The latest from Australian agriculture
The Wool production forecast Committee released its forecast for 26/27 season predicting production of 243.9mkg, down 4.5% from the 2025/26. Year-on-year, the EMI now sits 53.8% higher in AUD terms and 74% higher in USD, underlining the depth of demand supporting the market.
The global fertiliser market faces a prolonged period of tight supply, weak affordability and heightened price risk and, even if current geopolitical tensions ease soon, “normalisation will be slow”, according to a recently-released industry report.
Mouse infestation is surging across key cropping regions and posing an alarming threat to emerging Australian crops.
Fire affected farmers in northern and central Victoria have benefited from donated seed to oversow new pastures to help fill their autumn-winter feed gaps.
NSW Farmers has thanked the NSW Government for listening to producers and unveiling a $7 million funding boost and eradication-focused direction for the NSW Cattle Tick Program.
Peter Garrett AM has been appointed chair of the Landcare Australia board, a national environment organisation, with Doug Humann AM stepping down after a 9-year tenure.
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is reminding industry it can find practical support and advice on safe livestock transport through the newly released Master Code.
The state’s peak farming organisation has called on the NSW Government to answer urgent questions about how it will protect groundwater, farm biosecurity, and landholders as it promotes new gas exploration.
Australian farmland prices are expected to grow modestly in 2026, continuing the trend seen over the past year, Rabobank says in its latest annual Australian Farmland Price Outlook.
NSW Farmers has welcomed a coordinated national response on fuel security and fuel supply chain resilience, but says immediate, practical action is needed to fix regional distribution failures now impacting food and fibre production – with the latest data on Friday indicating at least 178 NSW service stations out of diesel.
Volatility is nothing new for Australian agriculture but the start of 2026 has been a sharp reminder of how quickly global events can change the operating landscape for producers.
Australian agri-biotech company Nbryo Pty Ltd has announced the successful second close of its latest capital raising round, anchored by a USD$4 million investment from the Gates Foundation.
