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For the week ending 8 December 2021, low-pressure troughs over northern and eastern Australia brought more storms and rainfall. A blocking high-pressure system over the Australian Bight caused dry conditions in most…
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Authors: Kirk Zammit and Matthew Howden
Figure 1 Farmers' terms of trade indicators
Note: GVP = gross value of production
Source: ABARES
Summary
This paper reports on the results of an update to the way ABARES calculates the farmers' terms of trade…
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Department of Agriculture, 2019
The datasets below outline residue testing that was carried out on plant products in the 2018-19 financial year, under the National Residue Survey.
Tables in each document give details of the:
chemicals that were screened
testing methodology
analytical…
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Australia is one of the few countries in the world that remains free of rabies.
If rabies became established in Australia, the toll on human and animal health would be profound and the cost of response and elimination immense.
At least 60,000 people die from rabies each year, with the majority of…
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Before establishing Annandale Acres near Calliope in Central Queensland, Bianca Collins was a secondary teacher and her husband, John, a boilermaker. They had no experience on the land.
Tired of paying rent in town and in need of adventure, they found their passion for agriculture.
“We fumbled…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2013 The animal residue testing datasets 2012–13 outline testing that was carried out on animal products in the 2012–13 financial year, under the…
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Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, 2017The plant residue testing datasets 2016-17 outline testing that was carried out on plant products in the 2016-17 financial year, under the…
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Australian Hass avocados have received provisional access to the Indian market. New access was granted after Australia demonstrated that its high-quality avocados could meet India’s biosecurity and food import requirements.
10 trial shipments will be sent to India during the provisional access…
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Emerita Professor Eileen Scott
The University of Adelaide’s Emerita Professor Eileen Scott has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Education category.
With over 30 years of research and teaching experience, Dr Scott is a scholar and researcher with real-world impact.
Her…
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Victorian Community Pest Management Groups
A partnership between four Victorian Community Pest Management Groups has received a 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Community category.
The four voluntary Community Pest Management Groups (CPMGs) formed a partnership with Agriculture Victoria…
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