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Costa has undergone significant changes and growth since its origins in a family-owned fruit shop that was founded in Geelong in 1888. Today, the Costa Group stands as Australia's largest horticultural company with diversified operations across the supply chain from farming and packing to marketing and distribution.
Founder's stock certificate of the Australian Agricultural Company for 5 shares of £100 each, issued 14 June 1825, printed on parchment. The inquiry into the colony of New South Wales conducted by John Bigge from 1819 to 1823 recommended that large grants of land be given to "men of real capital" who would utilise significant levels of convict labour to maintain these estates.
In 1998, the PMC refused to accept trucks of potatoes from Galati for not arriving on time. [5] Galati proceeded to give the potatoes away for free whilst calling for the regulatory agency to be scrapped and allow free competition. [6] [7] The campaign succeeded in 2015 when the state government confirmed it would abolish the agency within two ...
Dalgety and Company Limited merged in November 1961 with New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, one of its principal competitors in Australia's eastern states and New Zealand. Dalgety and Company Limited changed its name to Dalgety and New Zealand Loan Limited [8] marketed as Dalgety NZL. With assets of £44 million in 1963 the ...
Australia is the world's largest producer of wool. [49] The Australian wool industry was worth $3.6 billion in 2022. [50] The total number of sheep is estimated to be 75 million. [49] In the late 1980s, the sheep flock was 180 million. [51] Only 5% of Australia's wool clip is processed onshore. [50]
This is a list of potato varieties or cultivars. Potato cultivars can have a range of colours due to the accumulation of anthocyanins in the tubers . These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes.
The Great Southern Group in 2008 formed Australia's largest managed agribusiness investment scheme operation. [2] [4] The company comprised a parent entity, Great Southern Plantations Limited (from 2007 renamed Great Southern Limited), [5] and over forty subsidiaries, almost all wholly owned. Those subsidiaries held or operated Great Southern's ...
Roberts Limited is an agricultural services company with operations in Tasmania. Established in 1865, [ 1 ] until 2006 it was Australia's oldest publicly listed company . [ 2 ] The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Ruralco in 2006, following a successful off-market takeover bid.