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Strong year for Aussie ag beefed up by livestock

  • Media release
  • Agriculture
The value of agriculture in 2025-26 is expected to be the third highest on record at $91 billion.
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Pest profile: Duck viral enteritis

  • Newsletter
  • Animals
Duck viral enteritis (DVE), also known as duck plague, is one of Australia’s higher-risk exotic environmental diseases.
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Looking to the future for cooperation with India

  • Media release
  • Trade
Indian officials visited Australia for the sixth meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group (JWG) on Cooperation in Agriculture on 28…
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Dairy productivity growth – a glass half full

  • Media release
  • ABARES
National dairy productivity has continued to stall since 2010-11, achieving an average annual growth rate of -0.04% from 2010-11 to 2022-23.
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Australian agriculture – competitive, resilient and up for the challenge

  • Media release
  • Agriculture
Agriculture, fisheries and forestry is well placed to take on future challenges and opportunities, according to the latest ABARES Snapshot of…
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New resources available for best practice weed management

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
Weeds are a serious threat to Australia's environment and primary industries.
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National partnership to spur sector emissions cuts

  • Media release
  • Agriculture
A partnership between the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and a cooperative research centre will help Australian producers stay…
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Leading water management at Razor Rock Farm

  • Case study
  • Future Drought Fund
Nick Ormsby, owner of Razor Rock Farm in the Northern Territory, understands that water really is the essence of life.
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Connecting to the story of environmental biosecurity

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
A new educational resource produced by the Environmental Biosecurity Office to showcase the importance of environmental biosecurity to Australia’s…
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Plant Health Committee Border/Near Border Workshop and Field Trip

  • Newsletter
  • Plants
In early December 2024, the 66th meeting of the Plant Health Committee—the peak government plant biosecurity policy and decision-making forum—took…
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Outlook conference celebrates 80 years of ABARES

  • Media release
  • Agriculture
Next month’s ABARES Outlook 2025 conference will be a unique event for the Australian agriculture industry, offering an opportunity for stakeholders…
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Australia’s focus on regional work in animal and plant health

  • Newsletter
  • Plants
Strong biosecurity partnerships are essential to safeguarding agriculture, ecosystems, and trade across Australia and the
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Statement from newly appointed Transition Advocate, Dr Chris Rodwell

  • Statement
  • Live animal exports
I am pleased to be taking on the role of the Transition Advocate for the transition to the end of live sheep exports by sea by 1 May 2028. 
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Risk Communication and Rabies Management in Timor-Leste

  • Newsletter
  • Biosecurity
In March 2024, the Timor-Leste Government reported the first confirmed fatal human case of rabies to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the…