https://www.bizcommunity.com/14/472.html Australia Agriculture news 15 Agriculture news - Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/14/472.html en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:35:46 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/heat-is-coming-for-our-crops-we-have-to-make-them-ready-784232a Australia’s vital agriculture sector will be hit hard by steadily rising global temperatures. Our climate is already prone to droughts and floods. Climate change is expected to supercharge this, causing sudden flash droughts, changing rainfall patterns and intense flooding rains. Farm profits fell 23% in the 20 years to 2020, and the trend is expected to continue. 1-248562 Tue, 21 May 2024 11:54:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/742/243229.html Ivory Coast is struggling to sell cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season with multinational companies demanding it lower prices, which are elevated due to a supply squeeze, the head of the country's cocoa regulator said on Wednesday. 1-243229 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/472/242052.html The United States and Norway will pledge a total of $70m to launch a fund to help farmers and agricultural businesses in Africa, a US Agency for International Development (USAID) spokesperson said. 1-242052 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/183/239695.html Cocoa prices surged to the highest in 46 years on the Intercontinental Exchange in London on Wednesday as bad weather in West Africa threatened production prospects for the main suppliers of the primary raw material used to make chocolate. 1-239695 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/472/230476.html Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors and other technologies to farm more efficiently. While these practices could help increase crop yields and reduce costs, the technology behind the practices is creating opportunities for extremists, terrorists and adversarial governments to attack farming machinery, with the aim of disrupting food production. 1-230476 Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/472/225418.html No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat. The words of the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates. Wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Both countries play a major role in the global agricultural market. African leaders must pay attention. 1-225418 Fri, 25 Feb 2022 07:53:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/474/224655.html The conversion of forests to agricultural land is happening at a mind-boggling speed. Between 2015 and 2020, the rate of deforestation was estimated at around 10 million hectares every year. 1-224655 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/643/222392.html DreamWorks Animation's Trolls films have banded together with the United Nations (UN), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Foundation (UNF) in a digital campaign to mobilise action for a healthy diet and sustainable living. 1-222392 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/849/219450.html More than 50 global animal protection, environmental and food justice organisations are calling on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) COP26 climate change conference to publicly recognise the impact animal agriculture has on the planet at this year's conference. 1-219450 Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/520/219119.html New reserch conducted by WorldFish and Stanford University Center for Ocean Solutions, has identified that a growing number of nations are prioritising the link between fisheries and aquaculture and nutrition and public health in policies, marking an increased recognition of the role of aquatic foods in sustainable healthy diets. 1-219119 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Agriculture Australia