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Queensland has announced $20 million in new biosecurity measures to tackle the spread of foot and mouth disease.

Australia has ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which is being touted as the world’s largest free trade agreement.

A new Bureau of Meteorology climate outlook tool informs agriculture with unseasonal and extreme weather events beyond the seven-day forecast.

Dr Mark Schipp has warned that the explosion of mice affecting parts of eastern Australia is increasing the risk of leptospirosis, a bacteria that gets into soil or water.

New research shows that four in five farmers in NSW have been the victim of some type of crime, yet reporting of crimes to police remains stubbornly low.

We can’t make progress towards a sustainable future unless the economic resilience and wellbeing of farmers is addressed first. Policy makers and corporations within the supply chain must also work together with farmers on aligned sustainability goals.

Farmers, gas and mental health win out over aged care, most women and social housing.

The business model on which Australia’s rural landscapes have been settled is unravelling before our eyes. Australian agricultural industries will not be restored by a couple of rainy seasons or construction of new dams, and support is building for promulgation of a national drought strategy.

Australian governments have sought to drought-proof parts of inland Australia through publicly funded irrigation schemes for much of the past century. But support something (or feeling too scared not to oppose something), doesn’t necessarily make it the right policy.