The suspension of live cattle exports to Indonesia will also have significant implications on Australian cattle farmers, Australian and Indonesian domestic markets, and on the trade relationship between…
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Throughout history, farmers have adopted new crop varieties and adjusted their practices in tune with environmental change…
New image-based technology promises a major boost to the breeding of improved cereal varieties for the harsher environmental…
Plant cell walls are vital for plant growth, and a new research project is uncovering their secrets. The assembly of components…
Global agricultural activities account for 15 to 20% of total greenhouse gas emissions, including nitrous oxide, which is…
A compound in feces may be developed as a biomarker to estimate how much methane is produced by cows and other animals. “When…
Throughout the heated debate around live animal exports over the past week, there has been an implicit assumption that the mistreatment of Australian cattle only ever begins after the animals have left…
The Windsor Inquiry has handed down its report on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It recommends a halt to water buybacks, more investment in irrigation efficiency and a new governance model for the Basin…
The Federal Government’s move to ban live cattle exports to a handful of Indonesian abattoirs will not, in the long term, end the inhumane slaughtering practices revealed in Monday’s Four Corners report…
Tropical grass-fed cattle in Australia’s north, which constitute half of the country’s beef industry, emit up to 30% less of the greenhouse gas methane than first thought, CSIRO scientists have found…
Coffee prices are rising again, and you might be wondering how much more you’ll soon pay for your morning coffee. Although coffee prices are fickle the fluctuations affect most of us very little compared…
Governments and communities must take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions this decade or face enormous social and economic costs in future, according a report by the Australian government’s…
Northern New South Wales fish farmers, undercut by overseas prawners, now have a reason to restock their ponds. Prawn ponds…
You think snails are annoying in your veggie patch? Land snails are infesting wheat crops, pulses, vineyards and pastures…
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides has the potential to lower children’s IQ, according to three studies published…
In our efforts to address climate change by avoiding or sequestering CO₂, we have shown a lot of interest in “engineering” solutions (such as carbon storage through pumping and storing CO2 underground…
Crops need to be protected when they’re young, but existing wrappers are usually non-biodegradable plastic that stays in…
Victoria now has a Minister for Food Security and the Federal coalition too has rebranded its shadow minister Minister for Agriculture and Food Security. Food security is a notion that over the last three…
Farmers in developing countries could benefit from a new irrigation system developed by researchers at the University of…
Reports of the death of the Murray Darling Basin food bowl are grossly exaggerated, to borrow a phrase from Mark Twain. Farmers have been up in arms about plans to give more water to the environment, but…
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