Media releases

The new facilities at the Berrimah Farm Science Precinct offer innovative opportunities to enhance biosecurity surveillance, diagnostics, preparedness and response across northern Australia, while offering scope to leverage further investment to support i

The Australian Government is helping to drive research and attract forestry investment to the Northern Territory through the establishment of a regional forestry hub.

A consortium of Indigenous forestry enterprises and experts have received a $616,363 grant from the Australian Government to boost biosecurity in Northern Australian forests.

Feral cattle and buffalo management in the NT is reaping the benefits of space-based technology with a project using satellite data and artificial intelligence to track feral cattle and buffalo.

Australian agricultural sector is poised to smash production value records this year, with our pandemic-defying farmers propelling the sector to $73 billion.

Australia has increased its investment in new global approaches to prevent pandemics of animal origin.

Virgil, the 16-year-old warmblood gelding and member of Australia’s medal-winning equestrian eventing team at the Tokyo Olympics, has completed his mandatory14-day quarantine at the Post Entry Quarantine Facility in Melbourne. 

Twenty-six Goulburn Valley locals stand to benefit from the first pilot under the $11 million Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Leaders program.

The final round of the Australian Government’s Smart Farms Small Grants program is now open, with $13 million in grants over two years to help farmers and land managers improve their understanding and management of their soil.

This year’s winter crop is once again forecast to be well above average, according to the ABARES Australian Crop Report.