Water savings a winner for rice grower of the year
A company best known for its wine production now lays claim to being the best rice grower in the country.
View ArticleCan golden rice prove agricultural science has a role in ending malnutrition?
A controversial program to genetically engineer 'golden' rice to reduce vitamin A deficiency has passed a major hurdle, but sceptics of biofortified foods remain wary.
View ArticleSunRice workers on strike as enterprise agreement negotiations break down
More than 300 SunRice workers across two states are expected to take part in a 48-hour work stoppage from today over concerns about pay and working conditions.
View ArticleHow rice farmers are helping protect Australia's bunyip bird
A "bittern-friendly" rice program in southern New South Wales is covering more hectares of farmland than ever before.
View ArticleStates back ACCC Murray-Darling water reforms as Commonwealth reins in water...
Basin state governments have agreed water brokers should be regulated like real estate agents and financial professionals, as they work toward implementing the ACCC's recommendations.
View ArticleRice Revival: Huge rice harvests in Riverina
Rice production is back in a big way in the New South Wales Riverina. Growers are bringing in a huge harvest – more than ten times that of last season.
View ArticleAgainst the grain: Northern Rivers rice growers say industry 'monopoly'...
Riverina rice growers have welcomed the single marketing desk decision but Northern Rivers growers say it's another "kick in the guts".
View Article'It's a perfect humanitarian storm': The catastrophe spreading far beyond Europe
There are warnings that catastrophe is looming and 44 million people are on the verge of famine as the war in Ukraine fuels already record-high food prices.
View ArticleRice grower fills lake to bring wildlife back to the farm after soaking rain
Morton's Lake was once a popular spot for water skiing, but since the Millennium drought water has only made its way there on three occasions. That has now changed.
View ArticleFarmers facing winter without food for livestock let loose at 'clueless' NSW...
A Lismore vet fears the worst is yet to come for farmers struggling with water-logged paddocks as he launches an attack on decision makers he says do not understand their plight.
View ArticleThe ancient grain in your sushi or burrito could soon be coming from Far...
Once reserved strictly for royalty in China, black rice is commercially harvested in Australia for the first time.
View ArticleAs some countries face rice shortages, Australian researchers achieve a...
Native rice could soon be on the menu at Australian restaurants after it was successfully harvested as a part of a Northern Territory research project.
View ArticleFlooding rains delay planting of summer crops
With more rain on the radar for southern NSW this weekend, frustrated growers are unsure if they will be able to plant their summer crops.
View ArticleRice farmers feel 'bitter disappointment' as young crops struggle and sowing...
After a bumper year in 2021, growers in the rice production hotspot of southern NSW are struggling to sow their crops after flooding and heavy rain.
View ArticleGenetic rice trials to help industry achieve 'aspirational' water efficiency...
Trials have begun to create rice varieties that don't need as much water to grow. It comes as growers question if the industry's new target can be reached in the time frame given.
View ArticleIndonesians consume rice almost three times a day. But does the country need...
The Indonesian government has inked an agreement to import 1 million tonnes of rice from India in an "emergency" situation. But Indonesian farmers disagree with that decision.
View ArticleAustralians help Laotian rice farmers replace hand weeding with machinery
In Savannakhet — a province in southern Laos — subsistence rice farmers toil for weeks on end weeding their crops.
View ArticleThe price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people...
The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.
View ArticleFarmers want to export 'climate-smart' rice — but an old law stands in their way
Rice is agriculture's second-largest methane emitter, surpassing beef, but a small group of growers is producing a rain-fed crop, with a smaller environmental footprint. The problem is they can't...
View ArticleFarmers hope their rice will appeal to "climate smart" consumers
Rice grown in paddy fields is responsible for 10 percent of the world's methane emissions. A small group of farmers in northern New South Wales is growing dry-land rice and hope their smaller methane...
View ArticleHas 'fried rice syndrome' caused your food poisoning? Here's how the...
A condition dubbed "fried rice syndrome" refers to food poisoning from a bacterium called Bacillus cereus, which becomes a risk when cooked food is left at room temperature for too long. Here's what to...
View ArticleInquiry seeks tighter leash on state-run projects for Basin Plan bill
As the federal government's proposed changes head to debate in the Senate, a committee has backed the use of buybacks to meet recovery targets, and called for more scrutiny of water-saving projects,...
View ArticleWater woes from prolonged buyback talks tempts top grower to cash in and head...
Farmers who fed 22 million people from their one rice crop are unsure they will stick with industry that's plagued with water woes.
View ArticleIndonesia calls on its army to help farmers plant rice as drought curbs output
As severe drought reduces output of the food staple — lifting prices, requiring increased imports and threatening food security — the Indonesian military is ordered to help farmers plant rice.
View ArticleGrowers to destroy crops as rice blast fungal disease is found near Lismore
Alarm bells are ringing in NSW after the fungal disease Rice Blast was identified in crops in the state's north, with authorities moving to prevent it spreading to major growing regions further south.
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