Search Results
What's new?Safeguarding Arrangement applications will be open between 28 July 2025 and 30 January 2026.The department has introduced several mandatory and important changes for the 2025-26 BMSB (Brown Marmorated Stink Bug) season.Updates include:Revised application formIntroduction of the mandatory…
- Last modified
Australia is in a unique position free from many of the animal and plant diseases affecting other countries. The department – in cooperation with other jurisdictions, industry and the community – manages biosecurity onshore, at the border and offshore to minimise the risk of exotic pests and…
- Last modified
Author: Rupert Summerson
Image of an open human palm with a suminoe river oyster sitting on it - the oyster has a brown shell and is large in size, taking up most of the hand's length.
OverviewSuminoe oyster (Magallana ariakensis) is a large true oyster that…
- Last modified
A key focus of ABARES research is measuring Australian farm productivity and understanding the factors that influence its growth. Productivity is a core measure of economic performance that captures the efficiency of production and provides important insights for policy makers, researchers, and…
- Last modified
2017–18 to 2019–20Aruni Weragoda and James Frilay[expand all]Financial performanceFarm cash incomeDairy farm incomes are projected to have risen in 2019–20 because of higher milk prices, reduced quantities of fodder purchased and lower feed prices, despite persistent drought in some regions…
- Last modified
Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
In the week ending 28 February 2024, ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln generated heavy rainfall in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. South-western parts of Western Australia also benefitted from the heavy rainfall, after being…
- Last modified
30 October 2008Biosecurity Australia Advice 2008/33Release of Final Import Risk Analysis Report for Chicken MeatThis Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the final import…
- Last modified
Fankhauser Apples Submission
Fankhauser Apples
515 Old Drouin Road, Drouin, Vic 3818
Phone: +61 3 5625 2596
ABN: 87083.625717 ACN: 114 989 936
www.fankhauserapples.com.au
To whom it may concern,
I am a 4th generation apple grower from Drouin in Gippsland, Victoria.
I am writing to you in…
- Last modified
The Australian Government is helping the agriculture sector respond to climate challenges through the $302.1 million Climate-Smart Agriculture Program, funded through the Natural Heritage Trust.
The Program will help drive agricultural productivity, competitiveness, and sustainability by…
- Last modified
Episode: May 2025Presenters:Chris Nellessen - Principal Mass Spectrometrist, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.Dr Dominie Wright - Principal Laboratory Scientist, Diagnostics and Laboratory Services, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA.Summary: Chris…
- Last modified