Perth-based pearl farmer, Atlas South Sea Pearl, is aiming to raise up to $4.2 million through a non-renounceable rights issue.
Atlas said the rights issue came after a challenging 2011 for the pearl industry.
Local crop protection chemical firms have welcomed an investigation by a federal government body into the importation from China of large amounts of a herbicide used in weed control.
Harvey Fresh has acquired New South Wales-based juice processor Nugan Quality Foods for an undisclosed sum in an effort to grow its capacity to supply juice and concentrates to South East Asia.
Dairy farmers have accused the federal government of having no regard for their future, despite two major Senate inquiries into the supermarket milk price wars.
Australia's largest cattle producer, Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), exported more live cattle during 2011 despite the Australian government's temporary ban on live exports to Indonesia.
Australian fruit and vegetable growers fear they will become the latest victims in the supermarket price wars after Coles slashed its fresh produce prices.
Biofuels producer Algae.Tec has signed a deal to fund the construction of a facility in China that will produce a renewable alternative to fossil fuels.
Farmers in Western Australia say the federal government has ignored the concerns of farmers nationwide by failing to decrease the threshold for foreign investment in agricultural land.
The current threshold for review by the FIRB is $231 million.
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