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ABARES farmpredict is a microsimulation model of Australian farm businesses based on data from ABARES farm survey program. The farmpredict model can simulate physical and financial outcomes for Australian farm businesses given prevailing climate conditions and commodity prices. This model…
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Digitaria insularis also known as cotton grass or feather-top grass.
What to look for
Large, coarse, tufted grass with rough, hairy leaves. Flowers all-year round.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant material or soil out of the Torres Strait Protected Zone to the Torres Strait…
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Chromolaena odorata
What to look for
A fast-growing shrub or scrambling weed that can grow several metres in height. The plant has branches and leaves in opposite pairs and produces bunches of fluffy white to pink flowers during June to September.
What you can do
Do not move plants, plant…
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We are currently seeing an increase in Biosecurity Risk Material (BRM) on new vehicles arriving in Australia. This includes soil, plant debris, seeds and live insects which are not present in Australia.
Such exotic pests and diseases if established in Australia are capable of damaging our natural…
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Australia knows how devastating droughts can be for its agriculture sector. That is why more than 30,000 Aussies farmers have taken up opportunities to build their capability to manage farm-risk, including to drought and climate change, through the Future Drought Fund (FDF).Today is the United…
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Uncle Dave WandinUncle Dave Wandin is a respected Elder of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Tribe and Manager of the Coranderrk Wandoon Estate in Healesville, Victoria. His connection to the First Nations people of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Tribe, and their community and culture, is demonstrated through…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesFor the week ending 2 November 2022, low-pressure systems and surface troughs brought extensive rainfall to eastern, central and southern Australia. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres were observed in the south and east…
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Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21November 2024The Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2020–21 shows Australia’s land use and land use change, for three time periods 2010–11, 2015–16, and 2020–21. This data package replaces the Land use of Australia 2010–11 to 2015–16 data package, with updates…
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Price Cattle Company
Price Cattle Company’s Owen and Brigid Price have received the 2022 Farm Biosecurity Producer of the Year award.
The central Queensland beef producers are role models in the agricultural industry. They are leading the way in farm biosecurity, innovation, technology, record…
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Successful Innovation Grants recipients have been announced.
$29 million in grants will develop projects that can help farmers and communities thrive through future droughts.
Drought Resilience Innovation Grants support projects that help Australian farmers, and agricultural-…
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