All posts tagged "Queensland"

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  Study shows how plants fight off disease

  A University of Queensland-led study has highlighted the minute details of how the plant’s immune system leads to its ability to resist...

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  No definitive source of prawn disease has been found

  The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources continues to work collaboratively with the Queensland Government to determine the origin of...

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  $2 billion sugar season for Queensland industry

  Queensland cane growers have wrapped up a long and testing harvest season in which just over 34 million tonnes of sugarcane was...

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  Bindweed seeds needed for vital research

  Agronomists and growers in Queensland and New South Wales are being encouraged to collect Australian bindweed (Convolvulus erubescens) seeds as part of...

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  Murray Darling decision to inflict further pain on Queensland communities

  More jobs will be lost and further pain inflicted on regional Queensland communities if the Murray Darling Basin Authority’s recommendation to take...

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  Herbicide resistance testing available

  Growers in Queensland and New South Wales have the opportunity to have weed seed samples tested for herbicide resistance over the next...

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  Landholder rights strengthened, but critical farm infrastructure excluded

  Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Hon. Anthony Lynham announced changes to legislation that streamlined land access provisions that protect the...

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  Sorghum comes through for Darling Downs croppers

  Like many Australian farmers in 2016, Brookstead’s David Bailey embraced the International Year of the Pulse, but the grower said he was...

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  Fisher fined $3,000 for undersize catch

  A Brisbane recreational fisher who failed to measure his catch of 37 fish, which were all undersize, has been fined $3,000 in...

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  Reef Alliance outlines vision for farming and the Great Barrier Reef

  The Chair of Queensland’s Reef Alliance will address the Rural Press Club (Queensland) 15 September 2016 on the important relationship between agriculture...