Beekeepers and growers of pollination-reliant crops are celebrating the official announcement by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment that varroa mite (Varroa jacobsoni) has been eradicated from Townsville in Queensland (QLD). (more…)
Tag: agriculture
New important conditions for Brown Marmorated Stinkbug season
The first day of Spring marks a lot of things for farmers, one of them being the beginning of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB, Halyomorpha halys) risk season, which runs from 1 September 2021 to 30 April 2022, when the pest travels to Australia hitchhiking among imported goods and cargo. (more…)
New biosecurity hub for grains industry
Plant Health Australia (PHA) in partnership with Grain Producers Australia (GPA) have launched an online hub of industry-specific biosecurity resources and tools. (more…)
80 job openings with a dash of diversity
Putting boots on farms in the Darling Downs region will be the key goal of a renewed employment initiative delivered by Growcom, through the Diverse Queensland Workforce program. (more…)
$111.9 million to boost Northern Australia businesses
The Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia, David Littleproud has announced that the first round of a dedicated Northern Australia business development grants program will open to a strategic corridor across the north in early November 2021. (more…)
Support for Queensland to manage navua sedge and feral pigs
The Australian Government is providing $998,000 to Queensland for two projects to improve the landscape scale management of navua sedge and feral pigs, through a Federation Funding Agreement with states and territories as part of the $30.3 million Established Pest Animals and Weeds Management Pipeline Program. (more…)