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Honey bees and their pests and diseases

The Australian honey bee industry is composed of about 29,690 registered beekeepers. Around 2000 of these are considered to be commercial apiarists, each with more than 50 hives (average 400 – 800 hives).The European honey bee contributes directly to the Australian economy. The industry produces…
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Farm performance and climate

​​The Farm performance and climate report examines the effect of climate variability and climate change on the productivity of Australian broadacre cropping farms between 1977–78 and 2014–15. The study combines ABARES farm survey data with climate data to estimate the effect of climate variables…
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Financial performance of livestock farms

2021–22 to 2023–24Recent farm performanceAround 39% of Australian farm businesses are classified as broadacre livestock farms (34,000 farms), of which 22,100 were beef specialists, 8,900 were sheep specialists, and around 3,000 produced a mix of beef cattle and sheep (see Methodology).Farm…
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Australia's Animal Health System

Key factsEffective national surveillance and control of animal diseases in Australia requires cooperative partnerships among the government agencies, organisations, commercial companies and individuals who are involved in the animal industries.Australia’s animal health system includes all…
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New South Wales North East Regional Forest Agreement

​​​The North East Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) is one of three RFAs in New South Wales, and comprises two sub regions: Upper North East and Lower North East. The Australian and New South Wales governments signed the North East RFA on 31 March 2000. The North East RFA was varied on 28 November…
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South Australia Biosecurity Roundtable Report 11 April 2018

Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources, June 2018DownloadDocumentPagesFile sizeSouth Australia Roundtable Report - 11 April 2018, Adelaide PDF 102.7 MBIf you have difficulty accessing these files, please visit web accessibility.Online contentThe 2018 South Australia (SA)…
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Indicator 1.2b: The status of forest dwelling species at risk of not maintaining viable breeding populations, as determined by legislation or scientific assessment (2024)

This indicator measures the conservation status of nationally listed threatened forest dwelling species. Documentation of this information over time allows analysis of changes to species’ conservation status indicating the extent to which forest species biodiversity is being maintained.This is the…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee report: Red imported fire ants in Australia: Don't Let This Come Back to Bite Us

October 2024 AcknowledgementsThe management of red imported fire ants in Australia is a matter of great significance for the Australian community. The Australian Government thanks the individuals and organisations who contributed to this inquiry. The development of this response was led by the…
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Australian Quarantine a shared responsibility: The Government response

Department of Primary Industries and Energy, 1997 ​[expand all]​ForewordThis document delivers on the Government's pre-election commitment to overhaul Australia's quarantine system and provide the…
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Horse Industry Consultative Committee - Meeting Minutes 22

​​Download Document Pages File size Meeting Minutes 22 PDF 14 170 KB If you have difficulty accessing this file, please visit web accessibility. Online version Thursday 23 April 2020 10.05am to 12.55pm Department of Agriculture, Water and the…
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