The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

Electric timber trucks to be trialled in Scotland

Scottish Forestry has awarded £452,000 towards a three year trial

Insider UK · May 2, 2023

At an average of $6 each, soaring pineapple prices are here to stay

Pineapples are selling for record high prices and those in the industry say consumers need to get used to paying more for the Australian-grown product.

ABC News · May 2, 2023

Firm that hired kids to clean meat plants keeps losing work

The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp cutting equipment has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the investigation became public last fall

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

Shucking 600 oysters all in a day's work for Suvi Selenge as she fulfilled life wish to own her own business

For five years, Mongolian immigrant Suvi Selenge owned an oyster shop in a remote South Australian town that's regarded as a bucket-list experience for Nullarbor travellers.

ABC News · Apr 30, 2023

Bucolic scenes on UK milk adverts hide reality of life for ‘battery cows’

Consumers are being ‘misled’ into believing dairy cattle graze in fields, says animal rights campaign

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023

India’s palm oil plans fail to account for climate change

India’s ambitious drive to expand domestic palm oil production fails to consider the subcontinent’s changing climate

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2023

Urea fertiliser price dive is a win for farmers and shoppers

Fertiliser prices have fallen from their record highs in 2022, with urea now worth about a third of its price last year.

ABC News · Apr 29, 2023

Call for Queensland agricultural businesses to be more safety-conscious when operating tractors

A spate of recent incidents involving farm vehicles is causing concern in Queensland.

ABC News · Apr 29, 2023

Australian farmers use Starlink satellite internet kits to access agtech for grain sowing program

An Australian farmer who has struggled with dodgy internet for years has strapped Starlink satellite internet kits to the roofs of his tractors for this year's grain crop sowing program.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2023

High costs, shortages and a push for free-range eggs show cracks in industry

The phasing out of caged eggs and higher production costs for farmers continues to impact the supply of eggs to consumers.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2023