By Dr Ray Johnson, Managing Director, Agricultural Appointments. Australian agribusiness has been adversely affected by COVID-19, in particular those industry sectors exposed to decreased trade. Probably one of the worst sectors affected to date has been the premium seafood and aquaculture market such as premium specialty fish products (eg. Murray...

By Phillip Silver, Solicitor Registered Migration Agent (MARN 0957639) in New South Wales. Phillip has 25 years of experience as a lawyer in Australia and South Africa. Phillip represents  Australian Farming enterprises to sponsor skilled  farmers from South Africa to work on Australian farms. I read with interest the article...

It’s a digital world. As your agricultural business expands, avenues for attracting employees and connecting with customers are increasingly moving into the digital age. Sure, you’ve got a website and have played around with social media, but how can you transform your business in order to stand-out from the crowd?...

The advent of Job boards online and online application systems has facilitated the application process for candidates, making it relatively easy to apply for the many thousands of roles advertised everyday. However, this facilitation has its downside, with many candidates making ill-advised applications as well as sloppy and careless applications....

Bradley Blackledge reckons he doesn’t have a job, just a hobby, but when that hobby took him away from his family, it was Agricultural Appointments who helped them reunite. “When I was 15, I started working weekends and holidays at a nursery and then I went to trade school and...

Annie showing support at this year's UQ Gatton Regional Careers Fair. Meeting lots of undergraduates and giving them some useful career advice.

Disruption comes to agribusiness! This is the subject of our most recent report, the 2016 Agrifood Talent Report. In this report, we look at how new technology, changing business structures and new ways of marketing, are opening up a skills gap that could actually hurt Australia’s agricultural competitiveness. We also...

August 11-13 2015 Luna Park, Sydney The annual AIFST National Convention is the premier food technology conference in Australia for industry, research and government organisations, locally and overseas. It is also co-hosting the 15th Australian Food Microbiology Conference.

On the first day of the meeting, there was an excellent dairy conference attended by over 140 delegates, and on the second day it was the joint SFMAV/GIA meeting attended by around 120 members.