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Contemporary knowledge of honey bee nutrition largely stems from research conducted in Europe over 60 years ago. Since then, beekeeping practices have evolved considerably, with Australian genetic stocks selected for greater honey yields and resilience to stressful environments such as monofloral honey production and intensive pollination services. There is a...

Public land access is important for commercial beekeepers across Australia, and it also underpins essential pollination services for agriculture. Access to floral resources has been identified by industry as its number one priority. A challenge is access to resources on public land which have become complex over time due to...

Australia’s freedom from exotic pests that affect rice production overseas provides the industry with a yield advantage, reduced production costs and access to certain valuable markets. Biosecurity planning to identify and prioritise biosecurity risks and mitigation activities, is therefore critical to ensure the industry can minimise the impact of new...

In collaboration with the Almond Board of Australia and commercial almond producers, this project seeks to characterise the value of organic waste streams and traditional soil amendment products using industrial scale, proof of concept processing and soil incorporation equipment. The Australian almond industry has a strong interest in a closed-loop...

Farmers seeking to develop Soils Carbon Projects based upon the drawdown of CO2e through vigorous plant growth must offset their on-farm emissions arising from power consumption (grid electrical inputs and fuel for machinery and plant), fertiliser applications and ruminant methane prior to gaining Carbon Credits. While cattle, sheep, goats and...