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Huge NT vegie farm delayed after review

Plans to build a groundwater-dependent horticulture project near Alice Springs will be revised after environmental protections were added to its water licence.

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Fortune Agribusiness plans to build a 3500-hectare fruit and vegetable farm north of Alice Springs.

‘Double whammy’ blow for farmers as flooding hit parts of New South Wales

Thousands of acres of what should have been a bumper crop is now under water - but that’s not the worst of it.

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NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole says flood-hit farmers had been expecting a bumper harvest.

Elders FY profit improves 22 per cent

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Agribusiness Elders has improved full-year profit and will pay a higher dividend.

Cherries $20 a kilo, groceries to rise

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Australia's 200 or so cherry farmers produce about 20,000 tonnes of the stone fruit annually.

Fruit picking becomes the new 'schoolies'

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Matt Moran attributes his work ethic to his experiences growing up on a dairy farm.

Spring rains dampen record Aussie crops

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Wheat farmer Oscar Pearse says 2021 has been an exceptional year on the land.