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25.01.2022 Happy National Agriculture Day! #Fridayfunny #AgDayAu

25.01.2022 Bryce Camm | Chief Executive Officer | Camm Agricultural Group | Bowenville Queensland’s agricultural industry continues to lead innovation for greater efficiencies and to meet consumer demands. I’m a 4th generation cattle producer. We’re one of Queensland’s largest family-run producers. We operate at 9 sites throughout Queensland, with beef cattle properties in both North and Central Queensland and a feedlot outside Dalby on the Darling Downs.... Innovation is something that has allowed our company to take what I call ‘giant leaps forward’ and achieve cost efficiencies in our production systems and maintain margins. The types of AgTech we’re investing in on our properties includes the conversion to solar energy to pump all our surface and bore water, and GPS technologies in our tractors, headers and sprayers to minimise our inputs, such as fertilisers and chemicals. At the feedlot, we’ve invested heavily in connectivity, ensuring we have high speed wireless broadband from Dalby. Over the horizon I can see innovations coming in animal health monitoring, feeding efficiencies through the use of automated bunks, drones for mustering and microwave for grain processing, rather than steam flaking. #QldAgTech #techtuesday

20.01.2022 When over 8000 pieces of timber need testing, we need all hands on deck. Nearly every staff member at our Salisbury Research Facility has contributed to a timber durability field trial that will help users identify the best wood material for their application. From cutting, weighing and sorting timber to treating and acoustically testing beamsour staff have had a hand in it all. ... This research will feed into CSIRO timber durability performance modelling developed 20 years ago. #AgTechmonth #techtuesday #QldAgTech

16.01.2022 If you’re coming for agriculture work from South Australia, here are some things you should know. From 11.59pm 16 November 2020, specific parts of South Australia, including Adelaide, are now declared COVID-19 hotspots. A person who has been in a COVID-19 hotspot within the last 14 days is not permitted to enter Queensland. However, the following exceptions apply if you:... arrived into Queensland by air and you transferred directly to another flight to leave Queensland and didn’t leave the airport or remain in quarantine until your flight out of Queensland transited through a COVID-19 hotspot hotspot area by road using private transport stopping only for essential fuel, supplies and managing driver fatigue, wore a mask when stopping and did not stay overnight in a hotspot (or travelled to an airport and directly transited). You can also be exempted as a specialist or essential worker under the Border Restrictions Direction https://www.business.qld.gov.au//border-restrictions-agric You should allow at least 7 working days for your application for endorsement to be assessed. After being notified of the outcome, apply for an electronic border pass (allowing a further 3 days). https://www.qld.gov.au/border-pass If you have been in a South Australian hotspot at any point from Monday 9 November but arrived before 11.59pm AEST on Monday 16 November, you should get tested even if you have no symptoms. You should also self-quarantine until 14 days have passed since you left the South Australian hotspot. The full list of active hotspots for people travelling into Queensland is here: https://bit.ly/38SKz7V

14.01.2022 Meet #pickqld pioneer Shaun from the Gold Coast. Shaun has answered the call from our farmers and has made his way to the wonderful Whitsundays to join the 2020 mango harvest. Shaun has a bunch of great experience in the mining and landscaping sector, but wasn’t having any luck finding work. ... Down home there’s 100 applicants for one job and you don’t even hear back to an application. A couple of weeks ago, he saw our #pickqld post and clicked to learn more about harvest trail jobs (https://jobsearch.gov.au/harvest/search). Now he’s in beautiful Bowen enjoying the laidback vibe, great accommodation just footsteps from the beach, and bus transport direct to farms. He’s even encouraged his 20 year old son and his two mates to join him for a couple of months! My wife is all on-board with it. She’s back home with our daughters and is happy my son and I have work. Plus, we can check out Bowen, Airlie Beach and other areas of the Whitsundays while we’re here. Queensland’s agriculture regions have work available now, comfortable accommodation options and great opportunities for weekend adventures. Visit qld.gov.au/pickqld and spend your summer on a Queensland working holiday adventure.

