This Month
The ASX stock set to benefit from coffee prices at 47-year highs
Analysts warns that coffee is about to get even more expensive, forcing consumers to make their brews at home in a boon for appliance makers and their share prices.
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- Alex Gluyas
The ASX-listed distiller behind Ned whisky puts itself up for sale
Top Shelf has brought in EY as it considers its options; several interested parties are conducting due diligence on all or part of the business.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Trophy farms worth $120m change hands in year-end deals bonanza
Among the five properties sold was the 1900-hectare wool aggregation Avington – and its 16,000 Merino sheep – in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges.
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- Larry Schlesinger
- Updates
- Trump's White House
Australian farmers caught in Trump’s $16b trade war crosshairs
Barley and other farmers face being squeezed out of the market as the incoming president seeks an agriculture deal with China.
- Jessica Sier
November
Why your coffee is about to get even more expensive
Arabica bean prices have already rocketed more than 60 per cent this year, causing Nestlé to warn it will keep raising prices to protect its bottom line.
- Alex Gluyas
Aussie VC Artesian, horticulture R&D group partner to launch $60m fund
The new fund, dubbed Hort Innovation Venture Fund, will target up to 30 local and international startups for pre-seed or early series A funding.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Consumers lose taste for Australian beef giant’s wagyu
Global competition and a reluctance to buy pricey wagyu has sliced into Australian Agricultural Company’s profit.
- Mark Wembridge
GrainCorp profit dries up as weather and competition bite
Chief executive Robert Spurway says that crop variability in Australia and strong overseas production have dented earnings.
- Mark Wembridge
Why Fonterra puts its dairy farmers before profit
Fonterra’s relationship with its dairy farmers is paramount to its success, making it a leader in the Established Business to Business category.
- Larry Schlesinger
October
SA livestock farm with historic homestead fetches $28m
Ian and Louise Johnson have acquired a slice of South Australian farming history after emerging as the buyers of the Crower and Fellwood grazing aggregation.
- Larry Schlesinger
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- Mining
MinRes sold Chris Ellison farm equipment at steep discount
The company’s managing director and another director, Tim Roberts, bought the machinery for their New Zealand property at a bargain price, documents show.
- Mark Di Stefano and Neil Chenoweth
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Cobram Estate shows AGM season proxy advice can be a slippery slope
Annual shareholder meetings often bring out the nitpickers. A push against the founder and chairman of the ASX-listed olive oil producer is a prime example.
- Anthony Macdonald
Farmland buyers are back after sales slump
LAWD’s Danny Thomas says confidence is back and everyone is rushing to get deals done by Christmas – after sales volumes hit new lows in the first half of 2024.
- Larry Schlesinger
Why chocolate bars are about to get pricier before Christmas
The prices of chocolate, sugar and orange juice are on the rise, creating an even bigger inflation headache for the RBA.
- Cecile Lefort
Project Crescent: Ellerston taps into WA’s wheat belt with agri bet
The deal terms mean it can force an IPO of the leading John Deere agricultural equipment distributor after three years.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
ASX cancels trades after fumbling Namoi Cotton takeover bid
The exchange operator was forced to scrap more than $800,000 in trades which were allowed despite a new takeover offer not being put to the market.
- Joshua Peach
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- Managed funds
Ed Peter’s Duxton empire in pain as it cuts jobs, sells properties
The former bank executive has built a considerable asset management business with wealthy backers. But tough times have forced it to restructure – and shrink.
- Primrose Riordan and Simon Evans
September
Fonterra targets South-East Asia, keeps Aussie dairy arm for now
The burgeoning cafe and bakery scene across South-East Asia has boosted the milk giant’s appetite for the region.
- Elouise Fowler
Treasury sells Karadoc winery near Mildura to wool brokers
The Karadoc winery, which made brands like Wolf Blass and Yellowglen, has been sold to the managing director and chief financial officer of Quality Wool Group.
- Larry Schlesinger
Competition watchdog dissects Namoi takeover
Undertakings provided by Singapore’s Olam may be insufficient to approve a takeover of Namoi Cotton, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says. .
- Brad Thompson
