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Shark Bay Festival to focus on seagrass devastated by heatwave

Raising awareness of the devastation to seagrass in the Shark Bay area from the 2011 heatwave and conservation efforts by scientists from The University of Western Australia and Malgana Rangers will be the focus of next month’s (October 2020) Wirriya Jalyanu (seagrass) Festival.

Sep 17, 2020

environment, news, research

News

One Region, One Health: Limiting threats to food and health security

Future threats to our health and food security are likely from existing and emerging pests and diseases. Whilst we need our quarantine systems to be vigilant, we can do more with even more aid for ‘One Health’ initiatives, maintaining animal, plant, environmental and human health.

Sep 17, 2020

agriculture, news

News

Google and FAO launch new Big Data tool for all

Anyone anywhere can access multidimensional maps and statistics showing key climate and environmental trends wherever they are, thanks to a new tool developed by Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Sep 17, 2020

news, technology

New tool cuts Russian wheat aphid action threshold guesswork

Australian scientists have developed a new tool to reduce the guesswork by grain growers in assessing the need to take action against Russian wheat aphid (RWA) to prevent yield and financial loss.

Sep 17, 2020

crops, research

Take action to head off flystrike risks

Sheep producers have been reminded to monitor their flocks for signs of flystrike and to take immediate action to protect the welfare of their animals and flock profitability.

Sep 16, 2020

biosecurity, livestock

SDHI resistance in SFNB of barley discovered for the first time in Australia

Western Australian growers are urged to be on alert following the discovery of succinate dehydrogenase (SDHI, Group 7) resistance in spot form of net blotch (SFNB) in barley crops in the WA grainbelt.

Sep 16, 2020

biosecurity, crops, research

News

New model offers roadmap for farm advisory services

A project driven by a southern Queensland sugarcane growers’ organisation has developed a framework to guide the future of farm advisory services and workers.

Sep 15, 2020

news

Learning News

Water market webinar with current situation and outlook

Agriculture Victoria is running a series of irrigation webinars over spring, and the first will run on Wednesday 30 September 2020 with a focus on water trading.

Sep 15, 2020

agribusiness, water

Beef and lamb to step into China’s pandemic pork shortage

The pig equivalent of COVID-19, African Swine Flu (ASF), is decimating herds around the world, but may present an opportunity for Australian red meat producers to fill the gaps in international protein supplies.

Sep 14, 2020

agribusiness