14.01.2022 BEEF IS ON!! Beef Australia has announced today that the Beef21 event in Rockhampton 2-8 May, is going ahead. The Queensland Government is a principal partner for the event, so we are thrilled to hear it’s on.... The Beef21 event will play a vital role in showcasing the Queensland beef industry as well as attracting investment and trade opportunities for the state. For more info visit https://beefaustralia.com.au/beef-is-on

12.01.2022 Near infra-red cameras could be the crystal ball our Aussie lemon growers need to identify what fruit can survive the cold transport temperatures required for exporting. Our researchers have discovered hyperspectral imaging can detect and predict chilling injury in lemons before it is visible to the human eye. This technology can sort fruit into domestic and export categories, which = less food waste + good quality Aussie lemons for everyone to enjoy! ... #AgTechmonth #QldAgTech

12.01.2022 #WeAreAustralianFarmers Whether city or bush-based, Australians are all motivated to create a better future for our families and our environment, and it’s these values that drive our farmers to produce high quality food and fibre every day for all Australians and the world. National Agriculture Day is tomorrow, 20 November. ... What will you be doing to mark #AgDayAu? @kieraarcher

10.01.2022 Our very own agronomist, Marcus Bulstrode, recently presented at the World of Drones conference in Brisbane. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience of flying drones. You can listen to his presentation here ... https://youtu.be/zUhzHcL9ieA See more

09.01.2022 For Maree and Steve from Bowen Backpackers, 2020 has been a baptism of fire. They took the reins of the business two days before Queensland went into lockdown in April. Bowen Backpackers is a vital part of the agriculture value chain, housing seasonal workers who are required to plant, pick and pack the harvest in one of Australia’s major production areas for tomatoes, capsicums, mangoes and many other fruit and vegetables. Maree and Steve are just one of the hundreds of ac...commodation providers across the state who have worked hard to make their hostels COVID-safe, including supporting backpackers far from home and locked down without jobs. They love their new business though, and their town. Bowen is so friendly, everything is in walking distance, we have gorgeous beaches, beautiful breezes and plenty of jobs. It’s paradise. The winter harvest is drawing to a close, but Bowen Backpackers is ramping up to host the summer mango harvest workers, with plenty of rooms available for Queenslanders wanting a summer sea change. Come to Bowen and work on our farms. There’s comfy accommodation, transport to work and the beach, and shops are right on the doorstep. Visit qld.gov.au/pickqld to learn more. #pickqld

05.01.2022 Fishing for compliments? These beauties definitely don’t need toour largest cobia broodfish at our Bribie Island Research Centre tipped the scales at an imposing 29.5 kg and measured 138 cm in length. Plus, she’s capable of producing over five million eggs to be fertilised, hatched and grown to market-sized fish within a year. Our scientists are busy preparing the fish for the final spawning season before handing over to our industry partners. We’ve proudly led cobia ...aquaculture research in Australia, making advances in spawning strategies, culture technologies, and the development of high quality fresh and smoked products. #AgTechmonth #QldAgTech FRDC Rocky Point Aquaculture

03.01.2022 Julia Wheway | Agriculture workforce officer | Bowen Gumlu Growers Association. I hate to admit it, but I have the worst reputation amongst my friends and family for not being able to grow a single thing and can even kill a cactus! I would fail miserably at being self-sufficient, but I guess that’s why we need our farmers! I spent over 25 years in the education and training industry both overseas and in Australia, working with various industries and businesses to assist... them with training and workforce development. I now enjoy working on the other side, within the agriculture industry, where I use my skills and knowledge of the training and employment sector to help the industry connect with potential employees and training opportunities. I love being able to take the pressure off a grower who calls me feeling stressed about a situation. Being able to offer advice, find solutions and raise a smile is the most rewarding part of the job for me. I’m really proud to have become a person that industry can rely upon and trust to get balanced and constructive advice, whatever the situation. We’ve endured many natural disasters in our region and the current pandemic is just another opportunity for me to step in where I can to help the industry get through and tackle whatever comes our way. **Julia is a part of the Queensland Agriculture Workforce Networkknown as QAWN. She is here to assist any business regardless of commodity, in any location, with advice and guidance on workforce planning, attraction, recruitment and skilling. Find your local QAWN officer at https://bit.ly/QAWN_officers.