Agricultural Policy
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Farmers urged to face realities of retirement
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Farmers who refuse to confront the realities of retirement and succession planning are putting the profitability of their family businesses at risk, according to rural financial experts.
Topics: women-in-agriculture, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, renmark-5341, sa
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No more buybacks from basin communities according to MDBA ministerial council
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Water targets in the Murray-Darling Basin Plan will be met without irrigation buybacks, ministers decide.
Topics: agricultural-policy, community-development, irrigation, murray-darling-basin, federal---state-issues, local-government, rivers, water, water-supply, water-management, dairy-production, joyce-barnaby, mildura-3500
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Topics: water-management, water-supply, water, murray-darling-basin, rivers, community-development, agricultural-policy, joyce-barnaby, irrigation, mildura-3500
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Drone senate inquiry raises safety concerns
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Senate inquiry into drone use worries about safety and regulation that will keep up with technology.
Topics: agribusiness, air-transport, agricultural-policy, dalby-4405
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NSW fishermen say white spot is a big threat
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Fishermen in New South Wales are devastated by the news the prawn disease white spot is more widespread in Moreton Bay than first thought.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, agricultural-policy, tweed-heads-2485, sydney-2000
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Dr Jane Doolan, Productivity Commissioner Audio
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Much of Australia's recent focus on water reform has been trained on the Murray-Darling Basin. But the Productivity Commission is taking a much broader view as it embarks on a year-long review of Australia's water reform project, looking at what's been done, and what is left to do. Productivity Commissioner Jane Doolan told ABC Rural's Anna Vidot she hopes communities across Australia will get involve to have their say.
Topics: drought, climate-change, rivers, water-supply, water-management, water, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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Productivity Commission national water review gets underway
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The Productivity Commission wants to look well beyond the Murray-Darling, in its year-long review of Australia's water reform project.
Topics: drought, climate-change, rivers, water-supply, water-management, water, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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Anthrax confirmed on two more farms in north-west Victoria
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Sheep deaths from anthrax rise in north-west Victoria as bacteria is detected on two more farms.
Topics: sheep-production, livestock, livestock-welfare, veterinary-medicine, quarantine, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, pasture, swan-hill-3585, mildura-3500
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Politics isn't economics - or is it? Two very different views on Trump and trade Audio
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The ABARES Outlook conference heard two very different views about whether the world should take US president Donald Trump at his word on trade.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, parliament-house-2600
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Trade in Trumpworld: What could it mean for Australia? Analysis
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Australian agriculture has never been worth more, but what could happen if US President Donald Trump follows through on promises to shake up global trade?
Topics: economic-trends, oilseeds, agricultural-marketing, international-aid-and-trade, agricultural-subsidies, beef-cattle, donald-trump, agreements-and-treaties, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, dairy-production, wheat, livestock, agribusiness, grain, parliament-house-2600, united-states
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Anthrax confirmed on second Victorian farm
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Anthrax is confirmed at a second farm in north-west Victoria, with a "significant number" of other sheep dying at the site over the past few months.
Topics: livestock-welfare, veterinary-medicine, sheep-production, agricultural-policy, quarantine, swan-hill-3585, mildura-3500
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ALP win means agriculture sector set to work with another new minister
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A willingness to listen to industry and retain the Department of Agriculture and Food are the top two priorities lobby group WAFarmers has for the new WA State Government.
Topics: rural, elections, government-and-politics, agricultural-policy, esperance-6450, kununurra-6743
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Topics: vegetable-fruit-nuts, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, china
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What does India need from Australian agriculture expertise?
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Agricultural access is a major sticking point in stalled Australia-India trade negotiations, so what can Australia offer?
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, rural, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, fruit, grain, vegetables, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, food-processing, beef-cattle, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600
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Zvi Hochman, CSIRO senior research scientist Audio
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Average Australian wheat yields tripled between 1900 and 1990, but then they flatlined over the next 25 years. The CSIRO says climate change is the clear reason why. CSIRO senior research scientist Zvi Hochman presented the findings at the 2017 ABARES Outlook in Canberra, where he spoke with Anna Vidot about the findings.
Topics: climate-change, agribusiness, grain, wheat, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, weather, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, parliament-house-2600
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Wheat yields flatlining with climate change
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While 2016 set a new national wheat harvest record, CSIRO warns it is an aberration that masks a more troubling long-term trend.
Topics: climate-change, agribusiness, grain, wheat, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, weather, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, parliament-house-2600
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Topics: women-in-agriculture, fruit, fruits, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, community-development, mildura-3500, barham-2732, colignan-3494, bendigo-3550
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Women in agriculture panel discussion Audio
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Three influential women in agriculture discuss how to bridge the gender gap in the industry. Avocado farmer Katrina Myers, Chair of Citrus Australia Tania Chapman and CEO of Dried Fruits Australia Anne Mansell discuss what women need to be doing to reach leadership positions in agriculture and what programs could be in place to help them. Read more.
Topics: women-in-agriculture, fruit, fruits, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, community-development, mildura-3500, barham-2732, colignan-3494, bendigo-3550
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Topics: women-in-agriculture, fruit, fruits, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, community-development, mildura-3500, barham-2732, colignan-3494, bendigo-3550
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How can women bridge the gender divide in agriculture?
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Women are playing a growing role in agriculture leadership, but what can be done to increase their numbers?
Topics: women-in-agriculture, fruit, fruits, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, community-development, mildura-3500, barham-2732, colignan-3494, bendigo-3550
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Research and development partnership to tackle 'fragmented' plant biosecurity system
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Australia's seven plant research agencies come together to tackle what they describe as fragmentation and a lack of coordination in Australia's biosecurity system.
Topics: rural, research, quarantine, pest-management, agricultural-policy, vegetables, fruit, bundaberg-4670
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Second shipment of Australian buffalo sent to Indonesia since 2011
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Australian buffalo are exported to Indonesia for the first time in more than three years, a move that has been welcomed by industry.
Topics: trade, food-processing, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
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Mia Ayliffe-Chung's mother urges Australia to improve backpacker safety
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The mother of British traveller Mia Ayliffe-Chung, who was fatally stabbed in north Queensland, calls on the Australian Government to do more to protect young backpackers after the alleged abduction and rape of another female in outback Queensland.
Topics: travel-health-and-safety, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, immigration, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, federal-government, brisbane-4000
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ACCC study into beef markets released
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The ACCC wants the beef industry to improve transparency of over the hooks sales.
Topics: beef-cattle, livestock, food-processing, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, shepparton-3630, canberra-2600, barnawartha-3688
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Australia's agricultural value tipped to hit $63.8b this year
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The value of Australia's agricultural sector is tipped to break another record this financial year, peaking at $63.8 billion.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-crops, fruit, vegetables, wheat, wool, beef-cattle, agricultural-policy, fishing-aquaculture, dairy-production, sheep-production, parliament-house-2600
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