All posts tagged "agriculture"

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  News and Views

  Water for Fodder program inundated

  Heavily-discounted water under the Federal Government’s Water for Fodder Program is set to flow after an independent ballot to selected 800 successful...

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  News and Views

  International Year of Plant Health in 2020

  Australia will be making the most of the first International Year of Plant Health in 2020 by promoting how much Australians value...

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  Must See

  Area-wide management of Queensland fruit fly and using sterile insects

  Area-wide management (AWM) is a proven way of managing pests, including Queensland fruit fly, the single most important pest of fruits and...

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  News and Views

  More cash for drought-hit farmers

  Payments of up to $3,000 will continue to be available to drought-hit farming families throughout Christmas and the New Year.

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  News and Views

  States need to step up on drought

  Minister for Drought David Littleproud is calling on all states to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with their farmers and regional communities, who have been...

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  News and Views

  Artificial intelligence to help weed out pests

  The development of an artificially intelligent weapon to help in the fight against Australia’s $5 billion weed scourge will receive $1.97 million...

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  Must See

  Set & forget weed control for fencelines

  Keeping weeds down in crops is a high priority on most farms, yet herbicide resistance can quietly increase along fencelines.

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  Must See

  Fencing infrastructure immediate tax deductions

  Immediate tax deductions for fencing infrastructure and on-farm water storage for farmers doing it tough in the drought.

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  Farm Management

  Make sure hitch hikers don’t arrive with backpacker labour

  At this time of year, many fruit or veg producers will have casual labourers, often backpackers, on their property to help with...

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  Farm Management

  The surprising benefit to bottom line in farming with TR4

  Panama disease tropical race 4 is a devastating disease, no grower would wish upon another.