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The name dates back to the mid 1960s.

New environmental standards proposed for the Tasmanian salmon farming industry are blasted as "half-baked" and weaker than the ones already in place — but the industry defends its practises as "world class".

Minnesota-based agribusiness Cargill said it will stop exporting Russian grains sourced by the company by the middle of this summer.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's inability to accompany a government mission to China frustrated meat industry lobbyists who had hoped his presence this week would help persuade Beijing to issue more export licenses for Brazilian companies, according to two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

With a centralisation of pig abattoirs owned by large multinationals, many small-scale pig farmers say they have limited choices on where to send their pigs for slaughter.

Storm damage has put the state's massive agricultural output, which supplies more than one-third of the nation, in danger.

A new law tasks the agency with creating resources for farmers, but it may not address their biggest concerns

"Ireland has in the past failed to basically reward farm owners for those public goods they provide"

The state's largest and most valuable crop on record has been harvested after growers were given reprieve from a difficult start to the season.

A federal parliamentary inquiry into food security has heard that climate change, supply chain issues, and biosecurity management are the greatest threats to Australia's produce supply.

A report on the mental health of the country's farmers has revealed that almost half have had thoughts of self-harm or suicide.