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South African couple beg to stay in Australia amid fears of racial violence back home: 'Our death sentence'
Daily Mail
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July 31, 2025
A hard-working couple face an anxious wait to see if they will be kicked out of the country and forced to return to South Africa. Charné-Lee Gunning, 31, and her fiancé Ivan Strauss, 37, arrived in Australia on visitor visas in December 2018 after...
Australia reopening its market to Canadian Beef sends an important message
Swift Current Online
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July 30, 2025
Australia has officially opened its market for fresh and frozen beef from Canada for the first time since BSE in 2003. The Canadian Cattle Association is pleased noting its one of the last remaining countries to have maintained bovine spongiform...
Volunteers recover German backpacker's abandoned vehicle
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 30, 2025
Farmers in Western Australia's Wheatbelt have retrieved Carolina Wilga's abandoned van, weeks after the backpacker survived 12 days missing in the outback. Friends and family of the 26-year-old raised the alarm after she had not been heard from...
Agribusiness builds 11 acres of greenhouses
The Fiji Times
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July 30, 2025
VINAKA Farm, one of Fiji’s fastest growing agribusinesses, is transitioning from traditional open field farming to facility agriculture through the development of 11 acres of greenhouses. The Navua-based farm, which initially began operation in...
Cow's milk alternative tastes like 'ice cream', sheep dairy farmers say
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 31, 2025
Did you know sheep's milk is considered to have more nutrients than cow's milk? The sheep dairy industry in Australia is small, particularly when compared to regions like the Mediterranean where sheep's milk and cheese are an integral part of...
Concerns grow over fish farm expansion in WA waters
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 30, 2025
Traditional owners in Western Australia's far north say they are growing increasingly concerned over seafood giant Tassal's plans to expand its fish farming operation off the remote Kimberley coast. Known for its salmon farming off Tasmania,...
Beef farmers likely first in line for emissions-reducing livestock pill
RNZ
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July 30, 2025
Photo: RNZ/Susan Murray Industry-government venture AgriZero is hinting that New Zealand beef may be the first agricultural sector to gain access to tools like a new methane-reducing pill for livestock - and soon. Ruminant BioTech was developing a...
Heather Ewart’s final stop on Australia’s Back Roads
Shepparton News
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She’s been plonked down in an underground cave beneath the Nullabor, hunted buffalo in the Northern Territory, and left viewers’ eyes popping when she jumped off a bridge in Brunswick Heads. Now, the host of ABC’s Back Roads, Heather Ewart, is...
Report offers insights into crop loss and waste on Australian horticultural farms
The National Tribune
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July 31, 2025
Dept of Agriculture The average percentage of crop loss or waste per Australian horticultural farm dropped in 2023-24 and varied significantly depending on crop type, new data collected by ABARES reveals. The report, Crop loss/waste on Australian...
Neurodiversity in farming takes centre stage at roundtable
Farmers Weekly
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July 30, 2025
Neurodiversity in agriculture took a significant step forward on 15 July, as industry leaders gathered to shape the next phase of the Level the Field campaign, now in its second year. A coalition of agricultural organisations, farm businesses,...
Ag trade supports farms, communities
Agri-View - Wisconsin
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Faith Parum American Farm Bureau Federation Trade is a hot topic with a lot of uncertainty. Trade-policy decisions being made in Washington, D.C., will impact farmers and ranchers in the countryside. This Market Intel report is a continuation in a...
Climate change and farming: New Zealand beef sector likely first in line for emissions-reducing livestock pill
The New Zealand Herald
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July 30, 2025
AgriZeroNZ first invested $1.8 million into Ruminant BioTech’s product in April 2023, followed by $4m to accelerate its commercialisation in August. AgriZeroNZ chief executive Wayne McNee said the company was planning a limited release for beef...
Australia opens doors to Canadian beef for first time since 2003
Prince Albert Daily Herald
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July 30, 2025
Daily Herald Staff The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the successful re-opening of market access for Canadian beef and beef products to Australia. Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald said the Australia...
3 Australian dividend stocks trading at bargain prices
The Motley Fool Australia
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July 30, 2025
Image source: Getty Images With the latest inflation data making a RBA cash rate cut more likely next month, I think it's a great time to put money to work into some Australian dividend stocks. The share prices of names like Commonwealth Bank of...
Less rain, more wheat: How farmers defied climate doom
Gulf Today
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July 30, 2025
Peter Hobson, Reuters In a newly sown wheat field, Curtis Liebeck scoops up a fistful of sandy soil and lets it pour through his fingers. The light-brown dirt bears little resemblance to the dark, clumpy earth of rainier nations. The Liebeck farm,...
Stop Live Export South Africa and Compassion in World Farming Urges Public Response on Government’s draft Regulations to Continue Exporting Live Animals by Sea
South Africa Today
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July 30, 2025
Cape Town, South Africa — Stop Live Export South Africa (SLESA) and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) are calling on the South African public to urgently respond to the newly proposed live animal export regulations announced by the Department of...
Re-imagining ESG to unlock opportunity in agriculture
The National Tribune
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July 30, 2025
One of Australian agriculture’s leading thinkers has provided the industry with a bold new way to harness ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) – as a practical business tool, rather than a burdensome compliance exercise. In her Nuffield...
Australia lifts 22-year ban on Canadian beef after herds declared free of 'mad cow disease'
National Post
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July 30, 2025
“Canada is known around the world for producing top-quality beef,” says Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. “Strengthening our trade ties with Australia—one of our key partners in the Indo-Pacific — means more opportunities for...
Angry Farmers Vow to Fight If Korea Leader Bows to Trump Demands
Yahoo Finance
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(Bloomberg) -- In a sweltering cattle shed south of Seoul, flies dart across hundreds of cows sitting at the heart of a trade talks between the US and South Korea. Most Read from Bloomberg Lee Jongtae, 62, has raised cattle and grown rice with his...
UPL Corp Australia Unveils Thiopron Biofungicide for Grapevines at WineTech 2025
AgriBusiness Global
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July 30, 2025
UPL Corp Australia introduced its innovative biofungicide Thiopron at WineTech 2025, held last week in Adelaide. The product launch attracted strong interest from the viticulture community during the premier trade event, which brought together...