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How Africa could become the world’s leading agricultural powerhouse and food basket
23 Sep 2025 20:22 GMT
… to adopt climate-smart agricultural practices more effectively. This … (Part 1) — SA, Australia can reap rich harvest through … — challenges of disease, drought as well as climate change … at governments. The G20 agricultural ministers unanimously adopted a …
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Where ‘day-zero droughts’ could happen as soon as this decade
23 Sep 2025 15:38 GMT
… to endure “day-zero droughts,” periods of extreme and … .
Nearly three-quarters of drought-prone regions, including those … Australia, are projected to endure more prolonged day-zero drought … can have devastating effects on agriculture and ecosystems, and for …
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Hanging Rock Farm: fresh organics for the community
23 Sep 2025 11:10 GMT
… Week has just finished – Australia’s annual celebration of … , ‘Shroom Brothers, Hanging Rock Farm, Energetic Greens, Seedlings Organic, … Organic Apples, Misty Creek Farm, and Mount Chowan. Each … in 2017, the farm has faced hail, drought and devastating floods …
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Diverse, independent National Food Council is critical for our food and agriculture climate plans
23 Sep 2025 04:01 GMT
… have long known, Australia’s agriculture and food systems are … call. Extreme heat, worsening droughts, more severe floods, and … . By harnessing nature on-farm, we can reduce our … systems thinking inform the Feeding Australia Strategy.
Perspectives on equity …
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Dangerous climate change threatens Northern Australia’s big ‘food bowl’ dreams
22 Sep 2025 20:57 GMT
… revealed extreme heat, fires, floods, droughts and coastal inundation already threatens … analysis of Northern Australia’s water resources and agricultural potential. And last … , more intense heatwaves, floods, droughts, bushfires and other climate harms …
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From paddock to the podium: how farm kids are dominating athletics
21 Sep 2025 19:33 GMT
… fifth-generation farm kid, Jayden uses the farm by running … ;Training obstacles on the farm are livestock and avoiding … the country is during the drought, Tahye and her teammates … with, competing at three Australian championships against older athletes.
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‘A mythical place’: how a Melbourne sewage farm became a haven for 300 species of birds
21 Sep 2025 15:22 GMT
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Brolgas are common in northern Australia but are endangered in Victoria … of Melbourne’s largest sewage farm, the Western Treatment Plant. … the area is protected from drought, and in dry years has … fed and healthy they won agricultural prizes.
In the centre of …
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Soybean, corn futures up modestly as U.S. harvest progresses, exports in focus
23 Sep 2025 23:54 GMT
Market News Soybean, corn futures up modestly as U.S. harvest progresses, exports in focus
Soybeans closed higher on short covering and technical buying after an up and down, mostly mixed, session. Beans took the path of least resistance while watching the …
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Farmers notice more canola crop trespassers wandering into paddocks
23 Sep 2025 21:56 GMT
… risk their safety and farm biosecurity.
South Australian canola growers are reporting … state after successive years of drought.
Grain Producers SA chief executive … .
For this season, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences …
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Emissions reductions targets for agriculture 'ambitious' but 'achievable'
20 Sep 2025 01:06 GMT
… modelled by the Treasury, agriculture emissions were projected to fall … 19.6 per cent to Australia';s net emissions, … landscape are essential for agriculture to make its contribution.
… from worsening fires, floods and droughts.
"To do that, …