All posts tagged "agriculture"

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  Small Farms

  ABARES confirms workforce challenges for horticulture

  The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has confirmed that the severe labour shortages in the horticulture sector...

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  News and Views

  Australian macadamia crop modelling predicts increased 2021 crop

  The 2021 Australian macadamia crop is predicted to reach 50,770 tonnes in-shell @ 3.5% moisture (54,440 tonnes in-shell @ 10% moisture), according...

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  News and Views

  Ag production on track to reach record $65.9 billion

  Australian agricultural production is on track for a record-breaking year, with an expected farmgate value of $65.9 billion helping to drive the...

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  News and Views

  Aquaculture to lead seafood’s pandemic recovery

  Australia’s seafood industry is on the cusp of an aquaculture-led recovery, with salmon, prawns and oysters expected to help lift the sector...

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  News and Views

  Biosecurity focus at 2021 Wagin Woolorama

  Biosecurity will be a major focus at this year’s (2021) Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) display at Wagin Woolorama...

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  News and Views

  Integrated pest management best option for new leaf miner

  Serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis) is a new pest to arrive in Australia, first reported in NSW in Greater Sydney in October 2020,...

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  News and Views

  The importance of records in an incursion

  If you sometimes feel like you are drowning in paperwork, be reassured that keeping records is a genuinely useful biosecurity practice.

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  News and Views

  Snapshot confirms agriculture’s ability to adapt and grow

  A new ABARES report confirms agriculture has been one of the Australian economy’s standout performers in recent decades.

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  Broadacre

  Digging up solutions to soilborne constraints to boost grain yields

  A series of projects researching how soil amelioration affects soil biology is unearthing new information, as it digs deeper into the impact...

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  News and Views

  Wine Australia announces 2021 PhD scholarship winners

  Charles Sturt University student Anne Johnson has been named the recipient of Wine Australia’s  Dr Tony Jordan OAM Award 2021 to support...