When Catherine Madden turned around and saw her husband lying on the ground,she knew something wasn’t right.
High produce costs forcing changes to city restaurant menus are slowing the economic recovery for some farmers in regional Victoria.
Despite record crowds,the number of farm animals competing is drastically low as some farmers say the 174-year-old event has lost its agricultural significance.
Victoria is preparing for record canola harvests this year,but farmers are nervously watching their fields as La Nina and trespassing tourists threaten to bring their year’s work undone.
The simple act of picking fruit poses manifold challenges to a machine,but innovations are making the challenge surmountable.
A new machine being developed by Ripe Robotics could be the solution struggling fruit farmers have been looking for.
They were told to go home at the start of the pandemic. Now backpackers are returning to Australia - but not quickly enough for businesses desperate for workers.
The European Union is considering new laws that could ban imports of beef from land that has been deforested,angering Australian farmers.
First COVID hit supply chains for automobiles,electronics and other goods - now climate is emerging as a disruptor.
A shortage of agriculture workers is driving up food prices,Murray Watt has admitted,as the government reveals plans to bring in an extra 9000 foreign workers.
After a personal tragedy,quitting city life to work on the land sounded like the ideal solution. But a shift between fantasy and reality was also required.