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Growers walk as vegetable industry compliance costs top $200m

Nov. 12, 2025 | 4 min read
New research by AUSVEG has for the first time quantified the massive cost and scope of the $213 million annual compliance, regulatory and red tape burden hampering the productivity and profitability of Australian vegetable growers and threating the long-term viability of Australia’s vegetable industry.
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Seasonal conditions on the improve

Oct. 9, 2025 | 4 min read
Rabobank Australia senior analyst, grains and oilseeds, Vitor Pistoia,* looks at global conditions and what they mean on Australia’s bottom line.
Commentary

Lamb market hits the spotlight

Sept. 8, 2025 | 3 min read
With new record highs in the lamb market – the national trade lamb indicator sat at 1178¢/kg carcase weight on August 1 (and that was back 7 cents on the previous week) – has the market over-cooked itself and will this lead to a drop in prices?
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Avocado market smashes past $30 billion

Aug. 14, 2025 | 3 min read
Australia is experiencing a dip in avocado production, with the 2024/25 crop estimated to be down 15 percent on last year, Rabobank’s Anna Drake* says in a newly released report.
Commentary

Australia heads to record winter crop planting

July 16, 2025 | 4 min read
Australia’s farmers are heading towards a record-high winter crop planting this year, Rabobank says in its newly-released 2025/26 Australian Winter Crop Outlook writes Vitor Pistoia*.
Commentary

Supply fragility creates volatility in urea market

June 6, 2025 | 4 min read
Global urea supplies currently sit in a fragile state, with several key suppliers exporting lower volumes year-on-year, which creates a ripple effect for available volumes for Australian fertiliser importers, Rabobank says in a newly released report, writes Paul Joules.*
Commentary

Australian food market's new normal

May 13, 2025 | 4 min read
Australian food market’s new normal Australia’s food market appears to be normalising after a chaotic five-year period impacted by factors including Covid, supply chain disruptions and inflation – Rabobank says in a newly-released report writes Michael Harvey. *
Commentary

NAB says tighter supply could benefit our ag

April 8, 2025 | 2 min read
The NAB Rural Commodities Index moved marginally higher in January, rising 0.4per cent month-on-month, underpinned by higher average prices for beef and a more modest increase in dairy prices in the month writes Gerard Burg.
Commentary

It’s a new year but the same old issues

March 13, 2025 | 4 min read
Coming out of 2024, only Queensland and WA farmers reported improved optimism heading into the end of the year, with sentiment more subdued in other states, the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey reported.
Commentary

Gross value of agricultural production to rise

Jan. 27, 2025 | 3 min read
The gross value of agricultural production is forecast to rise by $6 billion to $88.4 billion in 2024-25.
Commentary

Haifa makes a global statement on industry’s future

Dec. 16, 2024 | 5 min read
Motti Levin isn’t pulling any punches about the future of farming. Here for this month’s 2024 Almonds Australia conference, the head of Israel’s Haifa Group told Rural Business things have to change if the whole industry is going to go anywhere near what the world is expecting in the next 50 years.
Commentary

Farming confidence on the rebound

Nov. 7, 2024 | 4 min read
Rabobank group executive for country banking Australia, Marcel van Doremaele says more promising market signals, particularly in the livestock sectors, along with positive seasonal conditions and production outlooks in many parts of the country, had resulted in farmers taking an overall more bullish view this quarter.
Commentary - Dairy

Milk production and demand, set to slow

Oct. 10, 2024 | 3 min read
RaboResearch senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey said Australian milk production increased by 249 million litres  to 8.4 billion litres last season.
Commentary

NAB report sees market still rising

Sept. 7, 2024 | 3 min read
The NAB Rural Commodities Index increased by 0.4 per cent month-on-month in June, rising for the third consecutive month. The index is now around levels seen in February 2023.
Commentary

Wheat boosts NAB Rural Commodity Index

July 28, 2024 | 3 min read
The NAB Rural Commodities Index* has continued upward momentum, increasing 1.4 per cent month-on-month in May, driven by rising prices for wheat, barley, canola and lamb.

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