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The Future Drought Fund is providing funds to build the capacity and resilience of soils and agricultural landscapes to underpin farm productivity through times of drought.
The grants are for innovative NRM practices, systems and approaches. These will improve natural capital and contribute…
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Peter Martin, Caroline Levantis, Walter Shafron, Paul Philips and James FrilayFarm investment A producer’s capacity to generate farm income is influenced by past investments in additional land to expand the scale of…
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Running a successful farming business in the arid regions of Queensland is tough and maximising the productivity of your land is essential. Nobody knows this like rural business owners Nichole James and Jake & Adam Fietz.Nichole, Jake and Adam are participating in a field trial being delivered…
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The Land use of Australia Web Map is an interactive map displaying land use data, which provides the spatial representation how our land resources are used. The Web Map displays data from Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16, 250 m dataset and includes land use data for both 2010…
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulates the export activities of the kangaroo meat industry by:
registering processing facilities for export
overseeing production to ensure food safety, and
issuing export certification for kangaroo meat and meat products.
The…
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ABARES has been conducting surveys of agricultural industries since the 1940s. Farm surveys conducted by ABARES provide a wide range of information on the current and historical economic performance of farm business units in the rural sector. This information is used for research and analysis on…
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Natural Resource Management (NRM) Drought Resilience Program — Landscapes aims to promote and put in place transformational practices, approaches or systems. These will improve the management of natural resources and build drought resilience of agricultural and broader landscapes.
In our…
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Class 1. Conservation and Natural Environments1.1.0 Nature conservation1.1.1 Strict nature reserve1.1.2 Wilderness area1.1.3 Nature Park1.1.4 Natural feature protection1.1.5 Habitat/species management area1.1.6 Protected…
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A key focus of ABARES research is measuring Australian farm productivity and understanding the factors that influence its growth. Productivity is a core measure of economic performance that captures the efficiency of production and provides important insights for policy makers, researchers, and…
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Mixed cattle farmers Jake and Frankie Fennell run a 4,000-strong beef herd on their property Wintinna Station in Outback South Australia.
After the 2017-2019 drought, they embraced GPS cattle tracking tags and rotational grazing to better prepare their business for drought.
“We came across [the…
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