EU trade talks must deliver for Aussie farmers
Australia and the European Union are back at the negotiating table, with trade talks set to resume after a long pause. For those of us in agriculture, this is a moment of both opportunity and caution.
Hope, harvest and a push for change
It’s been a big week in cane country. Harvesters are up and running in the Tableland and Bundaberg districts, marking the start of the 2025 crush.
Trump’s Tariffs: A Bitter Pill for Aussie Sugar
Well, it finally happened. After months of talk, Donald Trump’s long-foreshadowed tariffs have arrived. And they’re not just broad, they’re bigger and more far-reaching than most countries expected.
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Advocacy is a team sport
Australian agriculture enjoyed a win recently, with the Federal Government’s proposed biosecurity levy stalling in the Senate after several senators pulled their support for the idea.
Growers fear being casualties in mill-union conflict
As I busily prepare my farm for harvest, and look out over a great crop of sugarcane, it’s hard to imagine better conditions for harvesting Queensland’s crop.
And we’re off!
It’s that time of the year again, when Queensland’s cane-growing communities come alive with the sounds of harvesters, haulouts, cane trucks and trains.
What a difference a decade makes!
Our perceptions can, and often do, change over time.
Is it too late to win the war on fire ants?
Fire ants are back in the news, and once again, it’s for all the wrong reasons.