Warwick Long

Woolworths has won its bid against the United Workers Union, with the Fair Work Commission finding the union has been unfairly negotiating with the supermarket giant.

The millet brooms were imported from China and a former rice farmer says he "nearly fell over" when he saw one on the hardware giant's shelf in the heart of Australian rice-growing country.

A nationwide survey by Farmers for Climate Action has found 70 per cent of residents living in areas affected by green energy projects are supportive of them.

A rent hike at Melbourne's biggest wholesale market could leave farmers who do not want to deal with Australia's big two supermarkets with nowhere to sell their produce.

Coles and Woolworths say they're passing milk price reductions on to shoppers. But what do shelf price cuts mean for the farmers who produce the milk?

Iconic Australian fruit canning company SPC has agreed to merge with the Original Juice Company in a move to shore up their future in a difficult time for manufacturers.

The major deal will boost profits in our largest vegetable export market and with one of our rapidly growing red meat trade partners.

Imagine working for a year and only being paid 10 weeks' pay. This is what happened to a migrant worker at Australia's largest celery farm.

An outbreak of the bee-killing parasite is confirmed for the first time in Victoria,  just weeks after Australia's largest annual movement of honey-bee hives began arriving in the state.

Bob Vale is one of many small-scale farmers expected to sell up after the federal government opened the biggest water buyback scheme the southern Murray-Darling Basin has seen in years, but big irrigators are unlikely join in.

The humble sprout is surging in popularity, with research showing that the highly nutritious brassica bud is Australia's fastest-growing vegetable in terms of value in the past 12 months.

With global butter prices at record highs, shoppers are hurting and Aussie dairy farmers look unlikely to cash in.

Poultry farmers continue to fight Australia's largest outbreak of avian influenza as the disease is detected at a seventh Victorian farm.

While you question whether to pay $13 for a block of cheese at the supermarket, the dairy farmers who produce the milk to make that cheese are questioning whether they can stay in the industry.

A Tasmanian dairy farmer says while the pay cut was expected, it has put pressure on her to scan the ledger for savings.

Japan has joined the United States in banning poultry imports from Victoria, as the state works to control two outbreaks of avian influenza.

At a trade conference in Jakarta this week, all eyes were on Indonesia's multi-billion-dollar plan to provide school students with free lunches and milk.

To protect our birds and your food, more than half a million chickens need to die. It’s a cold, harsh reality of Australia's tough biosecurity measures facing their latest test from avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

H7N3 avian influenza has spread to another poultry farm in Victoria, authorities have confirmed.

Agriculture Victoria says farms at Terang and near Meredith are in quarantine and that the variant of the disease is H7N3, the most common strain to occur in Australia.

The National Centre for Farmer Health has had its funding confirmed, after earlier being told the funding had been cut in the Victorian budget.

Until recently, these Victorian farmers could control wild dogs or dingoes but a recent rule change means they can no longer keep the predators at bay. 

Multinational company Lactalis announces it will close its Echuca dairy factory with up to 70 jobs lost in northern Victoria.

A researcher worries Avian Influenza could spread to Australia via migratory birds after being found in cattle in the United States.

Two earthmoving contractors who worked to protect the town of Koondrook during the October 2022 floods have finally received payment from the state government.