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A new ABARES report investigates the slowdown in productivity which has impacted Australian broadacre agriculture over the past two decades.ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville said climate variability, particularly drought, was having an important impact. “We have seen that changes in…
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Powerful conversations at the 2025 Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (PWAF) in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, 26-30 May highlighted how Australia and Pacific island countries are working together to drive regeneration, productivity, and resilience in our agriculture and forestry sectors.PWAF is the…
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2022–23 to 2024–25Download full report and dataThis report provides detailed economic analysis of broadacre farm financial performance during the 2023–24 financial year. It examines the impact of seasonal conditions and price changes and provides longer-term context for current farm performance.…
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26 July 2012
Purpose
To advise industry of new procedural resources for sampling, inspection and certification of hay and straw for export are now accessible on the Plant Export Operations Manual (PEOM) website.
Background
The Export Control (Hay and Straw) Orders 2005 were repealed…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry received initial allegations from Animals Australia on the evening of Sunday 28 May 2023 of non-compliance with the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) for sheep in Oman. Further details and supporting evidence have been provided by…
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Every three years, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences conducts the pest animal and weed management survey.
The 2022 survey (and the previous surveys conducted in 2016 and 2019) sought information from agricultural land managers about the types of impacts…
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The Australian Crop Report contains ABARES forecasts for the area, yield and production of Australia’s major winter and summer broadacre crops. Forecasts are made at the Australian state level.The Australian Crop Report is released quarterly in March, June, September and December. The June edition…
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Authors: Rupert Summerson, Maggie Skirtun, Kasia Mazur, Tony Arthur, Robert Curtotti and Robert Smart
Black-striped mussel is native to the Caribbean Sea region between North and South America. It has spread to many other countries outside its native range, including a number of Asian countries…
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20 October 2017PurposeThe purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise mainland Australian apple and pear entities that applications for exports to Thailand for the 2018 season have opened.…
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Varroa mites (Varroa destructor and Varroa jacobsoni) are tiny red-brown external parasites of the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) and are about the size of a sesame seed. Until recently both species were exotic to Australia, however in June 2022 Varroa destructor was detected in a sentinel…
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