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Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for Fairfax's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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Agribusiness buzz in brief

Agribusiness buzz in brief

What's been happening around the traps in agribusiness

Family farmers missing the real benefits of investment boom

Family farmers missing the real benefits of investment boom

Average farmers aren't enjoying the innovation benefits flowing from today's farm investment boom in the same way they did in the 1950s

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Agribusiness buzz in brief

Agribusiness buzz in brief

A quick look at what's happening around the traps in agribusiness

Regional saleyards management group AAM buys more farmland

Regional saleyards management group AAM buys more farmland

AAM Investment Group buys more poultry sheds and a mixed farming aggregation in NSW

A game changing decade of farm foreign investment fever

A game changing decade of farm foreign investment fever

Bullish agricultural export returns, surging farmland values and a flush of overseas capital created a decade which changed farm sector ownership in a big way

Drought trims SunRice profit 10pc, but share price lifts

Drought trims SunRice profit 10pc, but share price lifts

SunRice makes most of its global business to post solid $12.5m half-year profit and start a share buyback program.

Farm sustainability demands and ideas coming, ready or not

Farm sustainability demands and ideas coming, ready or not

Environmental regulators are forcing change, but, but the marketplace will really make farmers seek sustainability

Agribusiness buzz in brief

Agribusiness buzz in brief

A quick wrap up of some of the businesses, people and issues making news in agribusiness.

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Boardroom musical chairs at GrainCorp as malt spin-off looms

Boardroom musical chairs at GrainCorp as malt spin-off looms

Energy sector director, Jane McAloon, and Deakin University's deputy chancellor, Kathy Grigg, have joined GrainCorp's board

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Drought forces Namoi Cotton to slash 50 jobs

Drought forces Namoi Cotton to slash 50 jobs

Namoi Cotton reduces head office numbers by almost half and restructures ginning and grower services jobs in NSW and Queensland.

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Promise of more good rain tantalises Qld

Promise of more good rain tantalises Qld

The promise of more rain has producers hoping for a dramatic change in seasonal conditions.

Alpha cattle producer launches peer-to-peer freight app

Alpha cattle producer launches peer-to-peer freight app

An app designed to give rural Queenslanders a same day freight delivery option will launch this weekend.

PETA blames wool for Australian bush fires

PETA blames wool for Australian bush fires

Radical vegans are using the bush fire crisis as an excuse to attack the Australian wool industry.