Agribusiness

Victorian sheep producers lead increase in farmer confidence

VICTORIAN sheep producers are leading a national increase in farmer confidence, according to results from the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey released last week…Read More

Sheep Central, March 18, 2024

Focus on women in agricultural leadership roles

AUSTRALIAN agriculture is celebrating International Women’s Day today with new data highlighting the increasing role of women in the sector and the National Farmers Federation opening applications for its next Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program intake…Read More

Sheep Central, March 8, 2024

Government farm lender RIC lifts variable interest rates

AUSTRALIAN Government farm business lender, the Regional Investment Corporation, will lift the variable interest rate on all concessional farm business loans — including AgriStarter, Farm Investment, Drought, and AgBiz Drought — by 47 basis points to 4.99 percent from 1 February 2024…Read More

Sheep Central, January 24, 2024

Ridley to buy petfood input producer Oceania Meat Processors

RIDLEY Corporation’s subsidiaries CSF Australia Subsidiary and CSF Protein NZ have entered into an agreement to acquire Oceania Meat Processors NZ for around A$52.8 million…Read More

Liz Wells, January 15, 2024

NFF renews call for grocery code to be mandatory

AUSTRALIA’S peak farmer body has renewed its call for a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct with the ‘teeth’ to fix a supply chain system it says is failing farmers and consumers…Read More

Sheep Central, January 10, 2024

Zanda McDonald Award’s 2024 finalists announced

TRANS-TASMAN agricultural badge of honour, the Zanda McDonald Award, has revealed its shortlist of ten young candidates from Australia and New Zealand for 2024…Read More

Sheep Central, November 22, 2023

Elders reports its second highest earnings in a decade

DIVERSIFIED agribusiness service provider Elders has reported pre-tax earnings of $170.8m and net profit of $101m in its annual results for the year ended 30 September…Read More

Sheep Central, November 13, 2023

Farmer optimism lifts and biosecurity concerns fade – Rabobank

OPTIMISM is growing among Australian farmers, but a third of those surveyed in the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey still expected economic conditions to worsen with the impacts of excess rain and flooding…Read More

Sheep Central, December 14, 2022

Datamars buys NZ stock handling equipment manufacturer Prattley

ANIMAL management solutions company Datamars has bought New Zealand-based livestock handling equipment manufacturer Prattley Industries, as part of its Datamars Livestock business…Read More

Sheep Central, September 20, 2022

NZ banking group to buy StockCo Australia

Livestock finance provider StockCo has this morning announced that its shareholders StockCo NZ and Elders have entered into an agreement with NZ banking group Heartland Group Holdings Limited under which Heartland will acquire StockCo’s Australian business…Read More

James Nason, April 1, 2022

Courtney and 33 other rural leaders step up

MIXED farmer Courtney Mraz has a lot on her plate, but she has still stepped up to help women in agriculture by joining the Australian Rural Leadership Program…Read More

Terry Sim, March 23, 2022

Elders expects pre-tax annual earnings to rise 20-30pc

RURAL services provider Elders Limited has issued a trading update to the ASX, flagging an expected 20-30 percent rise in pre-tax earnings for its current 2022 financial year, versus previous year’s performance…Read More

Sheep Central, March 14, 2022

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