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New Forests acquires macadamia portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... will pursue initiatives to reduce gross emissions and strengthen environmental stewardship, including decarbonising irrigation systems through on-site solar and battery storage, progressively transitioning farm vehicles from diesel to electric and hybrid ...

Almonds, livestock to buoy ag investors in 2026: CBRE

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... Murray-Darling Basin, a key agricultural zone, operates under a cap-and-trade model that balances environmental needs with irrigation demand. Ongoing investment in irrigation infrastructure and digital water management tools is enhancing water-use efficiency ...

Mormon Church's Alkira Farms acquires NSW assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... and commodities produced. Duxton Farms, however, retains the remaining 423 hectares and 1463 megalitres of Jemalong Irrigation General Security surface water part of the portfolio. Duxton Farms chair Ed Peter said: "The sale of Kentucky is a major milestone ...

Australia's ecosystems get a dollar value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... at $1.4 billion. Khoo noted that this water is used for drinking water, energy production, and things like cooling, irrigation, and manufacturing. Regarding coastal protection - the role of mangrove and saltmarsh ecosystems in reducing storm and tidal ...

Centuria acquires SA agricultural property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... "This high-quality glasshouse facility was constructed in 2016, incorporating modern renewable energy, heating and irrigation sources, which creates highly sustainable, premium fresh produce," said Andrew Tout, Centuria's head of agriculture. "These ...

Global food systems at risk: Barclays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... viewpoint," Patel said. "There is growth in companies proposing new solutions relating to regenerative agriculture, new irrigation systems, types of alt protein, things like vertical farming, and that has meant that for many years, the solutions were ...

Evolution Mining links value generation to sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Mungari." Evolution notes that they use recycled water primarily to process ore and in other activities such as paste fill, irrigation, dust suppression and construction. "If you can reduce your dependence on raw water - water for municipal use, or water ...

Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... reducing chemical runoff from farms by 180 tonnes per year, providing research into improved soil, nutrient, pesticide, irrigation and storm water management across 20,458 ha of land, and attracting increased funding to improve water quality. But for ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... with petrol, making ethanol a much more viable long-term renewable fuel." ARENA's funding will support growing and irrigation trials, due diligence activities required for financial close and "preliminary work to support the procurement of engineering ...

CEFC launches $250m Local Government Finance Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Greenop said. "The finance is backing investments in agricultural and manufacturing plant and equipment, as well as irrigation equipment and low emissions vehicles. A notable aspect of the finance is the interest it is receiving from a variety of agricultural ...
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