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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 13 October 2021, weak low-pressure troughs across much of Australia resulted in isolated showers across central Australia. In the middle of the week, a low-pressure system and associated cold…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 18 May 2022, onshore winds and a low-pressure trough across eastern Australia resulted in substantial rainfall in the east of the country, with cold fronts resulting in moderate rainfall in the west and…
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Rohan Nelson, Matthew Miller and Andrew Cameron
A new approach is needed
A challenge for ABARES medium-term forecasts of agricultural markets is that no reliable seasonal climate forecasts exist beyond the current growing season in southern Australia. To date, ABARES has addressed this…
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Export advisory noticesWe use export advisory notices (EANs) as a notification tool for live animal and animal reproductive material exports.EANs provide information on:upcoming changes that may impact live export process or standardsrecently implemented regulatory changesitems open for…
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The Australian Government has invested $40.7 million in a national network of Sustainable Agriculture Facilitators under the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program, funded through the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT).The facilitators will connect farmers, landholders, community groups and agriculture…
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As climate variability continues to impact Australian agriculture, farmers are looking for proven ways to mitigate the impacts by building resilience into their businesses.Under the Future Drought Fund’s Long-term Trials program, different scenarios for crop…
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Author: Dale Ashton
Key performance results
Average farm cash income for dairy farmers in the Murray–Darling Basin peaked in 2013–14, before declining in 2014–15 and 2015–16 because of lower milk prices and higher input costs. In real terms, dairy farm incomes in 2015–16 are estimated to…
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Rising interceptions
In 2020, Australia saw a marked increase in khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) interceptions. These tiny but hardy insects – or their remains – were found in goods they had previously not been found with, and in shipments from countries not known to have khapra beetle.…
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14 November 2018This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the draft reportfor the Draft Pest Risk Analysis for Cut Flower and Foliage Imports—Part 1. The draft report supports…
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28 September 2018
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft group pest risk analysis for mealybugs and the viruses they transmit on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut-flower and foliage imports.
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) is…
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