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Teatro Naturale International A revised Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CCRSPI) will help build a sustainable, strong and viable future for Australia’s primary industries. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, launched the strategy to coincide with the CCRSPI conference in Melbourne, attended by government, industry and research bodies. Minister Ludwig [...]

By Anna Vidot and ABC rural reporters ABC rural   The year 2012 was a eventful one for rural Australia, and will be remembered as a year when big regional stories made mainstream media headlines too. The past 12 months saw some long-running and controversial debates over water and wheat finally reach a resolution, while [...]

Victoria Department of Primary Industries State Round Up – In the paddock Mallee: Decile (1-2) Mallee pretty much finished harvest, northern Mallee barley 1 t/ha to 1.5 t/ha, wheat 0.8-1.0 t/ha, quality was good, some H1, no screenings issues. Southern Mallee, not a lot of H1 wheat or M1 barley due to low protein. Canola [...]

By Christopher Raymond and Guy Robinson Abstract from Global Environmental Change This study explores the factors affecting rural landholders’ adaptation to climate change from the perspectives of formal institutions and communities of practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with formal institutions (e.g. South Australian government agencies) and communities of practice (e.g. farm systems groups) within two [...]

By Clinton Revell et. al Avbtract from Crop and Pasture Science 63(9) 840-847 The south-west of Western Australia has experienced a declining trend in annual rainfall and gradual warming over the last 30 years. The distribution of rainfall has also changed, with lower autumn rainfall, patchy breaks to the season, and shorter springs. This has [...]

Adam Morton, Ben Cubby, Tom Arup and Nicky Phillips Sydney Morning Herald IT’S 2100. A sci-fi movie version of the future is finally here – flying cars, robots, choking pollution. Oh, and the planet is 5 degrees hotter than it was at the turn of the millennium. It’s nearly 90 years since scientists warned (again) [...]

Andrew Macintosh Climate Spectator Earlier in the week, the Australian government submitted its provisional target (known as a ‘Quantified Emission Limitation or Reduction Objective’ (QELRO)) for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. The target, 99.5 per cent of 1990 levels, left many scratching their heads and wondering how it relates to the previously [...]

ABC Rural The Country Hour today broadcast from the MCG at the Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries conference. The International Keynote address topic was, “Is vegetarianims a solution to reduced emissions”, from Dr Jude Capper , adjunct professor of animal sciences at Washington State University. Several farmers also spoke about how they’ve started [...]

By Genevieve Gannon AAP Australian winemakers can trick their grapes into maturing later in a bid to counteract the effects of climate change, research shows. Over the past 25 years, the harvest date for Australian wines has come forward almost one day a year, agricultural scientist Professor Snow Barlow says. Pruning grapevines a month later is [...]