Australian Biosecurity Levels Up in Fear of Foot and Mouth Disease
Following the discovery of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in cows in Bali, the federal government is stepping up biosecurity procedures at the border. According to...
Functioning Kiwi Areas to Relocate?
A famous New Zealand export may be negatively impacted by climate change in the next decades due to rising temperatures, according to Zespri. The...
Tanami Road to be Sealed as Leaders Predict Economic Transformation
With WA's budget stating that construction on closing the Tanami Road would finally begin, a vast area of the Australian desert might be economically...
Labor Intends to Cover Costs of Pacific Workers and Ag Visa
If elected, Labor has promised that the government, not farms, would fund the upfront costs of inviting over Pacific labour. The party unveiled its...
Green Peach Aphid Warnings Active Throughout Australia
This season, entomologists and agronomists are warning brassica growers about the threat of the green peach aphid and its related viruses. Cesar Australia, a...
Dutch Dairy Farmer Escapes Ukraine
It was a day that Dutchman Kees Huizinga, a huge dairy farmer in Ukraine, never imagined would come, but when Putin's Russian army launched...
Australia’s First Kelp Crop on the Cards
Those behind a plan to develop Australia's first professional ocean seaweed farm off the coast of NSW believe it will generate a "whole new...
Blueberry Rust Calls for Plant Checks in Australia
Blueberry growers in Western Australia are on high alert after the illness blueberry rust was discovered for the first time last month. The fungal...
2022 NZ Kiwifruit Harvest Complete
Almost all 2,800 producers' orchards from Kerikeri in the north to Motueka in the south have harvested their kiwifruit for consumers, making the 2022...
The Pear Sector in Search of Positive ‘Pearspectives’
Pears and avocados are similar in terms of the product's shape as well as the volume of international trade. But the comparison stops there....