Australia’s first national Climate Risk Assessment has warned that the agricultural sector and the regions must be prepared for more extreme events like drought, extreme heat, and flash flooding that will impact yields, damage infrastructure and threaten export markets.

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Attendees of today’s Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting committed to jointly develop a National Statement on Animal Welfare.
Half a dozen properties in three states have been raided as part of a probe into how the deadly varroa mite reached Australia, the...
A live-export ship laden with Australian livestock will finally set sail for the Middle East after the threat of Houthi rebels scu...
Australia’s ag ministers have today committed to jointly develop a National Statement on Animal Welfare. It comes on the same day as they launch public consultation on the renewal of the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy.
A bee industry chief is expecting answers soon about how a devastating bee parasite got into Australia and says the majority of feral bees could disappear.
MV Bahijah has been approved to travel to Israel via the Cape of Good Hope, avoiding the treacherous Red Sea.
The Biosecurity Levy Bill was introduced into Parliament today, angering the agriculture industry that will be stung $50m annually.
A move to incorporate environmental messaging into Australian Dietary Guidelines has left a foul taste in mouth of agriculture industry representatives.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt announced $45 million in partnerships and innovation grant opportunities at evokeAG in Perth on Tuesday.
WA Farmers president John Hassell has boycotted a meeting with the agriculture minister over live sheep exports and the forced return of a livestock ship.
A record $16.8 billion in agriculture, fisheries and forestry exports went to China in the last financial year as punitive trade barriers fell.
Agriculture was a hot topic in the second week of Parliament sittings this year – with the biosecurity levy and net-zero emissions targets for the industry in the spotlight. 

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