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Labour shortages in the horticulture sector have eased slightly, according to a report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).ABARES executive director Dr Jared Greenville said the report, based on a survey of over 2,000 horticulture farms across…
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Next month’s ABARES Outlook 2025 conference will be a unique event for the Australian agriculture industry, offering an opportunity for stakeholders to engage in cross-cutting conversations around agriculture’s productivity, sustainability, and the possibilities that are ahead.Themed ‘Insights for…
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Authors: Bertie Hennecke, Lucy Arrowsmith and José ten Have
Prickly Pear (left) and Blackberry (right) are included in the list of 32 Weeds of National Significance (WoNS) agreed by Australian governments based on an assessment process that prioritised these weeds based on their invasiveness,…
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This publication (and any material sourced from it) should be attributed as MCAS-S Development Partnership 2022, Multi-Criteria Analysis Shell for Spatial Decision Support MCAS-S version 4 User guide, ABARES, Canberra, March. CC BY-ND 4.0 https://doi.org/10.25814/kafw-xy281 Getting startedMCAS-S…
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The Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ) was first declared in 1979. It covers Commonwealth waters—generally from 3 nautical miles to 200 nautical miles from the Australian coast. The AFZ is established through the Fisheries Management Act 1991. It relates only to the use or protection of…
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12 September 2017This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the ‘Draft review of import conditions for apiaceous crop seeds for sowing into Australia’.This draft review…
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Certain decisions under the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Biosecurity Act) are reviewable. There is a list of decisions that are reviewable at section 574 of the Biosecurity Act.If you are not satisfied with the outcome of a reviewable decision, you can apply for a review of the decision. In most cases,…
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The latest ABARES Snapshot of Australian agriculture showcases the industry’s significant growth, with the gross value of agricultural production increasing by more than 51% in the last 20 years, from $62.2 billion to $94.3 billion.
This increase in production value has been accompanied in a shift…
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Feedstocks are essential to bioenergy production. The Australian Government has committed to exploring how we can grow a strong bioenergy feedstock industry. Feeding Australia media release.Australia’s wide range of biomass feedstocks – organic materials used to produce bioenergy - each come with…
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The latest ABARES Snapshot of Australian agriculture shows the industry continues to grow and perform strongly in a number of key areas including exports, incomes and risk management.
Industry production and export values are forecast to hit record levels in 2022-23, with broadacre and dairy farm…
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