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Representing agriculture, biosecurity, regulation and compliance within the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, @DEECA_Vic.
Victoria, Australia
Joined September 2010
#FarmingSafeandWell tip of the week – consider how you can improve safety culture on your farm. Tomorrow is National #AgDayAU and it’s a great time to spotlight the everyday practices that keep us safe on farms. Toolbox talks with everyone working on the farm are a simple way
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🎧 Listen while you work. Hear farmers across Victoria chat about the agriculture sector, like using Ag Tech on-farm and improving farm safety from the paddock to the kitchen table. Farmers share their inspiring stories of managing the dynamic nature of farming in droughts
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Join us for a free half-day workshop on #DripIrrigation monitoring and maintenance to help you maximise on-farm profitability and water use efficiency. 📅 Dates: 10 December 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (includes morning tea) 📍 Location: 308–390 Koorlong Ave, Irymple Led by Jeremy
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🚒Spontaneous combustion in hay🌾– How does it start? What should you look out for? How do you prevent them? Read our latest article on ‘The science behind hay fires’ and the steps you can take to keep your property and livestock safe. 👉Read more here:
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🤝More than 660 farmers across the state have booked in a one-on-one session with an advisor to manage through the season. ‘I have previously been granted a consultation for farm business planning earlier in the year...This was fabulous for planning (short and medium term) and
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The Duties and Fees relief package is helping to reduce the cost of doing business for drought affected primary producers 🚚 👉A pause on the cost of beekeeper registration, from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2027 👉Any 2025–26 bee and bee product fees, including travel
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Join our climate webinar to hear about how integrating trees into livestock systems can deliver real productivity gains and help reduce farm emissions. Monday 24 Nov at 12 pm. Register @ https://t.co/ksueRwS4BP
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Safe Food Victoria needs passionate leaders on its Board to help Victoria’s food safety system deliver simpler, stronger, coordinated approaches to keep food safe. If this is you, apply to join our new independent authority, opening in mid-2026 which will shape the future of
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Are you a horticulturist, small rural landholder or hobby farmer? Do you need some tips on putting a fire preparedness plan in place for the summer? If you missed our fire preparedness webinar with horticulturists Rob Pelletier and Kate Blood, it’s not too late to hear about the
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🚜Events to support farmers in drought are happening across the state. From feed budgeting to succession planning, wellbeing to irrigation tips – our teams are here to support your farming business in good times and bad! Events coming up include: - 11 November: Intro to lean
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What’s in your fire preparedness plan this season? Agriculture Victoria’s Fire Preparedness Toolkit contains checklists and templates to help you prepare for the fire season. Use the 8 checklists to review your preseason planning: • Business preparedness • Family/staff
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Fatigue impairs our reaction time and ability to concentrate and isn’t the same as feeling sleepy. Stay #FarmingSafeandWell and consider the ways you manage fatigue. Keep yourself, your family and your workers safe and well – know how to manage the risks. Visit
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We're starting to develop standalone industrial hemp legislation, and we want to hear from you! 🫵 Hemp is a sustainable option for products like housing construction materials, packaging and textiles. Have your say on how standalone legislation can support the growth of
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Farmers across the state are using Farm Drought Support Grants to set themselves up for the current, and future droughts 🌾 🛠️ Farmers can claim expenses on eligible activities since 30 September 2024. For program guidelines, a full list of eligible activities, and to apply
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🍵💧Join us for a series of morning tea water planning webinars running over 5 weeks. Upgrading your farm water system requires planning, there is no one size fits all answer. These sessions will step you through key things to consider in developing a farm water plan and what
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Agriculture Victoria is providing 27 grants to support projects in Round 4 of the Partnerships Against Pests grants program. Among the recipients is Up2Us Landcare Alliance for their $50,000 ‘Rooted in Resilience, Collaborative Solutions for Blackberry and Gorse’ project.
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The Duties and Fees relief package is helping to reduce the cost of doing business for drought affected primary producers 🚚 👉 Biosecurity Victoria is waiving service fees for nursery and horticulture producers. Including arrangement applications, arrangement audits,
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Opportunity awaits for people passionate about shaping the future of food safety. 🍎 🦞 🐄 🍌🥐🍩🧋 We are recruiting Board members for our newly announced food regulator, Safe Food Victoria, opening mid 2026. Applications are open until Sunday 23 November. For more
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🤗 We’re celebrating the fantastic range of events occurring across the state, supporting farmers, families and communities to connect, with funding from the Look Over the Farm Gate program. ‘Community spirit at Sheepvention’ 🐑 - Our volunteers are the backbone of
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