All posts tagged "infrastructure"

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News and Views
Research assesses beef infrastructure in the Pilbara

Two studies are currently underway in the Pilbara to investigate the export infrastructure required to expand the region’s beef industry.
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News and Views
Priority northern beef infrastructure projects supported

Key studies are underway to support the delivery of priority infrastructure projects to service the northern beef industry in Western Australia.
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News and Views
QFF welcome positive Federal Budget for Queensland agriculture

The Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) has welcomed the 2017 Federal Budget which will deliver steady and responsible long term investment into the...
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Rural
VFF encourages Government to develop infrastructure masterplan

The Victorian Government will bankroll more than $220 million in rural and regional roads in the 2017/2018 financial year.
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Fast Facts
Researchers find the dark matter of the bread wheat genome

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have identified 21,000 new genes in bread wheat.
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Farm Management
Basic communication service lagging in the country, says VFF

Victorian farmers are being crippled by unacceptable telecommunications access and more effort is needed to bridge the digital divide between city and...
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News and Views
Agricultural commodities freight roads fund

The WA Government will invest $48 million into a dedicated local government roads fund to improve agricultural commodity routes.

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Get FarmingWednesday, August 23rd, 2017 at 5:18pm

Food safety, poultry welfare and industry communications were headline discussions for the revised Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) Chicken Meat Advisory Panel when they met on 21 August 2017.

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Get FarmingTuesday, August 22nd, 2017 at 5:56pm

A revealing snapshot of Australia’s forestry industry, released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), has shown its enormous contribution to regional Australia.

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Get FarmingTuesday, August 22nd, 2017 at 12:49pm

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Get FarmingMonday, August 21st, 2017 at 6:00pm

Mouths are starting to water across the state as WAFarmers prepares for the fourth annual Heart of WA gala dinner on Friday 15 September 2017 at HBF Stadium.

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Get FarmingFriday, August 18th, 2017 at 5:02pm

Trials of a relatively new approach to fertilising dryland cereal crops during the growing season have entered their second year, following promising results in 2016.

Read more here: https://goo.gl/PLtVqP
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Get FarmingThursday, August 17th, 2017 at 6:42pm

A 2015 commitment by the South Australian Government to invest half a million dollars with the Roseworthy, SA, head-quartered Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork, has already paid substantial dividends for the state’s pork industry, according to Pork CRC CEO Roger Campbell.

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Get FarmingWednesday, August 16th, 2017 at 5:38pm

The Federal Government is finalising contracts with the six prawn farm businesses affected by the outbreak of White Spot disease in the Logan River area of Queensland, giving the green light for $20 million in financial assistance to flow.

Read more here: https://goo.gl/75kE5r

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Get FarmingTuesday, August 15th, 2017 at 6:29pm

The level of understanding of biosecurity amongst Australian producers has increased, with more producers controlling weeds and managing pests and diseases of crops and livestock.

That’s according to an Australia-wide survey of both crop and livestock producers to track trends in attitudes towards and awareness about farm biosecurity.

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Get FarmingMonday, August 14th, 2017 at 6:43pm

Three recent pest incursions have highlighted the benefits of early detection in containing and eradicating exotic pests.

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Get FarmingFriday, August 11th, 2017 at 6:15pm

Applications are open for four new fully funded post graduate scholarships to pursue research that will benefit the Western Australian grains industry.

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