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Rapid growth in emerging economies, particularly in Asia, will lift incomes, expectations, and economic capacity. An expanded and empowered middle class will demand higher volumes and quality of food and fibre, including more protein – with rising expectations for…
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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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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
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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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 8 November 2023, troughs brought widespread showers and storms in Queensland and New South Wales, and in country’s northwest. The remainder of the country remained dry.
While welcomed, the rainfall…
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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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Robert Owen (Bob) Makinson
Robert Owen (Bob) Makinson has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Environmental Biosecurity category.
Bob Makinson has been instrumental in galvanising attention and action for the introduced plant disease myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii). He has…
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ABARES has provided forecasting services for agriculture since 1948. With production decisions often made before prices are known, forecasts help farmers manage risk. Consumers benefit through the availability of high quality and reasonably priced food. Providing information on expected prices also…
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Australian exports and the economyAgriculture makes an important contribution to the Australian economy. Around two-thirds of our farm, fish and forestry production—worth around $52 billion—is exported to more than 100 countries annually. Australia’s plant industries generate more than $12…
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To approve export requests (REXs) under the Export Control Act and associated Rules, you must register as an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) with the department. You also need to register as a Client Group Member for the company you are approving export requests for, see How to register and…
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Australian Prawn FarmsLocated in regional Queensland, Australian Prawn Farms is committed to their role as an industry leader in biosecurity. They are a premier tiger prawn hatchery, grow-out farm and processing facility.Despite their small workforce, the farm has generously supported the…
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