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2026 Rabobank Australian graduate program Applications for Rabobank’s 2026 graduate program are now open, providing university graduates interested in agriculture and agribusiness the chance to...

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Queensland rural confidence softens Queensland rural confidence has dipped slightly in the most recent quarter, with the state’s primary producers reporting concern about the cost...

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Australian Beef Sustainability Framework welcomes EU recognition of land management practices The Australian Beef Sustainability Framework (ABSF) has welcomed the announcement from the European Commission...

Calls falling on deaf ears

There’s growing concern in agriculture circles about the overreach by the Queensland Police Service’s Weapons Licensing Branch (WLB) applying increasing restrictions on farmers’ legitimate...

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Australia heading towards record-high winter crop planting Australia’s farmers are heading towards a record-high winter crop planting this year, Rabobank says in its newly-released 2025/26...

Newly re-elected Federal Governments prioritisation of Nature Positive Laws welcomed

AgForce welcomes the newly-elected Albanese Government’s prioritisation of much-needed Nature Positive reforms. With a clear majority in the Lower House and strength in the...

Ag In Brief

Australian farmland values hit record high Australian farmland values have now recorded eleven years of unbroken growth with the national median price rising to a...

Survivor weeds are an issue

Heard a colleague from another part of Australia speak on his issues with weed control and paddock profitability. It did surprise me a bit...

Rural doctors cry out for help as staffing as resources run dry

Australia’s rural doctors are fed up — and they’re calling for urgent action to fix crumbling hospital facilities, outdated equipment and dangerous staff shortages...

Mice on the March: Why We Need Action Now

2025 will go down as one hell of a year for natural disasters with cyclones and the floods that have encompassed much of the...

Revamped Wagyu competition set for record success

New competition classes and double the prize money for the prestigious Paddock to Palate Wagyu Challenge at the Royal Queensland Show are expected to...

Rain crops, and the future

The phrases of "not again" or "shades of 2024 autumn" are echoing around our summer cropping areas of the state, with the constant rain...

Air fare price caps? That’s the question

An ’issues and questions’ paper by an Australian Government Productivity Commission inquiry into air travel has raised a point around potentially price-capping fares in...