NSW Farmers biosecurity committee chair Ian McColl said it was a very welcome move given the ongoing threat of foot and mouth disease, lumpy skin disease, and khapra beetle, as well as localised outbreaks of varroa mite, QX disease and Japanese encephalitis, which reinforced the need for a strong biosecurity system. Click to check the […]
A WA led petition from the member for the agricultural region, Steve Martin, and Federal Liberal colleagues, member for O’Connor Rick Wilson, and senator Slade Brockman, calling for the reversal of the damaging policy had about 10,000 signatures and was presented to federal parliament on June 22. Click to check the original article.
A mayor has called on the government to immediately stop a proposed carbon capture storage project. Click to check the original article.
THE Federal Government has this week passed legislation making tax changes to allow Australian Carbon Credit Units to be classified as farm income. The bill will allow primary producers to use carbon income in Farm Management Deposits and only tax carbon credits at the point of sale – previously holders of ACCUs were taxed based […]
The study involved more than 19,000 Merinos, Border Leicesters and Poll Dorsets. Click to check the original article.
“We have the third largest deposit of vanadium anywhere in the world, behind China and Russia. So what we want to do is mine the vanadium at Cloncurry and Julia Creek but we also want to process it, refine it and build the batteries here in Townsville so we can export around the world. Click […]
Core samples being taken in a paddock to measure the amount of carbon in the soil. Photo: Carbon Link THE Federal Government is expected to make its first-ever large-scale issuance of soil carbon credits today, with the first of a group of four carbon projects successfully making it through the regulatory process. Run by specialist […]
There are calls to use pig hunters as citizen scientists. Click to check the original article.
The Nationals NSW Leader and Member for Dubbo, Dugald Saunders, emphasised the need to get the party’s messaging to cover the broader scope of the public. Click to check the original article.
The 10-day forecast for the corn belt shows no sign of improving. Click to check the original article.
BioZyme recently announced that Eric Heerlein, of Saint Joseph, Missouri, and Jacob Johnson, of Ruth, Mississippi, and Justin Doubet have joined the company. Heerlein was named director of finance & capital while Johnson joins the company as inside sales representative for Alabama and Mississippi. Doubet, who will be located in Rapid City, South Dakota, was […]
Ann Marie Magnochi, of Footville, Wisconsin, has been hired by Select Sires Inc. as a communications specialist. In this role, she will collaborate with team members and adjacent departments to create and implement digital communications highlighting Select Sires’ genetics, programs, and services. “We are excited to welcome Ann Marie to our department. Her life-long passion […]