Alex Sinnott

Local government funding reform needs to be put on the state election agenda next year with many sparsely-populated municipalities struggling to make ends meet.

Loretta Lynn sang of hard work as a coal miner’s daughter and Dolly Parton famously clocked on from nine to five.

You could say it’s the aquaculture equivalent of ‘carrying coal to Newcastle,’ but Scott Elliott is proof you can sell seaweed to the land of sushi.

Victoria’s dairy farmers are calling for a springtime step up, claiming stabilising market conditions at home and abroad are being pocketed by processors.

Exclusive consumption of plant-based alternatives to milk has barely changed in the past two years, the latest consumer statistics reveal.

Chinese wool buyers are ramping up pressure on Australia over mulesing, Wool Producers Australia chief executive Jo Hall says.

Australian Consolidated Milk has provided the first step up of the new season, less than 48 hours after confirming its opening price.

Farmgate prices across southeastern Australia have opened 80 to 90 cents per kilogram milk solids higher than last season, still underwhelming drought-stricken farmers.

Australia’s milk pool is set to clock in at 8.3 billion litres despite drought and flood, although expert analysts are forecasting a weak start to the new season.

Touted American tariffs on dairy are yet to flow through to real-life trade, a leading US industry analyst says, but farmers are keeping a watchful eye.

More than $14m has been recouped from the sale of Beston Global Food Company assets, with buyers still being sought for some of its property holdings.

Farmers have backed moves by the national consumer watchdog for a stronger Food and Grocery Code following the release of a much-anticipated probe into supermarket competition.

More fuel reduction burns are needed across regional Victoria to ease the burden on rural firefighters, a former CSIRO division chief says.

With a background as both a dairy farmer and mental health counsellor, Sarah Crosthwaite has a unique perspective on what makes primary producers tick.

International dairy prices are 17 per cent higher than eight months ago when processors were mandated to reveal their opening prices, industry analysts say.

Local Government Minister Nick Staikos has ruled out council mergers, after former premier Jeff Kennett says a municipal shake-up is needed statewide.

Developing an ‘Australian Owned’ logo to aid agriculture and homegrown manufacturing should be a 2025 federal election issue, famed businessman Dick Smith says.

Alysha and Ryan Conlan’s lives used to be like the television renovation madness of The Block. These days, the southwest Victorian couple have built a career that’s more like TV sitcoms Always Greener or The Good Life.

Dairy farmers statewide are bracing themselves for a summer of fodder scarcity with a woeful winter and sunbaked spring delivering poor yields.

Dairy farmers across Australia are warning of the farmgate consequences of lowering the retail price of generic milk.