In many respects, the Australian wheat industry is unusual. It is extensively regulated in all its activities beyond the farm-gate, yet the overall effect of Government regulation since 1948 has been to reduce the incomes of wheatgrowers (Longworth and Knopke 1982). The partial equilibrium...

The decision to invest in pasture improvement raises various questions for the livestock grazier, with the most pertinent being about the potential returns and risks. In the high rainfall zone of south-west Victoria, researchers have trialled novel perennial pasture systems with the aim of...

The Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) — Bactrocera tryoni — poses a significant threat to horticulturalproduction in Victoria causing losses of fruit and jeopardising access to interstate and internationalmarkets. The Victorian Government implements and largely funds an area freedom program...