Agricultural Prices

Australian wine exports have been hit by a global trend in people drinking less alcohol and cutting costs, but hope remains for the re-opening of a major market.

While the inquiry will put Coles and Woolworths in the spotlight, producers in the Gascoyne and Kimberley regions say other factors deserve close examination too.

Shoppers have seen the price of local fruit and veg skyrocket, but canned produce remains relatively cheap. One expert says there are several worrying reasons for this. 

Some Australian producers turn their backs on the major supermarkets because of what they say are unfair prices at the farm gate.

Ports operator DP World tells a Senate Estimates hearing nearly 55,000 containers filled with consumer goods and farm exports are stuck on the docks due to union stop-work action, as stakeholders call for federal government intervention.

Former Labor minister Craig Emerson says the review may recommend making the supermarket code of conduct mandatory.

Grocery prices rose and major supermarkets made billion-dollar profits last year, but Bundaberg farmer Trevor Cross fears rock-bottom produce prices will force him to leave the industry he loves — and there are many others like him.

The improvement in the results is mostly due to increased livestock prices and solid grain yields across the state, Rabobank says.

Many shoppers are questioning whether supermarket prices are fair, and so next year the Senate will examine claims of price gouging by Coles and Woolworths.

The dry spring caused by El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole climate patterns is expected to result in a $16 billion fall in the value of agriculture this financial year.

Do you know where your milk comes from? If you're in Queensland there's half a chance it's travelled through NSW and Victoria, possibly from a dairy up to 2,000 kilometres away.

Prices for some cattle have doubled as buyer confidence is restored following rainfall for many areas that have endured a long dry spell.

Meat and Livestock Australia says the number of goats slaughtered in Australia has risen by almost 50 per cent since 2022 as China's appetite for the product continues to grow.

A heavy downpour across southern Australia has coincided with the peak of the busy grain harvest season, throwing farmers' plans into disarray.

Cattle producers spent most of 2023 reading stories about El Niño, which seems to have affected market confidence.

Robbie Radel's voice breaks as he describes his dread of the week ahead — having to watch the last of his beloved milkers being trucked away from the farm his family has owned since 1906.

It takes two weeks for these Aussie mangoes to go from a farm to a US supermarket shelf. But for Manbulloo Mangoes it's been worth it.

With retail prices soaring past $40/kg for lamb cutlets in recent years even Sam Kekovich would have a hard time feeding lamb to his family, but these farmers are donating lamb to those in need despite battling their own financial heartache.

Indian buffalo meat is surging into Australian market strongholds such as Indonesia, creating enormous competition for the live cattle trade.  

Too many sheep is bad news for farmers but the oversupply should drive down costs for customers.

While beef producers with Australia's largest meat cooperative, the Casino Food Co-op, enjoyed record prices last year, it resulted in a massive hit to its processing business.

Workers at dairy processor Fonterra will strike from Saturday if a deal is not reached in talks that begin today.

Drought-hit pastoralists say a bottleneck is preventing their beef getting to market at a reasonable price, and must be fixed.

Surging supermarket prices tell the story of why a wide range of dairy industry workers have mounted coordinated strike action this week. So where are these dairy profits going?

The market for Australian farmland has outperformed the ASX and residential markets for years now, but El Niño and lower commodity prices mean farmers are holding off from selling.