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Most Australian water markets are highly localised, involving trade between users within a single river catchment. A key exception is the southern Murray-Darling Basin where the high degree of hydrological connectivity allows water to be traded between river systems and across state boundaries…
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What are ecosystem services?Ecosystems are complex interactions among living and non living components of the environment (e.g., forests, grasslands, marine ecosystems). These interactions mediate processes that achieve major transformations of resources, many rivalling or exceeding what can…
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Texas root rot causes patches of dead and dying plants, here in a cotton field.Chris Anderson, NSW DPI.
Texas root rotExotic to AustraliaFeatures: Soil borne fungal disease that causes sudden wilt and deathin many plant species.Where it’s from: Southwest USA, Mexico, Venezuela, and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 11 April 2024, large areas in the eastern Australia were affected by a severe weather system with recorded rainfall of up to 200 millimetres in southern Queensland and 400 millimetres in New South Wales.Cropping…
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For the week ending 15 November 2023, troughs and lows resulted in showers and thunderstorms over eastern New South Wales and Victoria, northern and southern Western Australia, southern Queensland, and across Northern…
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Authors: Orion Sanders, Neal Hughes, Mihir GuptaPurposeData on Australian water trade recorded in state government registers contain significant measurement error or ‘noise’. This noise can make it difficult to develop an accurate…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 3 July 2024, a series of low-pressure troughs and cold fronts brought rainfall to the southern half of Australia.Across cropping regions, rainfall was received across all states, with Western Australia and northern…
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PLANT PEST
Ug99 is the name given to a type of fungal infection that is deadly to grains and would see our grain rejected by overseas markets.Sabine Werres BBA, Braunschweig, Germany, PaDIL
Ug99 wheat stem rustExotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fungal pest causing wheat stem rust that could cause…
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Keep an eye out for exotic pests hiding in your aquarium.Marimo moss balls are a popular live algae often used to decorate aquariums and water features. While pretty, they could be hosts to zebra mussel.Zebra mussel is a prolific invasive pest that is exotic to Australia. If it becomes established…
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If your livestock are showing signs of foot-and-mouth disease, immediately call theEmergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888(free call within Australia)Livestock producers must be alert for signs of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in their animals regardless of where they are in…
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