Kicking off the workshop Rachel Davis, from the Bureau of Meteorology, presented the products available by the bureau including long range seasonal outlooks for the region, weather forecasting and the Climate Services for Agriculture program. Rachel gave helpful tips and tricks around interpreting the bureau’s weather app and future weather forecasts on its website, which […]
Pre-harvest expectations of an abundance of feed grains and a scarcity of milling grade wheat have been proven wrong. Click to check the original article.
While pastoralists are experienced with bushfires, ongoing training is critical. Click to check the original article.
The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) released its seasonal bushfire outlook for this summer last month, with above-normal fire risk predicted for central western and southern WA, Central Australia, southern Queensland and inland New South Wales. Click to check the original article.
Ms Grimm said the award-winning Quilpie Visitor Information Centre, which recently took out top honours in the 2022 Queensland tourism awards, being awarded gold in the Visitor Information Services category, was the best place to discover the best places to view the floral displays, as the landscape changes daily, with isolated pockets of rain continuing. […]
“Christmas trade is usually the busiest time for bush businesses, but recent floods across most of the state have caused huge disruptions to their operations – from being cut off and not being able to dispatch orders to customers to direct damage to their businesses,” Mr Toole said. Click to check the original article.
The statement, “Reef credits are directly contributing to United Nations-endorsed water quality targets which aim to reduce nitrogen, sediment, and pesticides flowing to the reef” is incredibly misleading and completely ignores the latest science which suggests otherwise. Click to check the original article.
“There is no economic, environmental, social or cultural heritage case for immense storage of water in northern Queensland with a view to its movement over long distances west and south for irrigation,” a report released on Thursday, December 9 said. Click to check the original article.
A 19-year-old man has died following a single-vehicle crash. Click to check the original article.
A long-term trial is investigating grazing strategies to produce premium beef in northern Australia’s highly variable climate. Click to check the original article.
The Halifax has reported the steepest price drop in almost a decade and a half — but is this the worst or just the start? Annabel Dixon takes a look. It’s been an eventful few months to say the least. And the decisions people have made in the face of changing dynamics are creeping into […]
The WTO Director-General’s annual overview of developments in the international trading environment shows that trade restrictions are increasing in a context of economic uncertainty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the food security crisis. According to the latest WTO Trade Monitoring Report, WTO members are introducing restrictions at an increased pace, […]