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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesDuring the week ending 5 May 2021, fronts and troughs resulted in moderate rainfall being recorded across parts of western and south-eastern Australia, and isolated parts of northern Australia.The rainfall across cropping…
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Locusts as Pests
The three main pest species of locusts in Australia are the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera), the spur-throated locust (Austracris guttulosa) and the migratory locust (Locusta migratoria).
Locusts can cause widespread and severe damage to…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 9 May 2024, dry conditions dominated much of Australia. However, a low pressure system and a series of troughs brought rainfall totals ranging from 10 to 150 millimetres to much of New South Wales and parts of…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 12 March 2025, Tropical Cyclone (TC) Alfred and low-pressure systems brought rainfall to eastern and northern AustraliaRainfall totals were low in southern cropping regions, with between 0-5 millimetres in Western…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 28 April 2021, blocking high pressure systems resulted in little rainfall being recorded across much of Australia. In contrast, low pressure troughs and cold fronts generated rainfall across…
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Australia has handed over 500,000 doses of lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccines to Indonesia as part of the Australian Government’s work to fight exotic animal diseases before they reach our shores.The vaccines are part of 1 million doses the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is…
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PLANT PEST
Leaves infected with barley stripe rust take on a yellowappearance. Frank Peairs, Bugwood.org
Barley stripe rust (exotic strains)Exotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fungal disease of barley that can cause completecrop lossesWhere it’s from: Asia, Europe, Central Africa and North,…
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What to look for
Classical swine fever affects only pigs. Infected pigs may appear:
drowsy and depressed
constipated (usually), but vomiting and diarrhoea can also occur
to have gummy eyelids and red or purple blotching on the ears, snout, limbs and body
to have respiratory distress and…
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Victorian Regional Forest Agreement (VIC RFA) Annual Meeting of Officials Communique - 31 March 2023
The third Victorian RFA Annual Meeting of Officials took place on 31 March 2023. The meeting was attended by officials from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water and the Victorian…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 30 July 2025, cold fronts brought rainfall totals of up to 100 millimetres to parts of southern, central and eastern Australia. High-pressure systems kept much of northern Australia largely dry.Rainfall was recorded…
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