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Australia’s livestock and rural transport sector has welcomed the Federal Budget’s $10.7 billion fuel reserve and facility, but says the Government has failed to match that investment with a serious plan to fix the rural freight roads that keep agricultural supply chains moving.
The latest ABARES Australian Crop Report (released 12 June) details a mixed start to the 2019-20 winter cropping season.
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Broome’s Livestock manager Kelvin Hancey has been named as Elders’ Annual Performance Award winner for 2015.
The Coalition Government has introduced legislative changes to enable the development of levy payer registers, which will give primary producers more say about how their levy funds are used.
The Livestock Biosecurity Network (LBN) has been awarded an Australian Biosecurity Award for its work in improving the industry’s on-farm biosecurity practices.
AgForce Queensland has rejected calls by the AMIEU to restrict live cattle exports. AgForce Cattle President Bim Struss said any moves to wind back hard-won international trading contracts would do long-term damage to the cattle industry and the Queensland economy.
Barnaby Joyce is a well-known advocate for the regional Australia.
Further progress on effective industry representation in the red meat sector has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources Barnaby Joyce. Minister Joyce said the decision by the red meat industry to contract a specialist to look at new and innovative revenue streams, cost
The University of Melbourne has made a record number of first-round offers for its Bachelor of Agriculture program in 2016, with almost 200 domestic students invited to enrol this academic year. According to Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) data, a total of 198 students have been offered places in this year’s intake, up from 148 last year.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has released a very positive rainfall outlook for southern Australia for the February to April period. Rainfall is likely to be ‘above average’ across most of the southern half of the country, with the strongest chances in the south east.
Farmers and other interested stakeholders are encouraged to have their say on regulation affecting Australia’s agriculture sector, with the release of an issues paper as part of a Productivity Commission inquiry that will look at ways to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden across agriculture. Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce, said the Coalition Government […]
