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Australian farmers manage uncertainty and complexity every day. However, the business of farming is becoming more challenging – as farmers face significant climate risk, including future droughts.The Australian Government is working with state and territory governments to give farmers the tools to…
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Date of issue: 27 September 2024Date of effect: 1 October 2024Reference Number: MAA 2024-12AttentionIndustries—Industry bodies – Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australian Honey Bee Industry Council Export establishmentsExportersDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and…
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Date of issue: 27 September 2024Date of effect: 1 October 2024AttentionIndustry bodies – Dairy Australia, Infant Nutrition Council, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Australian Food and Grocery CouncilDairy Export EstablishmentsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Central…
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Date of issue: 2 October 2024Date of effect: 6 October 2024AttentionIndustry bodies – Dairy Australia, Infant Nutrition Council, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Australian Food and Grocery CouncilDairy Export EstablishmentsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – Central…
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On 7 July 2022, we commenced a pest risk analysis on khapra beetle. For more information visit the Khapra beetle pest risk analysis web page.Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) is a small but serious hitchhiker pest, and we want to keep it out of Australia. As such, we have implemented urgent…
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We regulate the export of dairy products from Australia. This ensures that goods:
comply with export laws
meet importing country requirements.
Information directory
Our information directory for dairy manufacturers and exporters can help you navigate our available resources and find the…
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Detect and Protect
An Australian biosecurity podcast
Series 2 Episode 3
Host: Casey Baines
Guest: Harry Smithard
Harry was one of the first detector dog handlers along with Rachel from our previous episode. In this podcast Harry outlines the initial challenges of the detector dog program…
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Important: The current Methyl bromide fumigation methodology (version 2.0) is in force until 30 April 2025. It is available on the ‘methodologies and documents for biosecurity treatments’ page.Familiarise yourself with the updated methodology (version 3.0). It will replace the current documents and…
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Jono and Kristy Fitzgerald are the custodians of an Endangered Ecological Community on their Luskintyre property in the Lower Hunter.
With the help of the Future Drought Fund’s Natural Resource Management Drought Resilience Program and Hunter Local Land Services they’re giving their farm a ‘…
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2021–22 to 2023–24Recent farm performanceAn estimated 5% of Australian farm businesses are classified as dairy farms (4,502 farms) (see methodology).The average farm cash income for dairy farms in 2022–23 was estimated to have been $461,000 per farm. This was 34% higher than the previous year, and…
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