Transient workers are a crucial part of the workforce for many farm businesses, but bringing workers onto your farm – from overseas or other parts of your state or Australia – who move around the country in search of work may also bring diseases, pests and weed seeds with them. (more…)
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Best winter cropping outlook in four years is welcome news for Aussie farmers
Projected rainfall combined with earlier rainfall has many Australian farmers positively positioned ahead of the winter season, with the current winter cropping outlook looking to be the best since 2016. (more…)
'Back to business': Australian seafood industry buoyed by Federal support
` Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s $110 million International Freight Assistance announcement. (more…)
It’s that time again: Farm Biosecurity Producer Survey
Every couple of years the Farm Biosecurity Program, run by Plant Health Australia and Animal Health Australia, conducts a national phone survey of about 1200 producers. (more…)
‘If it’s Aussie, it’s good’: Australia’s seafood industry welcomes Sustainable Seafood Week
“Want sustainable seafood? Ask for Aussie seafood”, these are the words of Seafood Industry Australia CEO Jane Lovell as she welcomes the Australian Sustainable Seafood week which runs from March 9-15 2020. (more…)
Launch of the International Year of Plant Health in Australia
Garnering support across Australia to protect plants from pests and diseases is the aim of the launch of the International Year of Plant Health at Parliament House, Canberra on 6 February 2020. (more…)