All posts tagged "agriculture"

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  News and Views

  AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship applications open

  Applications for the 2021 AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship Program are now open. Students entering their final two years of an undergraduate degree who...

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  News and Views

  Defending against a new pest, fall armyworm

  Since its detection across northern parts of Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia in February 2020, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has been...

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  Whos Who

  Thirteen years at Centre’s helm ensures lasting feral pest innovation legacy

  Ensuring farmers, researchers, government, industry and the community work together with impact has been the lasting legacy left by the Centre for...

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  Must See

  Blueprint for national cooperation on fruit fly released

  The path towards a more coordinated and sustainable fruit fly management system to protect the future productivity and profitability of Australia’s horticulture...

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  Must See

  Turning a moment into a movement: mobilising 25-million biosecurity warriors

  With COVID-19 and other biosecurity risks placing unprecedented pressure on our biosecurity system, more than 250 champions from across Australia’s and New...

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  Farm Management

  Biosecurity essentials: a magnifying lens!

  You’ve all seen them, right? Nice photos of pests you’ve been asked to keep an eye out for. But when you actually...

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  Fast Facts

  Epic journey of bees secures Victorian almond season

  Victoria’s almond harvest has thrived for another year, with a bumper crop expected to be harvested this season despite dry seasonal conditions...

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  News and Views

  Noxious weeds in the Wimmera

  Farmers in the Wimmera region are urged to be vigilant for noxious weeds including cape tulip (one-leaf), Moraea flaccida and cape tulip...

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  Farm Management

  Industry contacts in a biosecurity emergency response

  The leaders in your peak industry body are your main contact and source of information during biosecurity incidents, but do you know...

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  News and Views

  EY report demonstrates 26,000 worker shortage that will cripple fruit and vegetable industries

  The Australian horticulture industry is predicted to be 26,000 workers short over the next six months to pick and pack fruits and...