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- Media release
- Pests
Renewed focus on weed biocontrol is set to deliver benefits to land managers and the environment in the fight against weeds.
- Media release
- Pests
Pests and weeds are costing farmers a combined $5.3 billion a year in both management and production loss.
- Statement
- Department
The department has received several enquiries recently about the potential use of mRNA vaccines in livestock.
- Statement
- Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has received several enquiries and correspondence over the last fortnight asking for the…
- Media release
- ABARES
The third national survey of pests and weeds shows 85% land managers spent on average around $21,950 in 2022 on pest and weed species management.
- Statement
- Live animal exports
The Department takes any allegation of non-compliance with Australia’s Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) seriously and is continuing to…
- Statement
- Biosecurity
As of 1 December 2023, after a 30-year tenure with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dr Mark Schipp will be retiring from the…
- Media release
- International
Hitchhiker pests are not native to Australia and have a specific biology or behaviour that allows them to ‘hitch a ride’ to Australia via sea…
- News
- Agriculture
Australia’s first National Climate Change and Agriculture Statement has arrived.
- News
- Agriculture
The first ever National Agricultural Traceability Strategy 2023 to 2033 will unlock a
- News
- Department
The Australian Government is strengthening Australia’s biosecurity system through long-term, predictable, and sustainable funding.
- Statement
- Live animal exports
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry received initial allegations from Animals Australia on the evening of Sunday 28 May 2023 of non…