Agricultural Prices

It takes two weeks for these Aussie mangoes to go from a farm to a US supermarket shelf. But for Manbulloo Mangoes it's been worth it.

With retail prices soaring past $40/kg for lamb cutlets in recent years even Sam Kekovich would have a hard time feeding lamb to his family, but these farmers are donating lamb to those in need despite battling their own financial heartache.

Indian buffalo meat is surging into Australian market strongholds such as Indonesia, creating enormous competition for the live cattle trade.  

Too many sheep is bad news for farmers but the oversupply should drive down costs for customers.

While beef producers with Australia's largest meat cooperative, the Casino Food Co-op, enjoyed record prices last year, it resulted in a massive hit to its processing business.

Workers at dairy processor Fonterra will strike from Saturday if a deal is not reached in talks that begin today.

Drought-hit pastoralists say a bottleneck is preventing their beef getting to market at a reasonable price, and must be fixed.

Surging supermarket prices tell the story of why a wide range of dairy industry workers have mounted coordinated strike action this week. So where are these dairy profits going?

The market for Australian farmland has outperformed the ASX and residential markets for years now, but El Niño and lower commodity prices mean farmers are holding off from selling.

Live export prices are sliding and some producers are taking the risk of sending stock back into the paddock.

ABC Rural reporter Fiona Broom helps unravel the confusion over why the price of lamb in supermarkets hasn't fallen in line with what the prices slump at sale yards.  

After two record years, average Australian farm incomes are expected to shrink significantly as the country dries out and livestock prices decline.

The largest producer of olive oil in Australia says it is delighted by the support it is getting from Australian consumers as prices for international competitors rise.

Farmers say modest falls in retail prices over the past 12 months are nothing compared to the collapse in livestock prices, and supermarkets should have discounted meat sooner.

After dipping to its lowest level since 2007, the National Mutton Indicator jumped more than 65 cents a kilogram carcase weight in a week, which according to Meat and Livestock Australia is a record.

Australian cattle producers are already getting drought prices. What happens when El Niño bites?

Western Australian sheep producers fear a growing backlog of animals may lead to a mass culling if nothing is done to alleviate the pressure, as the state government looks at what help it can offer despite earlier rejecting calls for crisis talks.

With some lambs and sheep selling for as little as $2 a head, why are consumers only just starting to see minor price cuts at the supermarket?

As consumers adjust to the impact of the rising cost of living, Coles has increased its own-brand milk price by 10 cents per litre. But for farmers, it feels like redemption.

Australian cattle producers will soon be able to resume trade in one of their biggest markets Indonesia.

Forecasts of drier conditions ahead see the national commodity forecaster ABARES peg this season's agriculture production at $80 billion — down from an all-time high of $92b last season.

Saleyards in rural Australia attract a unique kind of visitor, intrigued by the spectacle of livestock sales. And there is no better place to go behind the scenes than at Roma, in outback Queensland.

China imported a record amount of beef in the month of July, with most of it coming from Brazil. But a meat analyst says it could soon become Australia's biggest market.

A Victorian farmer says someone purporting to be doing market research for the federal government seemed to be trying to elicit positive responses about the VNI West transmission line.

Australian grape growers have produced a stockpile of over 2 billion litres of wine that will take years to bring back into balance.