Cargill sees no end to agriculture rout

Soybean, corn and wheat prices have posted three straight annual losses, and the slump is hurting earnings across the ...

Cargill, the 151-year-old company that's one of the biggest players in the global agriculture markets, sees no improvement on the horizon for slumping crop prices.

Glencore CEO billionaire Ivan Glasenberg will sell the stake for $3.3 billion to address high debt concerns.

Glencore sells unit stake for $3.3b to Canada pension fund

Dmitry Zhdannikov

Glencore will sell 40 per cent of its agricultural unit to Canada's state pension fund for $3.3 billion as the commodities trader further cuts debt in the commodity price rout.

Koramba in southern Queensland could bring more than $120 million for owner Dean Phillips.

Rich pickings for cotton pioneer in $120m sale

Matthew Cranston

The owner of United States based HNB National Bank, Dean Phillips is selling his cotton farm with expectations of more than $120 million.

John Nicoletti says there is nothing wrong in selling his farms to China.

Nicoletti fires back over China farm sale criticism

Julie-anne Sprague

Western Australia's biggest individual wheat grower, John Nicoletti, has hit back at critics upset he has agreed to sell his sprawling 68,000 hectares of farmland to a company backed by Asia's richest person, Li Ka-shing.

Exports of cherries were worth an estimated $73.97 million this season,

Cherries in demand but beware the pits

Special Reports
Emily Parkinson

Free Trade Agreements may have opened up lucrative export markets in Asia for producers of premium Australian produce but, for some, the rewards will have to wait.

Andrew Weidemann says it is the responsibility of those in agriculture to engage with consumers.

Recognising agriculture’s role

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Gregor Heard

There is a disconnect between urban consumers and food producers in this country and that hurts us in agriculture, says the chairman of Grain Producers Australia, Andrew Weidemann.

Nufarm's revenue in the six months ended January 31 was unchanged at $1.19 billion.

Nufarm swings to $91m first-half loss

Nufarm swung to a $91 million first-half from a $23.2 million profit in the year-earlier period because of foreign exchange losses and one-off restructuring costs.