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Horticulture shows resilience in tough times

Aug. 10, 2023 | 3 min read
Despite the significant challenges facing growers over recent years, the vegetable sector continues to show impressive growth and resilience due to the hard work and dedication of its growers who continue to struggle with increasing costs of production and labour shortages, writes Michael Coote.
Commentary

The swings and roundabouts of supply management

July 11, 2023 | 3 min read
Anyone involved in Australian agribusiness is used to the challenges of running a successful operation in an environment with cyclic demand and supply disruptions – nobody more so than our growers, who have been operating in our harsh and challenging climate for hundreds of years, writes Peter O’Keeffe.
Commentary - Merchandise

Why people resist change (and what to do about it)

July 7, 2023 | 3 min read
The human brain is wired for comfort and certainty. It likes routines, patterns and habits. Change challenges us – like that being experienced by rural businesses across Australia after natural disasters, COVID-19, skills shortages and technology advances, writes Leah Mether.
Commentary - Management

Don’t leave our farmers behind

June 25, 2023 | 3 min read
Australian agriculture is in the early stages of a dramatic disruption and a subsequent transition, writes Matt Anderson.
Commentary - Fertilisers

Need for fertiliser labelling awareness campaign

May 18, 2023 | 3 min read
Fertilizer Australia will launch the national Fertiliser Labelling Awareness campaign in the coming months – and with good reason, writes Stephen Annells.
Commentary

Commodity prices, interest rates and drought bite

April 21, 2023 | 3 min read
Australian farmers continue to ride the rollercoaster of seasons, commodity prices and economic factors, with rural sentiment at the start of 2023 dipping to its lowest level reported since late 2018.
Commentary

Vale Ken McKee

April 15, 2023 | 2 min read
“Ken will be remembered as an essential part of our team, and he will be missed by everyone."
Commentary

Ag industry character rides off into the sunset

April 12, 2023 | 3 min read
Every so often you come across a real character in the rural industry, and Datamars Livestock stalwart, Gregg Blatchly – ‘Blatch’ to those that know him, is one of those characters. A mountain of a man with a ten gallon hat, he was the very manifestation of the rugged Aussie stockman.
Commentary

Good times roll on but not a repeat of 2022

March 12, 2023 | 3 min read
The “Good times” are set to continue for Australian agriculture, but a repeat of the “stand out” 2022 year are unlikely writes Stefan Vogel*.
Commentary

The Russian roulette of fertiliser pricing

Feb. 20, 2023 | 4 min read
Forward sales (or lack thereof) of phosphate fertilisers have played out like a game of Russian Roulette for fertiliser companies but there could still be a bullet in the chamber for buyers, writes Jim Mole.
Commentary

Resistance pioneer lands AHRI director role

Feb. 5, 2023 | 5 min read
Rural Business acknowledges Professor Ken Flower’s recent appointment as the director of the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) School of Agriculture and Environment.
Commentary

Floods and costs hits vegetable sector hard

Dec. 24, 2022 | 3 min read
2022 was meant to be the year where we bounced back from the hardships and difficulties of COVID-19, but this year has been one of the toughest in recent memory for the vegetable industry, writes Michael Coote.
Commentary

From the editor

Dec. 5, 2022 | 2 min read
It’s been another year of triumphs and heartbreak for the agricultural sector, with the return of good seasons, record profits among reseller groups and supply companies – plus the heartbreak of a wet harvest and flooding impacting communities yet again.
Commentary

It’s time to make the 20s’ roar again

Oct. 15, 2022 | 3 min read
The 1920s didn’t get off to the best of starts, writes Rebecca Pickering. Emerging from the devastation of the Great War with the Spanish flu pandemic quick on its heels, Australia faced the enormous task of rebuilding from the ashes.

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