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GREAT WESTERN | VIC
481.2 Hectares – 1,189.07 Acres 4 2 2
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Multiple award winning and acclaimed free range egg production business with excellent biosecurity Production circa 12,500 dozen premium eggs per week Currently 25,000 hen stock together with all production, packing and distribution, branding and egg sales channels
Inclusive of a four bedroom brick veneer family homestead
Farm carrying capacity 2,500 DSE / Wool and prime lamb production
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Range Egg Producer
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Biosecurity New Zealand and industry managing suspected chicken virus
BIOSECURITY New Zealand is responding to a possible detection of a poultry virus, In- fectious Bursal Disease Virus type 1 in a layer egg farm in Otago.
Biosecurity New Zea- land response manager David Yard, said, “No birds at the Mainland Poultry farm in Waik- ouaiti have disease symp- toms and the farm itself is under voluntary bio- security controls as a pre- cautionary measure.”
Preliminary test results indicate the virus is high- ly likely to be present on the Mainland Poultry property, but further test- ing overseas is required to confirm this.
The results are expected around mid-September.
Departmental chief sci- entist Dr John Roche says the virus can affect the immune system of young chickens but it poses no risk to human health or
the health of other ani- mals.
“There is no food safety risk with this virus and people should have no concern eating chicken meat or eggs. There will be no impact on domes- tic egg and chicken meat supply,” said Dr Roche.
Mr Yard said that while Biosecurity New Zealand was waiting for final con- firmation from the over- seas laboratory, it would stop issuing certificates for the export of chicken products to countries that require a guarantee that we are IBDV type 1 free.
That involves the trade in poultry meat and poul- try products to four coun- tries, with Australia be- ing the largest importer of New Zealand chicken meat.
Biosecurity New Zea- land is now working with the egg and poultry in- dustries to understand, if confirmed as positive, the
scale of the situation and what control or eradica- tion measures are avail- able.
Mr Yard says while this work is underway, Bio- security New Zealand is reviewing operational measures at the farm to assess, if confirmed pre- sent, the risk of spread to other sites.
Testing of other South Island layer and meat chicken farms is under- way.
Biosecurity New Zea- land and industry will work together to consider options to manage the situation, balancing the impacts of the disease if confirmed, against the costs and benefits of any control measures.
There are two different types of IBDV – Types 1 and 2.
Type 2 is already in New Zealand and causes no significant health is- sues in the national flock and is of no trade con- cern.
The current suspect re- sult is for Type 1.
IBDV type 1 was dis- covered in New Zealand in 1993.
An industry-led pro- gramme to eradicate has meant New Zealand has been able to claim ab- sence of the disease.
Most other countries in the world have this virus and successfully manage it within the industry.
The UWA institute of agriculture releases annual research report 2018
THE University of West- ern Australia’s Institute of Agriculture has re- leased its Annual Re- search Report 2018.
It is the twelfth annu- al research report since the Institute was re- established in 2007 and provides an overview of UWA’s agricultural re- search, development and training in a regional, na- tional and international context.
Institute Director Hack- ett Professor Kadambot Siddique said the role of The UWA Institute of Ag- riculture was to enhance UWA’s contribution to agriculture and related areas, with a vision to provide research-based
solutions to food and nu- tritional security, environ- mental sustainability and agribusiness.
Collaborative, multi-dis- ciplinary and cross-facul- ty research activities con- tinue across six research themes: crops, roots and rhizosphere; sustainable grazing systems; water for food production; food quality and human health; engineering innovations for food production and agribusiness ecosystems.
“The research and de- velopment featured in the 2018 Annual Report in- cludes a wide range of topics, from the health benefits of apples, to dis- ease resistance genes in canola, to new technol-
ogies for managing weeds on farm,” Professor Sid- dique said.
A major focus of the Institute is to effectively communicate agricultural research and training ac- tivities at UWA, and to deepen engagement with industry, farmer groups, collaborators, funding bodies and alumni.
The Institute’s educa- tion and outreach activi- ties include the annual Postgraduate Showcase, Industry Forum, Public Lectures, and various ac- tivities at the UWA Farm in Ridgefield.
“More than 130 people visited the UWA Farm for Pingelly Astrofest in 2018, which was hosted in con- junction with the Inter- national Centre for Radio Astronomy Research and SciTech,” P rofessor Sid- dique said.
“In 2018, there was also a field tour of the UWA Farm for around 40 del- egates of Australia’s pre- mier lamb industry expo, LambEx.”
For more information, download an electronic copy of The UWA Insti- tute of Agriculture Annu- al Research Report 2018 www.ioa.uwa.edu.au/pub lications/annual-research- report
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