US cranberry farmers who spent millions of dollars to replant and expand bogs face a financial crisis after a huge harvest in Canada flooded the market and sent prices plummeting. Farmers in Wisconsin, ...

Higher costs of generating electricity have contributed to a rise in the producers price index.

A Taranaki solicitor says farmers who lease their land to energy companies are not making a killing from compensation pay outs.

Australian Greens leader Christine Milne says the unemployed will be unfairly hit by Labor's axing of the baby bonus. Treasurer Wayne Swan on Tuesday announced the baby bonus would be abolished and a lower ...

When Vladimir Putin returned one year ago to the Kremlin for a historic third term, Russia could boast robust if unspectacular growth, a budget flush with cash from high oil prices and the world's most ...

The Gillard government is cutting more than 1200 public service jobs in next year's budget. Tuesday's federal budget shows overall public service numbers will rise by an estimated 746 people in 2013-14. ...

The Gillard government has revealed another $3 billion blowout in the cost of managing asylum seekers. Tuesday's federal budget shows asylum seeker costs will be almost $2.9 billion in 2013-14 - more than ...

Back in the social-media stone age, about 2005, customers who yearned to interact with Starbucks could talk to a barista or read quotes on its coffee cups. "Love wins," read quote No 257, from ...

If Australia supposedly has a future as the food bowl of Asia, why is it no one in Australia wants to invest in food? The mining boom is tapering as resource companies cut back investment, but there is ...

The Australian dollar has plummeted almost two US cents and could be on its way back below the 100-US cent mark for the first time in nearly a year. The dollar tumbled overnight as investors piled into ...

Caltex's first quarter profit has jumped almost 80 per cent but the company says refiners' margins are likely to be squeezed as capacity in Asia and the Middle East grows. The oil refiner and distributor ...

Chris and Tyler Parkinson thought their mobile application had the potential to be a cash cow. They just needed to find a dairy that agreed. The Ohio brothers, who grew up on a dairy farm in Utica, a small ...

Business groups have applauded the decision by the central bank to cut the official interest rates to a new low. The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said the move by the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Queensland's cattle industry is in crisis, with prices falling below those seen during the 1970s beef slump, graziers say. Up to 1000 graziers will meet with federal and state agriculture ministers at ...

Greater demand from miners and the New Zealand dairy industry has help explosives and chemicals supplier Orica increase its profits by six per cent. Orica's net profit of $267 million in the six months ...

Greater demand from miners and the New Zealand diary industry has help explosives and chemicals supplier Orica increase its profits by six per cent. Orica's net profit of $267 million in the six months ...

* U.S. jobless claims fall to five-year low * ECB cuts interest rates to record low * China, India PMIs show factory-sector growth stumbling * U.S. crude stocks at record high, OPEC output rising (Adds ...

* U.S. jobless claims fall to five-year low * ECB cuts interest rates to record low * China, India PMIs show factory-sector growth stumbling * U.S. crude stocks at record high, OPEC output rising (Updates ...

* U.S. jobless claims fall to five-year low * ECB cuts interest rates to record low * China, India PMIs show factory-sector growth stumbling * U.S. crude stocks at record high, OPEC output rising (Adds ...

Rising dairy prices has led to a more than 12.5 percent increase in the ANZ commodity price index, the largest monthly rise in the history of the series.

The Australian share market has closed 0.7 per cent lower, with concerns about global economic growth pulling down resources stocks. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the local bourse had been ...

Agricultural products supplier Skellerup has reduced its full year earnings expectations.

It has never been more lucrative to be a voter in Malaysia, where political rivals are showering the public with cash in a desperate electoral battle, stoking concerns over rising national debt. With May ...

Westpac is predicting New Zealand's economy will be characterised by a struggle between strong growth and low inflation.

Fonterra is looking at shedding 300 jobs.

Energex, Ergon and Powerlink won't be sold by the Queensland government to pay down debt. "We certainly won't be seeking a mandate to sell those at the next election," Premier Campbell Newman ...

Japan's relations with Russia are taking a decidedly business-like turn, as the countries put economic imperatives ahead of a longstanding territorial dispute. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to head ...

It is thought the boost in exports to China is partly because the Chinese don't trust their own products.

Australia's last listed major grains marketer, GrainCorp, is set for foreign takeover, following the likes of AWB and ABB Grain. GrainCorp has reached conditional agreement to sell to US-based global foods ...

With Australia's largest grain handler, Graincorp, set to drop into American hands, it would be easy to despair over the future of the local agricultural industry. But the $3 billion takeover of Graincorp ...

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says businesses will be better off without a carbon tax, as power companies warn the coalition's climate policy will be tough to implement. Power companies say the coalition's ...

SINGAPORE, April 24 (Reuters) - Gold stabilised on Wednesday after falling more than 1 percent in the previous session, but the precious metal is still under pressure from a firm U.S. dollar and daily ...

The dairy industry appears to standing tall in the face of adversity.