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Peter Mailler is a grain and cattle farmer on the NSW/Queensland border.

Opinion: Columnist Pete Mailler lost a leg at 15 and says he's faced plenty of discrimination when it comes to proving his ability to hold a licence in the years since.

Amputee farmer fuming over licensing discrimination

David Jochinke is the president of the National Farmers Federation. Picture supplied. 

"If the Minister thinks flushing more water down the river is going to magically reach the Basin Plan's targets, it's simply not."

Plibersek a 'no-show' as Basin towns vent

Ag RDCs do great marketing work, such as this Australian Wool Innovation campaign from 2015, but fall down on financial transparency.

Opinion: The lack of transparency among most of Australia's agricultural research and development bodies is a cause for concern.

RDCs must not keep levy payers in the dark

Agriculture's is not just about careers in the bush, or an industry for those with Australian rural backgrounds. We must shift our beliefs.

Who gets to work in ag?

GPA Chair and WA grain producer Barry Large says submissions on the federal government's 10 per cent biosecurity tax demonstrate a rare form of collective solidarity of views across Australian agriculture.

Biosecurity levy opposition unites farmers

KPMG's Doug Ferguson speaking at the AMIC conference on the Gold Coast this week.

Despite the bilateral issues, China has quietly regained its position as Australia's top beef export destination in 2023.

Much hangs on PM visit to China for beef

We've now got the tools to prevent spray drift. Are we willing to use them?

Spray drift tool requires change from cotton growers

Troy Setter believes the Future Drought Fund could be a catalyst for change to meet mounting economic and environmental pressures on farmers.

Future Drought Fund could be a catalyst for change

Hiring processes should be open and transparent - hiring the wrong person is expensive. But so is hiring them for a job that is different from the reality. Picture by Shutterstock

Recruiting and keeping staff becomes a bigger challenge in times when the number of jobs on offer are greater than the number of applicants.

Don't hire a farm manager if you won't let them manage | Opinion

Dr Jo Newton OAM is a research scientist at Agriculture Victoria. Her study tour was undertaken through ICAR's Brian Wickham Young Person Exchange Program.

Sex-sorted dairy semen and beef semen add complexity to mating decisions.

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