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Victoria's South West Prime Lamb Group is at the heart of a long-term research project which is showing selective treatment of adult sheep to control worms can work even under higher-rainfall south ...
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Theileria are protozoan parasites carried by ticks and transferred to the bloodstream of cattle when an
infected tick feeds on them.
If sufficient red blood cells are destroyed by the parasite it ...
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Researchers at the Department of Primary Industries Victoria and A&L Canada are reducing the impact of Common scab by manipulating the ratio of potassium and magnesium in grower fields.
This ...
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Yesterday, legislation giving Local Government Minister Jeanette Powell power to set and enforce a different rating system was introduced into state Parliament.
The government is expected to hold ...
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The Primary Industry Centre for Science Education, alongside AgriFood Skills Australia, the AgriBusiness Council of Australia and B-HERT, met in Canberra this week to discuss the industry and how to ...
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Appearing in the Horsham Magistrates' Court this week, Laharum Bulk Handling Company pleaded guilty to failing to provide guarding for a sweep auger, causing the worker’s calf to become tangled ...
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This week, Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson announced at the G20 summit in Mexico the summit’s host country and Canada would enter the TPP alongside Australia.
Ten countries are now ...
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In April Denis Napthine announced a $1.2 billion expansion for the major port.
At the time, he said massive increases in demand for Australian dairy, grain and meat products from Asian countries ...
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The AgriFood Skills Australia 2012 Environmental Scan was released today, highlighting the challenges in attracting workers to the industry and four priority areas to address the problem.
According ...
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Releasing the Agricultural Commodities – June quarter 2012 report this week, ABARES acting executive director Kim Ritman said the 2012-13 export forecast was lower than the $36 billion earned ...
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The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for parts of the state today.
The Yorke Peninsula, Mid North and parts of the Eastern Eyre Peninsula and Murraylands and Mount Lofty ranges ...
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Speaking at the G20 leaders' summit in Mexico this week, Julia Gillard announced Australia will join Canada and Britain to support agricultural production and food security in poor ...
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Federal Member for Parkes in New South Wales Mark Coulton said regulations needed to change immediately so domestic producers could compete against inferior imported products.
He said while the ...
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Earlier this year, Indonesia announced proposed amendments to its horticultural regulations would restrict access for exporters to Indonesian ports, including Tanjung Priok.
While the ban was due to ...
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Developed by the Grains Research and Development Corporation through its Soil Biology Initiative II, the tool will give growers a better understanding of soil health, in a bid to boost ...
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