Tallis Miles

Investment funds rule the roost when it comes to cropping land ownership in Australia, with Canadian and American super funds holding the title of the nation’s largest summer and winter cropping operations.

Almost 2000 hectares of farmland in northern Victoria have hit the market, listed for sale by a regenerative agriculture and water investor.

Three farms in western Victoria have been sold for more than $10 million combined following a series of contested auctions.

More than 2000ha of grazing farmland in the far west of Victoria has hit the market, listed for sale by its Chinese owners.

A premier portfolio of irrigated cropping and pastoral farmland in the NSW Riverina has been listed for sale, where it is expected to command stellar offers.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority has banned the use of a herbicide with links to health problems to unborn babies, effective immediately.

Former hazelnut farms in the NSW Riverina’s Murrumbidgee Irrigation District, have returned to Australian ownership after they were sold by an Italian confectionery giant.

Two Victorian farmers have been fined thousands of dollars and convicted of separate acts of aggravated animal cruelty.

A Western District farmer is set to face multiple animal cruelty charges following an extensive investigation by Agriculture Victoria.

Three separate NSW Riverina farms have hit the market in a series of spring listings, where they are expected to field offers worth more than $35 million combined.