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Measures for plant products under the khapra beetle urgent actions

Recent changesOn 28 May 2025, we updated the pre-export treatment and phytosanitary certification requirements for high-risk plant products and sea containers subject to khapra beetle measures.Three key changes were implemented. For more information, refer to the:Import Industry Advice Notice 165-…
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Weekly update - 28 January 2021

Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update Key issues During the week ending 27 January 2021, troughs, low-pressure systems and weak cold fronts generated showers and thunderstorm activity across parts of northern, central and eastern Australia. In those summer cropping…
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Visual resources

Biosecurity is a multi-layered issue. To aid understanding of biosecurity and how it impacts Australia, the department creates videos and other helpful visual resources for reference. Here you will find materials developed specifically to aid awareness of current biosecurity issues and topics.…
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Agricultural outlook

The Agricultural Commodities Report contains ABARES' forecasts for the value, volume and price of Australia's agriculturalproduction and exports, and average broadacre farm performance.Underpinning the forecasts contained in the Agricultural Commodities Report are ABARES' outlookfor global…
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Importation of frozen bovine in-vitro produced embryos from Canada and the United States – draft review

​​​​​​​​​Publication details​Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 16 November 2016This draft report has been issued to give all interested parties an opportunity to comment on relevant technical…
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Preparing your own data

MCAS-S users may create projects using their own input data layers. Pre-processing using a proprietary GIS is usually required to ensure data meet the requirements for MCAS-S version 4. The MCAS-S user guide is the best place to start.  Download…
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111-2019 - MARS and PEMS unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 13 July to 02:00 Sunday 14 July 2019 (AEST)

8 July 2019Who does this notice affect? All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned outage. All exporters of plants…
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Other diagnostic procedures

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry maintains this list of procedures, which support the Australian and New Zealand standard diagnostic procedures (ANZSDPs) and Australian standard diagnostic tests (ASDTs), to assist laboratory veterinarians.Standards & Guidelines: Generation…
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Piloting biosecurity training

Staff from the department recently travelled to Nadi, Fiji to pilot a biosecurity training program. The new Pacific Export Pathway Operational Training Program aims to help Organisations with staff working along the plant export pathway learn to identify…
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Forestry Ministers Meetings

Forestry Ministers Meetings are a forum for ministers with responsibility for forestry from the Australian, state and territory governments to discuss and share approaches to priorities affecting the forest and wood products industries.The meetings were established in 2016 to share information,…
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