Acting Hub Manager @ProfJohnMcVeigh says "look out, we're underway" to deliver on both the #drought resilience work and also #aginnovation for the Hub region.
New Trigger poll merino client from last year sent me these photos today.First progeny from trial he is running on two different sire lines joined over same ewes he purchased from WA.Makes a lifetime of work developing a easy care, mulse free maternally focused merino worthwhile
This just shows once more how out of touch Michael McCormack and the Federal National Party is. Farmers are leading the way with climate solutions and agriculture can reach net zero well before 2050 and create 1000s of jobs along the way.
A seaweed that reduces methane emissions from livestock is moving to commercial trials in Tasmania.
The native Asparagopsis seaweed can reduce methane emissions by 80% when fed to cows in small doses.
READ MORE: https://t.co/vesPGggvQi
Watching @InsidersABC - hands wringing about “how do we get to net zero by 2050?” Bottom line is if we don’t get there the planet will be uninhabitable for billions of people. How do we get there? Answer is plain:
"Australian scientists warned the country could face a climate change-driven bushfire crisis by 2020. It arrived on schedule" - Will Steffen https://t.co/pOuhM80u67
#climatechange#auspol
"Everything that experts, fire chiefs, insurance companies, environmentalists and climate scientists had predicted – all of the warnings that Coalition MPs had mocked, minimised, ignored – was proven correct" - @NickFeik https://t.co/1Ahzpv04bi
#climatechange#climateaction
@abcnews@InsidersABC@David_Speers@ScottMorrisonMP ScoMo - The country is telling you we need to “up” our commitment to emissions reductions. Take leadership on the world stage and reinstate our reputation as a country that punches above it weight!
@abcnews@InsidersABC@David_Speers@ScottMorrisonMP ScoMo you are justifying your late response to the catastrophic effects of climate change. Not once in this disaster have you talked about addressing the cause - climate change!!
“ If you ignore the science when building a bridge, the bridge collapses.
If you ignore the science when building a plane, the plane crashes”
- Professor Ross Garnaut
Responsible for the 2008 Garnaut Climate Change Review.
Our take away ?
Don’t ignore the science.
The darkest orange is the area that had its hottest daytime temperatures on record (data back to 1910) for December just gone. I’ve never seen anything like it.
https://t.co/cQ85IKET9r
Wow this made me proud to be in agriculture and to be a woman contributing to it. Have a look at this clip. You'll see some you know in it. @ABCoppin@NicoleBatten2 https://t.co/nDMlNlXUOz