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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.

Rural Business News

Vale Ken McKee

Ag industry character rides off into the sunset

Good times roll on but not a repeat of 2022

The Russian roulette of fertiliser pricing

Resistance pioneer lands AHRI director role

Floods and costs hits vegetable sector hard

From the editor

It’s time to make the 20s’ roar again

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