Sarina Locke

Hong Kong’s demand for Australian wine lifted by 135 per cent and South-East Asia by 43 per cent in the 12 months to September, showing Australian winemakers are diversifying away from their former key market.

Beekeepers mount a campaign for greater access to flowering gums in national parks, to keep their starving bees fed after the fires.

The disease that’s wiped out a quarter of the world’s pigs is only an hour’s journey from Australian shores. The Government is spending a further $66m on quarantine, but says it will protect exporters if security measures fail.

Volunteering is changing as emergency agencies notice a decline in committed volunteers, but a rise in spontaneous, event-driven volunteering.

Irrigators reliant on the Snowy scheme want reassurances water will be released when they need it, after the Prime Minister’s announcement the hydro scheme will be expanded.

Irrigators reliant on the Snowy scheme want reassurances water will be released when they need it, after the Prime Minister’s announcement the hydro scheme will be expanded.

The proportion of caged egg sales in Australia is falling, a trend pushed by the popularity of free-range eggs.

In America, GM foods are assessed for safety, while Europe and Australia also assess the genetic process.

New South Wales cherry growers are hoping to get air freight access to Chinese through irradiation treatment for pests.

The springs of 2013, 2014 and 2015 have been the three warmest on record, with October 2015 the hottest in recorded history.

Future farming project Green Camel grows hydroponic organic herbs and live barramundi for Sydney restaurants.

Posters, bags and bunting fails to arrive in time to market the start of cherry season, and Cherry Growers say their work is being undermined by Horticulture body.

An Australian toxicologist suggests countries are banning the common herbicide glyphosate on the basis of bad science.

As Australia reforms country of origin labelling, the US, Canada and Mexico are locked in a fight worth billions over trade access.

A leading analyst of global agricultural economics says Australia’s first multi-peril crop insurance program is destined to fail.

A Queensland farmer is set to receive a $944,000 payout under Australia’s first multi-peril crop insurance, after a failed season.

The Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has turned the first sod on a new milk processing plant on Old Creamery road at Berry, on the NSW south coast.

The wool industry’s peak marketing and research body says woolgrowers should be patient to see better days return.

The cherry industry has unveiled a program to show how it’s controlling fruit fly, to remove trade barriers in Asia.

The Agriculture Competitiveness Green Paper fails to mention climate change, but dangerous global warming still troubles scientists and farmers.