Hopes a $1.6billion network sharing deal between Optus and rival TPG could bring greater coverage and competition to rural areas, professional hunters employed to kill feral deer in the state's plantation forests to be allowed to process the remains into meat products, and the wine industry calls on the Federal Government for an $86million package to support unprofitable growers to transition out of wine grapes ..read more

As global prices soar, one of Australia's largest olive oil producers doesn't expect a good harvest until 2025, GPSA launches a young grains producer committee to help foster the next generation of leaders and policy makers, and demand for seedless fruit varieties grows as the genetic breeding technology needed to create them is rapidly improving ..read more

The wool industry calls on Australians to make submissions opposing a new European labelling system for natural fibres, Australian Grape and Wine supports the inclusion of wine in the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct, and CCW Cooperative responds to Accolade Wines' offer to buy out Riverland grower contracts for red wine varietals ..read more

Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell visits the Riverland to meet with growers and winemakers amid an industry crisis, south east sheep producers discuss concerns around the proposed phase-out of live exports from Australia, and a survey of 300 SA grain producers finds around one third are in the process of succession ..read more

SA's dairy industry unveils a plan to grow its milk production by an extra 200 million litres over the next five years, the SA No Till Farmers' Association says its services are no longer needed and will wrap up after 25 years, and the seafood industry claims the government's proposed biosecurity protection levy could send businesses in the sector to the wall ..read more

A Senate inquiry holds its first hearing into the Federal Government's proposed biosecurity protection levy, the veterinary industry calls on the government to provide education fee relief to vets to address workforce shortages in rural areas, and a record amount of lamb travels from drought stricken areas of WA to the east coast ..read more

Producers raise concerns over proposed changes to Livestock SA's constitution and committee structure, a new study finds inconsistent laws between states is making it more difficult to prevent water theft from the Murray Darling Basin, and the safety and maintenance of thousands of dams dotted across the Adelaide Hills the focus of a new project ..read more

South Australia raises urgent concerns with the Victorian Government over changes to wild dog management, researchers who've spent decades coming up with a better bioharvesting method for wool say they're almost to the point of commercial viability, and Australia's octopus fisheries are being trained in how to age an octopus to help the resource remain sustainable ..read more

The National Farmers' Federation calls for the Food and Grocery Code to be made mandatory for the major supermarkets, a new report suggests while global production is up, Aussie consumption of veggies is down, and Elders trials a state-wide online clearing sale for the for the first time in its 185 year history ..read more

Beston Global Food Company splits its payments to its milk suppliers amid challenging conditions facing the dairy industry, the Federal Government decides that the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority will stay in Armidale, and Australian wool producers get a revamped scheme to set certified sustainable wool standards ..read more