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The latest comment and analysis about the big issues in ag.

Search the latest national livestock and clearing sales.

Find rural properties for sale across Australia.

Filling in the PPSR - early - can help protect your business if the worst happens. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

RURAL LEGALITIES: In my last article, I made reference to the Personal Property Securities Register - or PPSR - and said that it was an article for another day.

Register interests early to reduce later risks

HIGH STAKES: Andrew Cox with Tanya Plibersek, federal Minister for the Environment and Water, at the launch of the State of Environment Report in July 2022. 

COMMENT: Invasive species cost the Australian economy an estimated $25 billion a year

Preparing for Australia's biggest biosecurity challenges

BUSINESS BUZZ: Do you love yourself? Are you comfortable with being you?

Forget people pleasing and find own space

We're clearly heading towards a future agricultural industry built upon agtech, but what will this mean for the next generation of ag students?

Uni students prepare to grow sector options

Extra checks by Indonesian security staff at the Jetstar boarding gate at Denpasar's Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali. 

I just came back from Bali. The foot and mouth risk is real.

I just came back from Bali. The foot and mouth risk is real

Semarang, Indonesia Cattle- October 25, 2019 Farmers trade their cattle or cows at Pasar Pon animal market in Ambarawa. Source Shutterstock 

NFF president Fiona Simson says the FMD outbreak in Indonesia shows the need for a sustainable funding stream for biosecurity in Australia.

FMD focus shines light on biosecurity cracks: Simson

Making careful plans is good but relentless worry can be unnecessary. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

MIND YOUR BUSINESS: Regularly I find myself reaching for the Oxford dictionary to check on my understanding of a word.

Identifying when to worry or not to worry

Agriculture requires people with a wide range of skillsets and the industry needs to get better at selling that to potential recruits. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

A RE-THINK in the way we link vocational skills training, tertiary education and on-the-job training and development is desperately required if we are to fill the skills and labour gap within agriculture, which producers are all too familiar with.

Re-think needed to fill agricultural jobs

Knowing why you farm can help make the tough jobs easier. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

BUSINESS BUZZ: An important factor to be considered before undertaking any task is the question "why am I doing this?" - a good question, that I suspect is rarely contemplated.

Knowing motivation helps push past 'grind'

ON-GOING DAMAGE: The on-farm tours took in storm-damaged cropping country at Paul Schaefer's Nalino Proprietors property at Pinkawillinie.

Imagine waking up one morning to discover your cropping country underwater.