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The following videos provide further information and discussion on soil and vegetation carbon farming through a case study and interviews.Watch these videosIn this video (8:28 minutes), Nigel Sharp, CEO of Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund, discusses soil carbon through pasture.Video: Soil…
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The Australian Parliament has passed laws to end live sheep exports by sea by 1 May 2028. The department will continue to regulate the export of live sheep by sea during the transition to ensure compliance with all requirements, including animal welfare.Assistance for the sheep supply chain to…
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The value of Australia’s live cattle exports has increased strongly since the 1980s to $1.9 billion in 2019–20, comprising $1.6 billion for feeder/slaughter cattle and $0.3 billion for breeder cattle. Cattle exports are an important source of beef for processing and consumption in…
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Edwardsiella ictaluri – a significant pathogen of fish
Edwardsiella ictaluri, of theFamily Enterobacteriaceae, is a gram negative, rod–shaped bacterium that causes significant disease in a range of…
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The National Biosecurity Committee met virtually on 11 - 12 November 2021.
Mr Andrew Tongue, Deputy Secretary Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, and committee co-chair, provided an overview of efforts to ensure biosecurity risks are managed as international…
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6 December 2018Who does this notice affect? All clients who use the following departmental systems:Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system,Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS),Post Entry Biosecurity…
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The Gulf Standards Organisation (GSO) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has published a technical regulation that recognises extended shelf-life for chilled vacuum-packed red meat. This recommends that all GCC members bring their regulations for the shelf-life of chilled, vacuum-packed red meat…
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Community drought response
Between 2017 and 2020, the Hunter region of NSW experienced its worst dry season in recent history and many local landholders were caught off guard.
Two types of decision-makers emerged as conditions deteriorated in this…
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2017–18 to 2019–20
Fred Litchfield
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Financial performance
Farm cash income
Farm cash income of Australian lamb-producing farms is projected to have declined by 12% in 2019–20 to average $211,000 per farm (Table 1, Figure 1). Despite high prices for lambs and sheep,…
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