Experts step up to help farmers through tough winter

WITH winter rapidly rolling in and restricted pasture availability, Victorian sheep and beef producers have been urged to access key information at a series of forums.

Organised by Department of ...

Darwin abattoir by end of year

A DARWIN abattoir is on its way to completion after the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) today announced stage one civil works had been finished.

AACo managing director David Farley said the ...

Farmer relief over changes to vegetation management

AMENDMENTS to Queensland’s Vegetation Management Act allow farmers to strike the right balance between long-term agricultural productivity and sustainable environment management, an industry ...

Sluggish consumer demand biggest constraint

THERE is strong confidence in commodities and expectations for post-farmgate business conditions for the coming 12 months, according to the National Australia Bank agribusiness quarterly survey.

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Resisting resistance has become a must

Andrew Storrie pulls no punches when it comes to Australian grain growers managing the growing threat of resistance.

The executive officer of the Australian Glyphosate Sustainability Working Group ...

Research proves Charolais making real progress

When Charolais were first introduced to Australia in the early 1970's few producers had experience in pure breeding or cross breeding with European cattle.

While Charolais were quickly in demand for ...

Crop health tool addresses new seasonal challenges

PestFax– a vital link in the fight to maintain Western Australia’s current levels of crop health – has restarted its free weekly service as the new season presents a fresh set of ...

Katter declares secret sugar deal shame

BOB Katter has blasted the Queensland and federal governments for supporting a secret deal to deliver a foreign-owned corporation sole rights to sell Australia’s $1.7 billion raw sugar ...

Xenophon wants own political party before election

SOUTH Australian independent senator Nick Xenophon has "reluctantly" applied to the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) to be registered as a party in the lead up to September's federal ...

Millions for biosecurity research grant

THE University of Melbourne will receive a $7.8 million grant to establish the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis. The centre will focus on biosecurity research over the next four ...

GPS devices used to battle wild dog problem

GPS trackers are being fitted to wild dogs in areas between outer city suburbs and the countryside (peri-urban) to gain a better understanding of their habits. This is so the community can develop ...

City gets a taste of the country

CITYGOERS have a chance to follow a crop from seed to harvest, with a small barley planting in the southeast corner of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

The barley crop will be added to the self-guided ...

Changes to OJD management

THE Australian sheep industry has agreed on a revised national ovine Johne’s disease management plan to take effect from July 1.

It will enable producers to take a risk management approach to ...

Action on Australian agricultural blueprint

 MORE than 90 industry leaders will meet in Canberra on Friday for the first in a series of Australian Agriculture blueprint forums since the document’s launch.

The meeting is designed to ...

McVeigh orders heifer death probe

AN independent investigation has started into the death of 46 heifers at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry's Swans Lagoon property near Ayr earlier this month.

Agriculture ...