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For the first time in a decade, drought has officially ended for all of Queensland except two shires.

Post-COVID recovery economy drove profit

A FBRP gives producers knowledge of their business and ways to challenge climate conditions.

A FBRP gives producers knowledge of their business and ways to challenge climate conditions.

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Loureen Awuor, a programmes officer at the Kenya National Farmers' Federation, breaks down youth unemployment in Kenya and shares why agriculture is a solution.

Goondiwindi Regional Council and the drought-declared part of the Charters Towers Regional Council (south of the Flinders Highway and west of the Gregory Developmental Road). Mr Furner said the remaining drought-declared local government areas did not receive enough rainfall for a revocation. “Outside the south east, pasture quality and quantity, crop production, water reserves, animal welfare and breeder conception rates have all been negatively impacted by the lack of significant rainfall a...

Date Time Future Drought Fund investments for Queensland Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities The Honourable Mark Furner Australian Government Future Drought Fund to support farmers and regions Queensland will deliver two Future Drought Fund programs – Farm Business Resilience and Regional Drought Resilience Planning The programs will assist with providing Queensland farmers and regional communities with the tools they need to build...

Premium Content Subscriber only New high-tech satellite rain gauges are being trialled by Queensland graziers in a bid to boost rainfall data across the state. Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Minister Mark Furner said rainfall data was essential for information tools used by graziers. "Rainfall, or the lack of it, is one of the fundamental measurements used in environmental management tools such as FORAGE and pasture growth reports," Mr Furner said. "FORAGE generates propert...

Share to Feb 12, 2021 12:57 PM Kevin Rothwell The new $20.7 million Climate Adaptation Program will see a range of projects throughout B.C. deal with climate change effects on local highway networks. Approximately $4.4 million has been dedicated to projects in the Thompson Okanagan and Cariboo region. Projects include riverbank erosion protection, creek channel training, culvert upsizing, flood protection works, slope erosion protection and avalanche system maintenance. High-i...