South Australia’s premium orange growers are hoping a spike in demand for Vitamin C-laden fruit will grow its Asian markets. As harvest of top-quality navel oranges approaches in South Australia later this month, Citrus Board of Australia chairman Ben Cant said anecdotal evidence showed consumers are searching for healthy fruit as COVID-19 reshapes demand. About […]
Major Australian wine company Randall Wine Group has acquired four more vineyards in McLaren Vale totaling 142 hectares to become the region’s largest vigneron. The South Australian company, led by Executive Chairman Warren Randall from Seppeltsfield in the Barossa Valley, now owns about 3500 hectares of premium red wine vineyards across the leading wine state. […]
Major Southern Rock Lobster exporter Ferguson Australia is establishing a strong fish business in China that is on track to reach 500 tonnes a year. The Ocean Jacket (Nelusetta ayraudi), also known as Leatherjacket, is not widely sold in Australia despite its abundance in southern waters. However, it is very popular in China, mainly as […]
For half a century, an intrepid group of South Australian divers have braved shark-infested waters to supply the banquet tables of Hong Kong and China with green lip abalone. Being a high-value Chinese status symbol has meant wild abalone stocks have dwindled across the world but a conservative quota system and progressive sustainability […]
Australian wine exports to the United States have returned to growth after more than a decade of declines. Exports to the US in the past 12 months increased by 2 per cent to $432 million (US$304 million) with increases in value across most major price segments. This is good news for an already buoyant Australian […]