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Rural debt hits $135 billion

Farm debt has hit $135 billion in the wake of soaring commodity prices and land values. But the borrowing boom may be over.

Lactalis and Bega circle Fonterra’s Aussie dairy assets

Lactalis and Bega Cheese are locked in a high-stakes battle for Fonterra’s Australian assets, with major implications for the dairy industry.

‘Wild card’: China takes huge bite of Aussie beef exports

Australian beef exports to China surged 45 per cent in April — but experts say it’s too soon to credit US tariffs for the spike.

‘I just got under the storm’

Bears Lagoon farmer Angus White says he was “lucky” and got 50mm in a recent storm but otherwise would have had a dry sub-soil moisture profile.

Relics of the pioneering past on sale at Wedderburn

A lifetime collection of old farm machinery and rare automobiles worth tens of thousands of dollars will be up for sale next week in Victoria’s Mallee.