Agricultural Prices

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?

It is an iconic Australian logo, but a coalition of businesses want Aussie-made logos to be made clearer after a survey finds more than half of consumers are being misled into buying foreign-owned products.

Australian supermarkets have high standards for how a spud should look. Producers say the focus should be on the taste instead.

This year droughts are pushing coffee prices to record highs, but climate change means it's unlikely we'll ever see a return to the $3 flat white.

An investment company owned by the Canadian government gets early approval to take over the debt-plagued Yeeda Pastoral Company.

Once considered a luxury, avocados have stayed cheap throughout the cost-of-living crisis. But while consumers are cheering, farmers are looking to other markets to absorb an oncoming glut.

A patchy growing season across Australia is affecting an already tight market with olive oil prices expected to stay high. So should consumers buy up now before further price rises?

Families and neighbours shopping through informal co-ops are saving hundreds, but the business model could help apply major competitive pressure to the major supermarkets.

A small Victorian milk company says supermarket giant Coles has removed its products from 65 Victorian stores in retribution for refusing to give the supermarket a bigger profit margin.

The price of blueberries has soared around the nation, and strawberry prices look set to follow.

The average American farmer doesn't fix fences and drive tractors. Thanks to market concentration, there is now a handful of companies that dominate the US food system, and they are impacting Australia too. 

A new industry is selling its services in Australia — weather forecasting using artificial intelligence and offering precise, hour-by-hour forecasts for areas as small as a football field.

One of Australia’s largest food processors says it has reacted to shoppers buying cheaper imported food amid the cost-of-living crisis.  

After years of focusing on the Asian and domestic market, Australia's Wagyu beef producers are turning their attention to the US, where diners can have a steak delivered in a rhinestone-studded briefcase with a laser light show.

Australian rice growers have mixed views about the biggest shake-up of the industry in 100 years, but change is on the way.

On a recent visit to Tokyo, a New South Wales farmer was shocked to find Australian beef selling for less than you can find it in Coles and Woolworths.

Jamie Forster has received excellent farm gate prices for milk in recent years, but he is still giving up dairy farming — and he's not alone. It comes as Australian milk production shrinks to its lowest level in 30 years and butter and cheese imports soar.

Wine industry representatives say they will fight for financial assistance after the federal budget left them disappointed.

Farmers' market organisers say an increasing number of shoppers are cutting out the middleman and buying direct from producers, with many embracing a unique online marketplace gaining traction in Australia.

High cocoa prices are making life difficult for Australian chocolate makers, but there are hopes a growing local cocoa industry could make a difference.