profit by 10 per cent and increased dividends.

The Australian Greens have put forward a plan to phase out live animal exports, as federal Labor prepares for a showdown on the controversial trade at its next caucus meeting.

Craig Mostyn Group chief executive officer David Lock has been named Agribusiness Leader of the Year at the NAB Agribusiness Awards for Excellence, organised by Monash University Gippsland.

Australia's live export industry says the controversial slaughter of 21,000 sheep in Pakistan is not an indication its animal welfare protections are failing.