With COVID-19 and other biosecurity risks placing unprecedented pressure on our biosecurity system, more than 250 champions from across Australia’s and New Zealand’s biosecurity sector came together for a virtual workshop to discuss how we can mobilise a 25-million-strong biosecurity mass movement. (more…)
Author: Farming's Future
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 take a closer look, you realise they would be much smaller in real life. (more…)
DPI researcher wins Premier’s Prize for Science & Engineering
NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Senior Principal Research Scientist, Dr David Hopkins has received one of the NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science & Engineering in the category Innovation in Public Sector Science & Engineering. (more…)
Australian malting barley for Vietnamese beer
With Vietnam’s malting barley imports set to nearly double by 2030, the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) is engaging with Vietnamese brewers and maltsters to ensure Australia maintains a significant market share. (more…)
The challenge of making animal welfare pay
The discrepancy between consumer expectations of animal welfare standards and the cost of expensive management systems on farm is resulting in the big end of industry implementing innovative new supplier arrangements in the United States. (more…)
Maximise your crop with better pollination
The latest guidelines in a series on how to improve pollination are now available for lychees and papayas, joining the earlier brochures for macadamias, avocados, blueberries and melons. (more…)