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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 3 April 2024, widespread rainfall was recorded across much of the country, exceptions being in the west of the country.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals up to 100 millimetres across Queensland may have…
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ABARES Working PaperPublished: 22 December 2025Authors: Neal Hughes, Maruge Zhao, Rhys DownhamIntroductionHydrologic models typically predict irrigation water demands via bio-physical processes in-line with FAO-56 standards. However, irrigation demands also depend heavily on the economic behaviour…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 26 November 2025, rainfall was recorded across parts of northern, southern and eastern Australia, while central areas remained comparably dry.Across cropping regions, rainfall totals were low across most south-…
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Relentless innovation drives improved productivity, and more efficient use of materials, energy, water, land and labour. Maintaining profitable and competitive food and fibre enterprises will require ongoing innovation and change.
But the benefits of change will not…
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The Australian Government welcomes the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee’s reports (interim and final) on the effect of market consolidation on the red meat processing sector (the Reports). The Australian Government thanks the Committee members for…
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Opportunities and challenges for Australian grains, beef and dairy exports
Author: James Fell
Urbanisation, food safety and product quality shape a key part of the future of Chinese agricultural policy and opportunities for Australian beef, dairy and grains exporters.
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Water security is a growing concern for Western Australian farmers. During a period of drought between 2018 and 2020, many of the state’s 200,000 farm dams ran dry, leaving growers struggling to maintain livestock and cropping operations.In response, the WaterSmart Dams Project was launched to…
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6 June 2019
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to all vessel masters, crew, passengers and shipping agents who represent international commercial and non-commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
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The Department of…
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Authors: Mihir Gupta and Neal Hughes
Research by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Research report
July 2018
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This study
Since the peak of the Millennium drought in 2008, the southern Murray-Darling Basin (sMDB) has seen large increases…
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