The State Government has moved to counter biosecurity threats by introducing funding schemes for West Australian cattle producers and grain growers.   Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman said today the Industry Funding Schemes enabled producers to raise funds to respond to priority ... more

Farmers in the Ord region are preparing to harvest Western Australia’s first commercial rice crop in more than 27 years.   The Ord River irrigation area rice crops in the East Kimberley were planted by growers associated with Australian rice food company SunRice. The crops were plant... more

Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman today announced the members of new committees to oversee the management of the State’s new biosecurity Industry Funding Schemes.   The committees will utilise new funding arrangements authorised under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Manageme... more

“BUILDING community consensus around climate change action is a reasonable proposition,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie observed of the Prime Minister’s Citizens’ Assembly announcement today. “But it will be absolutely critical regi... more

LIKE Billy Connolly’s famous stand-up bit, tomorrow’s consumers will want ‘more of this, less of that, most of the other and a shipload more of that’. But they will also be more discerning. Emerging trends see consumers increasingly invested in the production values of the... more

WHAT exactly is a sustainable Australia? Yesterday Prime Minister Julia Gillard picked up on the National Farmers’ Federations (NFF’s) 2010 Federal Election Policy Platform, specifically the peak farm body’s population issues. Ms Gillard’s speech to the Eidos Institute no... more

RECOMMENDATIONS in a draft review of bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), released today by the Productivity Commission (PC), would lower the threshold for Australian trade negotiations and carve out our precious farm exports, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) warned. ... more

LAUNCHING its 2010 Federal Election Policy Platform today, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) slammed both sides of politics for perpetuating old mistakes and failing to seize initiatives to tackle emerging national issues – laying down the challenges and opportunities ahead. The... more

“AUSTRALIANS need to brace for a future of higher prices for life’s essentials,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie warned today. “It’s an inevitable consequence of more mouths to feed and less food to go around. “Food scarcity is... more

A new set of steel cattle yards meticulously designed for low-stress stock handling coupled with an ongoing investment in pasture development will play a major part in improving productivity for the Macrae family’s commercial Belmont Red cattle breeding and finishing enterprise. CQ BEEF Mo... more

Grain growers and industry consultants are invited to attend free interactive workshops aimed at demystifying precision agriculture technology and learning how to use the information to improve profitability. Roma-based Agri-Science Queensland extension officer Dale Kirby said precision agricult... more

Grain growers and industry consultants within the northern grains region are invited to attend free interactive workshops aimed at de-mystifying precision agriculture technology and learning how to use the information to improve profitability. Department of Employment, Economic Development and I... more

Sheep and goat producers should record movements between Queensland properties to improve livestock traceability. National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) principal project officer for Biosecurity Queensland Michael Lancaster said any number of sheep or goats being moved should be recorde... more

Central Queensland cattle producers are invited to a Biloela district field day on 15 July to see at firsthand how NLIS (National Livestock Identification System) technology can be used to improve herd management and business profitability. Department of Employment, Economic Development and Inno... more

Chefs will soon have a new resource to help them describe distinctly 'Aussie' flavours. The native flavour wheel, technically known as a lexicon, will help chefs when they create menus featuring a range of foods emerging from the Australian bush. The flavour lexicon is the brainchild of flavour... more

Only in recent years has bovine semen morphology assessment been put under the microscope as a further measure of a bull’s fertility. To maximise production potential, astute beef producers have been applying bull soundness evaluation examinations prior to seasonal paddock mating as well a... more

Future Central Queensland (CQ) grains industry development and extension activities will soon come under a leaner but more focussed farming systems project named "Crop Sequencing for more profitable farming in CQ". Emerald-based Agri-Science principal research scientist Dr Richard Sequ... more

The peak OHS body for the State’s $23 billion mining and extractives industry, the NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council (MSAC) will meet in Wollongong tomorrow as part of its on-going commitment to communicate with regional mining communities in NSW. Council chairman Norman Jennings said the C... more

Industry & Investment NSW has appointed local horticulturalist, evin Dodds as the new Extension Horticulturist to service producers across Tumut and surrounding districts, the Minister for Primary Industries, Steve Whan announced today. “Kevin is well known to horticultural producers i... more

The NSW Government has won a major $7 million tender to conduct national testing of a range of crops in NSW for the next five years, Minister for Primary Industries Steve Whan announced today. The Grains Research & Development Corporation have awarded Industry & Investment NSW the Nation... more