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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 8 March 2023, a monsoon burst has brought thunderstorms and heavy rain across the northern tropics throughout the week, with weekly totals greater than 150 millimetres recorded in parts of central Northern…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 10 May 2023, high-pressure systems kept much of Australia clear and dry. However, a series of colds fronts moved across the south-east of the country, bringing frosty conditions to southern parts of…
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High global energy prices and disruptions to global supply chains led to sharp rises in farm input costs, including fertiliser and diesel, in 2021 and 2022.
International energy prices have been falling since mid-2022. However, the cost of fertiliser and fuel remain higher than long-term averages…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 26 April 2023, high pressure systems brought little to no rainfall to much of Australia. Meanwhile, a low-pressure trough across northern Queensland combined with south-easterly airflow resulted in heavy…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 19 April 2023, severe Tropical Cyclone (TC) Ilsa brought heavy rainfall across remote areas of central Australia with higher totals near the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. The remnants of TC Ilsa…
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On 13 March 2023, the Office of the US Trade Representative announced the reallocation of unused quotas under their imported raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ). Australia was allocated an additional 24,479 tonnes (11% of the unused quota balance). This is in addition to the initial allocation of 89,…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 12 April 2023, troughs were responsible for widespread showers and storms across much of southern Australia as well as localised parts of eastern Australia. Meanwhile an intense low-pressure system which…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 16 August 2023, frontal systems and a trough brought showers to southern parts of Australia. Up to 50 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in parts of Western Australia, eastern New South Wales and in…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 9 August 2023, a low-pressure system brought showers to parts of western and southern Australia. Up to 50 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in Western Australia and eastern Victoria and up to 100…
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There is growing interest in goats as a source of lean red meat and as a hardy livestock animal that is resilient to temperature and drought. The global goat population increased by 19.3% between 2006 and 2016, while cattle and sheep increased by 6.7 and 6.8%, respectively.
Goats are a profitable…
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