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Can Australia’s exports attract the green dollar?

  • Media release
  • ABARES
Changing expectations in export markets and how it will impact Australia is just one topic up for discussion at this week’s ABARES Outlook 2022…

Japanese encephalitis detected in Eastern Australia

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been detected in piggeries in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
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Agricultural commodities ride record highs

  • Media release
  • ABARES
Agricultural commodities are forecast to reach record highs in 2021-22, but a return to normality is on the way.
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Farm incomes surge as the good times roll

  • Media release
  • ABARES
A combination of good seasonal conditions and prices have led to improved farm performance for broadacre and dairy farms.
Grain being loaded

Spoils are there for a sector on the ‘front foot’

  • Media release
  • ABARES
Australian agriculture will continue to prosper if it can meet growing expectations around sustainability and keep making sound investments that…
Crop

Crop records continue as rainfall boosts summer prospects

  • Media release
  • ABARES
Both winter and summer crops across Australia have seen extraordinary outcomes in 2021-22.
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Media statement: Additional stakeholder engagement on the review of live sheep exports by sea during the Northern Hemisphere summer

  • Statement
  • Live animal exports
The department is undertaking additional stakeholder engagement on the review into the regulatory settings for the export of live she

Australian Biosecurity continuing to protect cattle and buffalo from lumpy skin disease

  • Media release
  • Diseases
Australia’s strong biosecurity system is continuing to protect against lumpy skin disease, which affects cattle and water buffalo and which could…

Trade modernisation delivers the goods for Australia's agricultural exporters

  • Media release
  • Exports
Australia’s agricultural exports are on track to reach a record-breaking $61 billion in 2021–22.
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Outlook 2022 explores innovation and sustainability

  • Media release
  • ABARES
Producers, experts, industry representatives, and government officials from Australia and overseas will be participating in ABARES’s Outlook 2022…
Greenhouse

General Surveillance Program Guidelines released

  • Media release
  • ABARES
Guidelines released today by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) provide practical insights to support…
Episode 5

Post Entry Quarantine for Plants and Animal imports

  • Podcast
  • Biosecurity
Detect and Protect An Australian biosecurity podcast Episode 5 Guest: Meaghan Brierly

Policy puts the brakes on biofouling

  • Media release
  • Biosecurity
International ships arriving in Australian waters will see a change in how they manage biofouling in 2022.

Dig in and nominate now for the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award

  • News
  • Biosecurity
Do you know someone in Australia who is helping improve soil health and inspiring others? Nominations for the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award…