Around 40,000 workers from the Pacific Islands are vetted and ready to migrate to Australia to help address farm labour shortages, Australia’s Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says. After two days of discussions on jobs and skills in Canberra last week, 36 “concrete plans” to tackle Australia’s economic challenges were established. They included a lift to the…
Record Production Brings Huge Gains to Australian Agriculture in 2020-2021
Australian agriculture had a bumper year in 2020-2021 as the sector witnessed a 17 percent surge in production value. New data from the 2020-2021 agricultural census released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that the gross value of Australian agriculture hit $70.9 billion (US$49.18 billion) in the 2020-2021 financial year. The census, which…
Deadly Mite Threatens Australian Honey Bees
The deadly Varroa mite has been detected in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) at the Port of Newcastle, threatening the country’s population of European honey bees and the livelihoods of its beekeepers. Biosecurity surveillance first detected the tiny and reddish-brown mite on June 22; however, hundreds of hives have been identified as infected…
Bumper Year Ahead for Australian Agriculture
December 14, 2021
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Rural Bank’s latest Australian Agriculture Outlook report says favourable seasonal conditions are expected to extend into 2022 with continued improvement in supply and demand. The bank’s report follows the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences forecast released last week predicting a record year for Australian farmers due to “unprecedented favourable conditions with…
Billions Lost in Aussie Black Summer Bushfires
December 13, 2021
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A University of Sydney and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s report released on the impacts of the Black Summer fires from 2019 to 2020 has found the fires cost the Australian agriculture sector billions of dollars. The Fire on the Farm report (pdf), released, Dec. 13, estimated the bushfires fires— which burnt up…
Australian Farmers Set to Achieve Record $73 Billion Season
Australian agricultural producers are expecting a record-breaking harvest this season due to a perfect combination of price increases and higher production volumes. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) upgraded its 2021-22 financial year agriculture forecast to $73 billion (the U.S.$53.5 billion). It will be the first time Australia’s gross agriculture…
Australian Union Wants Guaranteed Minimum Wage for Fruit Pickers
July 12, 2021
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The Australian Worker’s Union (AWU) will appear before the Fair Work Commission today to push for a guaranteed minimum wage for fruit and vegetable pickers. At present, the minimum rate of pay for casual farm work is $25.41 per hour (US$19.02). However, the AWU says farms can “dodge” the minimum rate through piece-rate arrangements, where…
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