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The National Residue Survey (NRS) contracts the services of Australian and New Zealand laboratories to perform residue testing. The laboratories must have demonstrated capabilities in the specific chemical residue analyses that are required by export and domestic markets.Laboratory performance…
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Download Full Report and DataThis report contains ABARES forecasts for the value, volume and price of Australia’s agricultural production and exports to 2024–25.Download the full reportAgricultural Commodities Report – September Quarter 2024 (PDF - 4.7 MB)Download the dataAgricultural Commodities:…
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23 January 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to remind industry of departmental processes for authorisation of plant and plant product Requests for Permit (RFP), including requirements for out of hours authorisations and urgent/critical requests. Summary of changes and key…
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OverviewThe Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Cargo Consultative Committee (DCCC) is a committee for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and international trade and logistics service provider industries to consider tactical and strategic biosecurity related…
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Export advisory noticesWe use export advisory notices (EANs) as a notification tool for live animal and animal reproductive material exports.EANs provide information on:upcoming changes that may impact live export process or standardsrecently implemented regulatory changesitems open for…
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The R&D Council is the government’s key advisory body on rural R&D. The principal goal of the council is to provide high level advice and coordination to better target and…
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Private vets have an important role to play in emergency animal disease responses in Australia.In 2011 an independent review into Australia’s preparedness for foot-and-mouth disease found that employment conditions in state and territory jurisdictions were not consistent. This could act as a…
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Authors: Dale Ashton and Jay Gomboso
The Murray–Darling Basin accounts for around 80 per cent of Australia’s total irrigated grape production (MDBA 2016). More than 60 per cent of Australia’s total grapevine area is in the Basin, and grapes contributed an estimated 11 …
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Background
Northern Australia’s vast, sparsely populated 10,000-kilometre coastline is the frontline for many high-risk animal and plant pests and diseases.
Biosecurity risks can reach Australia through the movement of people and goods by sea and air, through traditional visits between Papua New…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 12 May 2021, troughs, cold fronts and a low-pressure system resulted in moderate rainfall being recorded across parts of western and south-eastern Australia.
The rainfall across cropping…
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