Withering coffee crop catches out short sellers
Dry weather across coffee-producing regions is starting to diminish the outlook for this year's crop and forcing investors to trim their bets that prices will fall.
First sugar shortage in five years
Sugar is set to face its first shortage in five years, according to a London trading firm.
Casella Wines picks up Howcroft Vineyards
NSW Riverina winemaker Casella Family Brands has snapped up the Howcroft Estate Vineyards near South Australia's Limestone Coast in the first big vineyards deal of the year.
Costas, Duxton snap up Littore winery and vineyards
The Costa family, the country's biggest growers of fresh fruit and vegetables, has acquired the Littore Winery in the Moorabool Valley near Geelong.
Fonterra slashes dairy payout forecast by 10pc
Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, has slashed its forecast farmgate milk price payout by 10 per cent, blaming global economic conditions.
Dick Smith slams Kidman sale to Chinese
Dick Smith says the imminent sale of Australia's largest landholder S.Kidman & Co to a Chinese company is "complete madness".
US cattlemen upset over market volatility
A US beef industry already squeezed by plunging prices has become aggravated by gyrations on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Lower oil prices make it a good time to buy Texas land
Jay Ellis, an investment fund founder, may be the only person in Texas who is giddy about collapsing oil prices. "Oil is $US33. Markets are ...
Goulburn Valley dairy farm tipped to fetch $10 million
Father and son dairy farmers Geoff and Spencer Rendell have put their 1263 hectare farm in Victoria's Goulburn Valley on the market with hop...
SA wool grower Hamish Gosse puts Kadlunga estate on market with $22m price tag
South Australian wool grower Hamish Gosse is selling his family's historic Kadlunga homestead and 2,367-hectare property in the Clare Valley...
