5 August 2014 Bridget Fitzgerald ABC Rural Western Australia’s largest red meat processor has signed a historic deal for the long term supply of beef and sheep meat into China. The deal […]
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Article – ABARES predicts Asia will become a 'significant prospect' for Australian beef producers
1 August 2014 Craig Zonca and Cassie Hough ABC Rural The Asian export market will become a ‘significant prospect’ for Australian beef producers, as international food demands increase. The issue was one […]
Read moreArticle – Agribusiness set to drive Australia's economic future
1 August 2014 Ticky Fullerton ABC News Australia’s agricultural soul is stirring in a way it has not done since the end of the great wool years, and the drive is coming […]
Read moreArticle – Water hope for Pilbara cities
5 August 2014 Brad Thompson The West Australian The dream of growing cities in the Pilbara is a step closer to reality after investigations revealed massive underground reservoirs able to support rapid […]
Read moreArticle – Could weed-zapping Daleks be the new farmer's friend, with robots roaming crops?
30 July 2014 Sally Bryant ABC Rural If you grew up watching cartoons like the Jetsons, you could be forgiven for being disappointed at how slow society has been in developing robots […]
Read moreArticle – Barnaby Joyce’s beef about ‘ridiculous’ food bowl
4 August 2014 Jared Owens and Rachel Baxendale The Australian AUSTRALIA must abandon illogical rhetoric about becoming the food bowl of Asia because it is ridiculous and “read as a threat overseas’’, […]
Read moreArticle – Tapping the Kimberley's true agriculture potential
28 July 2014 Olivia Garnett ABC Rural Western Australia’s Kimberley region is on track to becoming a major player in the beef export supply to Asia, with an irrigation vision that’s expected […]
Read moreArticle – Truss points to north's future
1 August 2014 Tom Zaunmayr Pilbara News Northern Australia is a critically important yet under-utilised asset for Australia, according to Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss. Delivering his keynote speech at the Pilbara […]
Read moreArticle – Filling neighbours’ food bowl key to prosperity
31 July 2014 Andrew Robb The Australian CHANGING patterns of demand in Asia represent a truly transformative opportunity for Australia’s food and agribusiness sector. Feeding the region’s growing middle class could help […]
Read moreArticle – Dairy cows in the desert: possibilities for the Pilbara
28 July 2014 Lucie Bell ABC Rural It’s a pretty radical idea, given the landscape’s harshness, but the director general of WA’s Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) believes dairy production is […]
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