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Tasmania’s Minister for Economic Development has launched a new grant program to help strengthen the vegetable industry in Northern and North-West Tasmania. The Tasmanian Government has set aside $200,000 dollars to provide one-off grants to eligible businesses to assist with projects beyond the farm gate, including: development of new products and processes accessing new markets [...]
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has used her state visit to the USA to pressure President Barack Obama to conclude the Doha Round of trade talks after a decade of stalled attempts. During her visit to Washington, Gillard met with Obama to discuss trade agreements between the two nations, among other priority topics. In a speech [...]
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The 48th Australian Export Awards were co-presented by the Austrade and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). The 12 category winners earned more than $3.5 billion in export sales during the 2009/10 financial year and employed nearly 13,000 people, according to Minister for Trade Dr Craig Emerson, with SMEs punching well above their [...]
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Last week the Department of Agriculture announced it is ending a $5 million national program to eradicate Asian honeybees. It is expected United States quarantine authorities will ban all imports of Australian bees to prevent accidental entry of the pest species. The owner of a multimillion-dollar bee export business based in NSW town Blayney says [...]
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Queensland’s top export industries could take months to recover from the impact January’s extensive flooding and February’s Cyclone Yasi. The coal sector, sugar cane and banana industries have all taken a hit, and commodity experts predict the damage will be more than a billion dollars. North of Townsville 50 percent of sugar cane crops have [...]
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Australia could be a contender in in the US $6 billion global seaweed industry, according to a new Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation report. RIRDC managing director Craig Burns said Australia’s unpolluted coastline is a viable cultivation ground for commercial seaweed. “Australia has the capacity and potential to undertake cutting-edge screening and development of [...]
...read moreFreight company Maersk has advised that with closure of the Port of Brisbane export of goods overseas from the port has come to a standstill. General manager of Port of Brisbane operations Peter Kyte has advised port businesses to consider sending home non-essential staff or ceasing operations, according to their risk assessment. The port closed [...]
...read moreQueensland Sugar Limited has warned Australia’s sugar crop may be the smallest for 20 years, affecting exports accordingly. Recent rainfall exceeding annual averages for key sugar cane growing regions by 200-400 percent has interrupted the harvest, QSL chief executive and managing director Neil Taylor said. “The Australian sugar crush is usually drawing to a close [...]
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Is the meat pie Australia’s national food? Considering the strength of our wheat and dairy sectors, the flour and butter in the pastry may be the world’s best. And the meat? Top quality beef, with the whole thing accompanied tomato sauce grown from Australian fruit. There’s no beef about it, Australia’s global reputation punches well [...]
...read moreMachinery exporter Kelly Engineering has been named Telstra’s 2010 South Australian Business of the Year. A machinery manufacturer which custom-makes equipment for agricultural purposes, Kelly Engineering took home the top honour at the recent awards ceremony. Now located in Booleroo Centre, Kelly Engineering started as a hobby business on a farm 20 years ago and [...]
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