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This working paper has since been published as a journal article. Please now refer to:
Hughes, N., M. Lu, W. Soh, K. Lawson (2022) Modelling the effects of climate change on the profitability of Australian farms, Climatic Change
ABARES Working Paper
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 28 July 2021, cold fronts and troughs brought rainfall to much of southern Australia. A high-pressure system and associated cloud free skies saw little to no rainfall across the northern half…
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Agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals help protect and improve farm productivity by destroying, repelling and controlling pests and diseases affecting animal and herd health and welfare. They are vital inputs in Australia’s red meat industry but their use patterns are tightly regulated so…
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Author: Rhys Downham
Summary
Productivity and efficiency analysis can be used to guide policy development by providing insight into the relative performance of firms, and the drivers of industry growth and competitiveness. In this report, ABARES has applied stochastic frontier analysis to a novel…
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19 February 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies and importers of cats and dogs to Australia.
What has changed?
The waiting period for cat and dog reservations at the Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility in Mickleham has…
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3 February 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders associated with the biosecurity inspection of sea freight containers imported into Australia—including Shipping Lines, Vessel Agents, Stevedores, wharf/terminal operators, Biosecurity Industry Participants, and importers — associated with…
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We conducted a risk analysis for the release of the rust fungus Puccinia spegazzinii for the biological control of the weed Mikania micrantha.
We conducted the risk analysis in two key steps:
Released the draft report of the risk analysis for the release of Puccinia spegazzinii for the…
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We conducted a risk analysis for the release of the fungus Venturia paralias for the biological control of sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias).
We began this risk analysis in response to an application to release Venturia paralias to control Euphorbia paralias. The application was submitted by…
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29 April 2013
This Biosecurity Advice (BA) notifies stakeholders of the release of the ‘Final review of policy: importation of grapevine (Vitis species) propagative material into Australia’ on…
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From: Peter Henchman [pchench@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: Monday, 4 July 2011 4:54 PM
To: BA - Plant Biosecurity Contact
Subject: Review of fresh apple fruit from New Zealand
This is a submission in…
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