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Rural Research and Development update - September 2011
Background
The Rural Research and Development (R&D) Council is the government’s key advisory body on rural R&D. The principal goal…
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After 2 record years, broadacre farm incomes are forecast to fall significantly in 2023–24 due to drier conditions and lower prices for agricultural commodities, especially livestock.
ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville said that, at a national level, average farm cash income for…
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ABARES Working PaperPublished: 30 April 2024Authors: Haydn Valle, Shiji Zhao, Louise Capel and Will ChancellorSummaryVegetable productivity growth is inherently difficult to measure, due to the heterogeneity of outputs and subsequent challenges in aggregating price data. Standard approaches also…
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Biotechnology Briefs
We can expect that the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) canola would have very little, if any, impact on organic agriculture in Australia.
The direct impacts on organic canola production are likely to be negligible. Only very small amounts of organic canola and…
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Date of issue: 23 July 2020 (re-issued 27 July 2020)
Date of effect: 27 July 2020
Reference Number: MAA2020-11
Attention:
Industries—Industry bodies - Seafood Export Consultative Committee
Export establishments
Licensed exporters
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment —…
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ABARES Working Paper Published 30 November 2018. Authors: Huong Dinh, Manannan Donoghoe, Neal Hughes, Tim Goesch This paper will be available until 30 May 2020.
This paper presents a new farm level microsimulation model…
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Hamish Robertson is a 2025 Nuffield Drought Resilience Scholar based in Tarrenlea, Victoria. Together with his wife Diana and their two children, he owns and runs a 3,000-acre property, focused on producing fine Merino wool and lamb.In recent years, Hamish has experienced variable seasonal…
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Authors: Lindsay Hogan, Caroline Gunning-Trant
Source: ABARES
Summary
The value of Australia’s farm production and agricultural exports have increased strongly over the past decade to $61 billion and $48 billion, respectively, in 2019–20. The National Farmers Federation (NFF) has…
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A field trip to Tasmanian fruit growing farms and vineyards provided an important opportunity for the Plant Health Committee (PHC) to meet farmers and industry stakeholders to discuss biosecurity challenges whilst exploring effective ways to engage in regulatory discussion.PHC is the peak…
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Notice issued: 17 December 2021
From 1 January 2022, the total levy and charge rate for farmed prawns will be set at 6.65 cents per kilogram. This is due to the reactivation of the white spot disease repayment (WSDR) component of the farmed prawns levy and charge which will be set at 3.01 …
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