Agricultural Prices

For the first time since 2020, Chinese plates will feature Australian rock lobster for Lunar New Year. It's led to a boom in Australian prices, but some fishers are worried it could be short-lived.

Bad weather in key coffee producing countries has sent the price of beans soaring but Australian growers say capitalising on gaps in the market will be difficult.

An industry analyst says there's a direct link between Minerva Foods' closure of its Tammin processing facility and the approaching end to the live sheep trade.

The state's largest grain handler, Cooperative Bulk Handling, reports it has processed 19.5 million tonnes this season — 3 million tonnes more than it predicted at the start of harvest.

As investment in agriculture grows and seasonal condition outlooks remain positive across Queensland, farmers are feeling positive about the year ahead. 

Wine grape growers have spoken at a senate inquiry to plead for a mandatory code of conduct to ensure they get fair prices for their produce.

As young as one-day-old calves are removed from their mothers and killed. But now there is a push to stop the practice. 

Australia is well on track to have its biggest year for mutton exports. China has been the nation's biggest customer.

Push it over. Pile it up. Strike a match. That's been the fate of thousands of avocado trees as growers destroy entire paddocks in search of more profitable crops.

Many Australian farmers are getting squeezed at "both ends" by concentrated markets.

If you're a blueberry fan, now is the time to stock up. Prices have dropped in supermarkets across Australia as seasonal supply levels peak to astronomical heights. 

Coles and Woolworths say they're passing milk price reductions on to shoppers. But what do shelf price cuts mean for the farmers who produce the milk?

It is an iconic Australian logo, but a coalition of businesses want Aussie-made logos to be made clearer after a survey finds more than half of consumers are being misled into buying foreign-owned products.

Australian supermarkets have high standards for how a spud should look. Producers say the focus should be on the taste instead.

This year droughts are pushing coffee prices to record highs, but climate change means it's unlikely we'll ever see a return to the $3 flat white.

An investment company owned by the Canadian government gets early approval to take over the debt-plagued Yeeda Pastoral Company.

Once considered a luxury, avocados have stayed cheap throughout the cost-of-living crisis. But while consumers are cheering, farmers are looking to other markets to absorb an oncoming glut.

A patchy growing season across Australia is affecting an already tight market with olive oil prices expected to stay high. So should consumers buy up now before further price rises?

Families and neighbours shopping through informal co-ops are saving hundreds, but the business model could help apply major competitive pressure to the major supermarkets.

A small Victorian milk company says supermarket giant Coles has removed its products from 65 Victorian stores in retribution for refusing to give the supermarket a bigger profit margin.