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2022.07.27
Foot-and-mouth disease's potential spread by tourists feared on Cape York
Graziers living on Australia's northernmost frontier say they are deeply concerned about the threat of the devastating foot-and-mouth disease being brought into the area by tourists.
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2022.07.27
Farmers optimistic but wary of relying on China amid talk trade restrictions lift
Cotton farmers such as Nigel Burnett say the industry is thriving despite China's trade sanctions.
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2022.07.27
Glasshouse expansion for protected cropping across the Goulburn Valley gets government tick
The winter coats are off inside Tatura's new multi-million-dollar glasshouse. It's 28 degrees Celsius and smells of 150,000 truss tomato plants.
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2022.07.26
China’s grouper ban creates great opportunity: agriculture minister
China’s grouper ban creates great opportunity: agriculture minister
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2022.07.26
High vegetable prices to remain as farmers struggle with production costs, labour shortage
One of Western Australia's largest vegetable growers says soaring production costs mean shoppers need to keep paying high prices for vegetables or risk having only imported frozen produce available in stores.
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2022.07.25
'This is the new normal': Salmon farming industry needs to prepare for further heatwaves
Marine heatwaves are likely to increase and farmers need strategies in place to protect fish health.
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2022.07.25
Vegan oyster prototype causes a stir
Cell-based seafood startup Pearlita has released the world’s first alternative oyster prototype – shell and all – to help meet demand for shellfish without harming marine habitats.
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2022.07.25
The case for paying carbon taxes on unsustainable food
Shopping sustainably is hard—but thoughtful price changes can nudge people in the right direction.
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2022.07.25
How Can Carbohydrate Biopolymers Protect Plants from Fungi?
In a paper recently published in the open-access journal Polymers, researchers reviewed the merits and demerits of protecting plants against pathogenic fungi using carbohydrate biopolymers. They assessed three polysaccharides namely alginate, cellulose...
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2022.07.25
Grave concern as lung sickness spreads among cattle in Namibia
Namibia’s Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO) has reacted with great concern to reports of 40 deaths among cattle, and clinical illness in a further 100 cattle, following an outbreak of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia.