The 2021-2031 National Plant Biosecurity Strategy (NPBS) released by Plant Health Australia (PHA) provides a framework to strengthen Australia’s plant biosecurity system over the next decade. (more…)
Tag: agriculture
Carry a vehicle biosecurity kit, and use it!
A vehicle biosecurity kit is a useful tool to help limit the spread of unwanted pests, diseases and weeds on-farm or between farms. A kit should be carried and used by anyone working on-farm such as agronomists, extension officers and farm staff, including itinerant workers and contractors. (more…)
North Queensland’s Ausgold Hay listed for sale
A highly productive, 39ha hay farm near Australia’s live cattle export capital in North Queensland is going to market. (more…)
QFF welcomes tax facelift for modern farming
Queensland Farmer’s Federation (QFF) welcomes the federal government’s announcement that will encourage carbon abatement activities in the primary production sector and help Australia deliver on its net zero emissions target by 2050. (more…)
Farm biosecurity begins before the gate
When we talk about farm biosecurity, we almost always talk about it from an on-farm producer or growers’ perspective. However, as an agronomist, vet or contractor visiting multiple sites, you can unintentionally carry pests, diseases and weeds off the farm and between sites. (more…)
Growers call for investment in farm best practice program
Queensland’s sugarcane industry has a results-focused suggestion of where the Federal Government could invest some of the reported $1 billion it is planning to commit to the Great Barrier Reef. (more…)