Agriculture & Biosecurity

Get Back! The man disbanding the beetles from Victoria’s orchards has more than history on his side.

In 2016, Victoria legalised the use of medicinal cannabis, and since then scientists have improved strains to produce better health products.

VIDEO: A new surveillance program within the Port of Melbourne and Station Pier is set to provide an early warning for introduced marine pests.

Find out how a dairy farm is innovating in the Goulburn Valley to improve health and productivity.

Victoria’s sentinel chickens have been retired thanks to new testing and surveillance methods in detecting mosquito-borne viruses.

The National Bee Pest Surveillance Program is an early warning system to detect new incursions of exotic bee pests and pest bees.

A South Gippsland farmer is turning his passion for bees and their crucial role in food supply and the environment into his core business.

For over two decades, Agriculture Victoria researcher Dr Mekonnen Haile-Mariam has helped improve the way the Australian dairy industry operates.

In a business planning session some years ago, Pepo Farms identified a hypothetical pandemic as a risk. The reality has seen it provide new outcomes.

Many of Melbourne’s most loved gardens, cycling tracks and fishing spots were once quarries producing the materials that built the suburbs around them

Andrew Cox, who heads up international markets at Meat and Livestock Australia, speaks about new markets while managing the impact of the pandemic.

An old saying goes, a little knowledge is a good thing. When it comes to stopping biosecurity threats to Australia it’s a great thing.

In a talent win, the UK’s former Deputy Chief Vet is now our Chief Vet, helping to keep Victoria safe on the animal health and biosecurity frontline.

Senior scientist Dr Peter Moate recently retired, but in his 42 year career he contributed to world-leading research in agriculture & medicine.

Australia’s largest olive oil producer, headquartered in Corio, is making inroads into Japan, Korea, and the US.

How do you help make farming profitable as climate change impacts? That’s the challenge tackled by Victoria’s Agriculture & Climate Change Council.

Agriculture Victoria scientists are helping dairy farmers to breed ‘environmentally friendly’ cows.

Helping struggling Victorian farmers recruit and retain thousands of workers during harvest is keeping Del Delpitiya busy during the pandemic.