Bird flu egg limits makes hash out of Macca’s breakfast
Egg shortages caused by bird flu have forced McDonald's to shorten its breakfast hours while the Melbourne Royal Show cancelled its poultry competition.
Egg shortages caused by bird flu have forced McDonald's to shorten its breakfast hours while the Melbourne Royal Show cancelled its poultry competition.
A Canberra egg farm has been locked down while the ACT government investigates a suspected case of the bird flu virus believed to be linked to a NSW outbreak.
Less obvious sources of greenhouse gases - including wine and pet food producers - have been awarded grants to lead the way in reducing industrial emissions.
Supermarkets could be hit with millions in fines in a government bid to make prices fairer for farmers and shoppers.
Australia's regulation of organic products is laughable by world standards and the result is a legion of confused consumers, advocates for change say.
Despite two days and hundreds of voices from along the Murray Darling Basin, the future shape of the basin plan is as clear as mud.
A parliamentary committee has thrown its weight behind laws to ban live sheep exports, with its chair saying the "time has come" to bring an end to the trade.
Peak livestock and farming bodies have derided a report backing a ban on Australian live sheep exports, saying the inquiry that led to it was a sham.
Australia does not do enough to protect its biosecurity, an expert has warned as authorities work overtime to contain the spread of bird flu in two states.
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has identified a drying climate as a key risk factor for Australia's largest river system and the people who depend on it.
Farmers have gathered to protest a ban on live sheep exports, with witnesses at a fiery public hearing saying towns will die when the ban comes into effect.
China anticipates increasing demand for high-quality goods such as dairy, health products, beef and lamb from New Zealand, Premier Li Qiang says.
It's been six months since Kirsha Kaechele held a bizarre congress to get loggers and forest defenders talking. In typical MONA fashion it's been polarising.
Farmer confidence has taken a U-turn in the latest quarter in the face of economic pressures and mixed seasonal conditions across Australia.
A growing bird flu outbreak is yet to hit farmed chicken meat but shoppers have been urged to avoid panic-buying after a supermarket introduced egg sale limits.
A research project is trying to unpick ways for cotton growers to improve their environmental credentials by boosting soil health on their farms.
The gross value of Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry is set to come in at just under $90 billion, the third-highest figure on record.
Investors are being tapped for funding for early-stage companies tackling the climate crisis, the energy transition, new foods and cleaner industry.
Australian beef producers are aiming to expand the trade relationship with China to levels higher than what they were before bans were imposed by Beijing.
China has lifted suspensions from several Australian beef exporters and remaining sanctions could be gone in time for a high-level visit in Canberra.
Australia won't make key water quality targets meant to protect the health of the Great Barrier Reef, a new report shows.
Two fire ant nests have been found on the Sunshine Coast amid rising fears about a spate of recent outlier detections.
The Albanese government has detailed how $63 million will help farmers reduce their emissions, with almost half of that to improve greenhouse gas accounting.
It could take years for farms impacted by an avian influenza outbreak to recover after the deaths of half a million chickens.
With extinction a real possibility for an ancient Tasmanian species, supermarkets are defending the credentials of the farmed salmon it accepts from the state.
The Victorian poultry meat industry is unlikely to be badly affected by US import curbs prompted by a bird flu outbreak, according to a peak body.
Potential impacts on groundwater resources has led to the rejection of Glencore's carbon capture storage project in the Great Artesian Basin.
Thousands of birds at an egg farm will be culled after a bird flu outbreak as authorities reveal a child is Australia's first case of a deadly global strain.
Authorities are concerned after fire ants were again found well outside Queensland's containment zone.
NSW parliament has rejected calls to urgently suspend logging over claims the Forestry Corporation is failing to properly look for endangered greater gliders.
Graincrop has had a "resilient" six months given falling grain prices and poor growing conditions in the northern half of eastern Australia.