All posts tagged "environment"

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  News and Views

  QFF welcomes farm compost exemption

  Queensland farmers can continue using composts and other organic products on farm following continued advocacy by the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) and...

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  Broadacre

  Reef awards recognise grower innovation and environmental efforts

  The credentials of Queensland’s cane-growing industry as an important guardian of the Great Barrier Reef were highlighted, with two of the industry’s...

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  News and Views

  Opportunity for landholders to receive funding to carry out soil erosion control

  Western Local Land Services is calling for applications from landholders who wish to receive funding to carry out soil erosion control works...

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  Livestock

  Affluent effluent possible for piggeries

  About 16 per cent of the manure effluent of the Australian pig herd is now directed to biogas systems, equating to 29...

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  302

  News and Views

  Celebrating Australia’s Landcare community

  Australia’s Landcare champions will be celebrated, at the National Landcare awards.

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  News and Views

  Shane Norrish Landcare CEO

  The Board of Landcare Australia has confirmed the appointment of Dr Shane Norrish as its Chief Executive Officer.

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  Farm Management

  New permit allows Queensland sugarcane growers to control rats from the air

  Sugar Research Australia (SRA) and CANEGROWERS have worked together to help Queensland sugarcane growers control rat infestations.

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  News and Views

  Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018

  With much of southern Australia experiencing a combination of above average temperatures and below average rainfall in 2018, large parts of the...

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  359

  News and Views

  Drought affected farmers urge rethink on land use laws

  AgForce is calling for a rethink on land use laws that have made it more complicated and difficult for farmers to feed...

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  News and Views

  Spotlight on domestic boating biosecurity

  ABARES has released the Recreational boat operators’ self-management of biofouling in Australia report, providing an overview of current biofouling practices by boat...