All posts tagged "infrastructure"

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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 FarmingFriday, June 23rd, 2017 at 6:44pm

The ninth edition of the National Plant Biosecurity Status Report was released, revealing the huge effort that goes into keeping Australia free from new plant pests.

Get the full story here: http://bit.ly/2sHaCI1
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Get FarmingThursday, June 22nd, 2017 at 6:10pm

Are you a sheep producer looking for more confidence when buying in new stock?

Well, help has arrived in the form of the newly created National Sheep Health Declaration (SHD), which replaces the outgoing National Sheep Health Statement.

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/2rXOmrC

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Get FarmingWednesday, June 21st, 2017 at 6:03pm

A roadmap for the future of the nursery industry has been released, outlining the priorities for research and development (R&D) and marketing over the next five years, to support its growth and sustainability.

Read more here: http://bit.ly/2rPKspv

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Get FarmingTuesday, June 20th, 2017 at 5:24pm

With an urgent need to take strong action on the wild dog problem in Australia, the National Wild Dog Action Plan welcomes continued support of wild dog control activities through renewed investment in state-based wild dog plans and community-driven committees.

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Get FarmingMonday, June 19th, 2017 at 6:31pm

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Get FarmingMonday, June 19th, 2017 at 5:39pm

Did you take part in this year's FarmBiosecurity Program survey?

2017's survey is wrapping up, with only a couple of hundred producers left to be surveyed!

For more information about these interviews, head here: http://bit.ly/2thOTq6

Image credit: Plant Health Australia

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Get FarmingFriday, June 16th, 2017 at 5:24pm

The Victorian Government has helped secure a $8.65 million investment from Booth Transport in a new milk logistics and distribution hub in Strathmerton, creating 77 new jobs.

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Get FarmingFriday, June 16th, 2017 at 3:19pm

Get your claws into good biosecurity with new resources from Animal Health Australia
http://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au/industry/new-and-emerging-livestock-industries/

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Get FarmingThursday, June 15th, 2017 at 4:53pm

The WA Department of Agriculture and Food has boosted its livestock compliance capacity in the South West with the appointment of livestock biosecurity senior compliance inspector Michael Donaghy in Bunbury.

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Get FarmingWednesday, June 14th, 2017 at 6:10pm

Australian potato growers are being urged to renew their focus on on-farm biosecurity, including developing a biosecurity plan to reduce both the impact of destructive endemic pests and the likelihood of new pests being introduced onto their farms.

Read more here: http://bit.ly/2s8VIdm