MA Financial buoyed by growth of alternative asset sector

MA Financial buoyed by growth of alternative asset sector

Listed asset manager MA Financial has expanded its platform with the acquisition of the d’Albora marina portfolio worth $225 million.

  • byCarolyn Cummins

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Australia’s wagyu giant eyes European,Middle Eastern gourmets as profits jump

Australia’s wagyu giant eyes European,Middle Eastern gourmets as profits jump

The Australian Agricultural Company lifted operating profits and revenue by hiking wagyu prices,but shareholders are yet to reap dividends again.

  • byJessica Yun
Frying higher:Do investors love Cobram Estate as much as shoppers do?

Frying higher:Do investors love Cobram Estate as much as shoppers do?

Cobram Estate is Australia’s number-one extra virgin olive oil brand – but is it just as popular among Australian investors?

  • byJessica Yun
Milk without cows:Inside the metamorphosis of Australia’s oldest dairy co-op,Norco
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Milk without cows:Inside the metamorphosis of Australia’s oldest dairy co-op,Norco

Meet the man who has engineered a commercial and cultural turnaround of an “ultra-conservative” dairy business that hadn’t been profitable in 30 years.

  • byJessica Yun
As hazardous haze envelops Thailand,residents seek refuge

As hazardous haze envelops Thailand,residents seek refuge

Tourist hub Chiang Mai recorded the world’s worst air quality rating over the weekend as the effects of seasonal agricultural burning set in.

  • byChris Barrett
‘I wasn’t part of the boys’ club’:Now,farmer Emma Germano is leading one

‘I wasn’t part of the boys’ club’:Now,farmer Emma Germano is leading one

Victorian Farmers Federation president Emma Germano doesn’t want you to be distracted by the fact that she’s the first woman to lead the lobby group in 35 years.

  • byJessica Yun
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Kim orders ‘revolutionary changes’ in agriculture amid reports of food shortages

Kim orders ‘revolutionary changes’ in agriculture amid reports of food shortages

North Korea devotes much of its scarce resources to advance its nuclear weapons program. Experts say more needs to be invested in fertilisers and machinery.

  • byKim Hyung-jin
Meagre harvest:Brits told to eat turnips as supermarkets ration fresh fruit,vegetables

Meagre harvest:Brits told to eat turnips as supermarkets ration fresh fruit,vegetables

Several leading retailers announced they would ration a series of salad products for “a few weeks” after a severe frost in Morocco and Spain in November and December.

  • byRob Harris
Cheese relief:Bega tips end to sharp dairy price increases

Cheese relief:Bega tips end to sharp dairy price increases

Dairy prices jumped almost 15 per cent last year,but top brass at the $1 billion cheese maker reckon such dizzying increases are a thing of the past.

  • byJessica Yun
‘Smashed’:Why Australia’s biggest avocado grower will sell some farms

‘Smashed’:Why Australia’s biggest avocado grower will sell some farms

Costa Group’s avocado business has been unprofitable for two years running,so it will lean more heavily into berries,citrus and export markets instead.

  • byJessica Yun
‘Tinder for farmers’:Connecting the old and young over a love of the land

‘Tinder for farmers’:Connecting the old and young over a love of the land

Judy Hocking,79,had never even heard of dating app Tinder when she read about an organisation matchmaking retiring farmers with the next generation of aspiring farmers.

  • byMelissa Cunningham