Agribusiness - Page 5

Farm debt in Australia has increased by almost 75% over the past decade, from A$40.3 billion in 2004 to an estimated A$70 billion in 2014. Barnaby Joyce, the Federal Minister for Agriculture, has argued the government should take...

A recently published report identifies areas of unnecessarily regulation which, if improved, could raise productivity in Australia′s rural industries.

Federal government has announced a “Farm Finance” initiative to support and assist farmers with high levels of debt and help improve their financial resilience

Designed as a risk management tool, the Farm Management Deposit scheme (FMD), encourages farmers to set aside pre-tax income in good years for use in low-income years. With farm productivity susceptible to even the slightest variances...

Agribusiness is a diverse sector which faces many, often unpredictable, challenges ... but also immense future opportunity as a player in agricultural exports.

2013 marks the 20-year anniversary of Australian Women in Agriculture. We asked AWIA President Marion Rak for thoughts on what her organisation has achieved.

August 2012: Thanks to a strong value product offering and an array of specialist services designed to assist customers, Commonwealth Bank of Australia proved a clear leader in the field of Agribusiness. For this, we offer them...

With another round of severe floods and storms causing havoc in both Queensland and Victoria, it is a timely reminder that nature can strike anywhere and anytime. And nature spares nothing. People, equipment, crops and livestock...

The idea behind the Farm Management Deposit scheme is to iron out the sometimes erratic income earned by farmers. In a good year, eligible farmers can minimize taxable income by diverting surplus funds into their FMD...

The appalling bush fires and floods which have recently devastated parts of Australia serve to illustrate only too graphically how easy it is to lose not only human lives but crops and livestock as well. Add fluctuating commodity...