by Ekrem Duman | Aug 1, 2026 | Agribusiness, Wine & Food Exports, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRAustralia separated water rights from land title and created one of the world’s most sophisticated water markets, centred on the Murray-Darling Basin. Farmers hold perpetual entitlements — a share of whatever water the system delivers —...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 1, 2026 | Agribusiness, Wine & Food Exports, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRAustralian grain is a high-volume, low-margin business whose earnings swing violently with rainfall. Handlers such as GrainCorp own silos, rail links and port terminals that cost the same to maintain whether a harvest is enormous or nonexistent, which...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 1, 2026 | Agribusiness, Wine & Food Exports, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRThe a2 Milk Company built a business on a scientific proposition — milk containing only the A2 beta-casein protein — and sold it into China largely through the daigou channel, in which travellers and students bought product in Australian and...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 1, 2026 | Agribusiness, Wine & Food Exports, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRAustralian beef exports hit an all-time record in 2025, reaching 1,545,784 tonnes, up 15% on 2024 and exceeding the previous record by more than 200,000 tonnes. The United States took 453,292 tonnes, China 272,940 tonnes (up 41%), Japan 257,379 tonnes and...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 1, 2026 | Agribusiness, Wine & Food Exports, Australia Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRTreasury Wine Estates owns Penfolds, Australia’s most internationally recognised luxury wine brand, and its recent history is a case study in single-market concentration risk. China imposed duties above 100% on Australian wine in 2020, removed them...
