Industry placemat: Jackfruit

Emerging Industries

Industry placemat: Truffles

This placemat serves as a resource for those interested in the emerging Australian-truffle industry. Within this placemat, you’ll find essential fast facts alongside the fundamental...

Emerging Industries

This placemat serves as a resource for those interested in the emerging Australian jackfruit industry. Within this placemat, you’ll find essential fast facts alongside the...

Industrial Hemp

Industrial Hemp Variety Trials: Results from The University of Sydney Stanthorpe trial site for the 2023-24 growing season

Australia’s climate and agronomic conditions are conducive to cultivating industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L., i.e. low-tetrahydrocannabinol hemp. The approval of hemp seed for human consumption...

Seaweed and Algae

Biosecurity for the Australian seaweed industry

The Australian seaweed industry has a vision to be a $1.5 billion industry by 2040, driven by increasing demand for sustainable food, bioactive compounds and...

Industrial Hemp

Industrial Hemp Variety Trials: Results from the Manjimup trial site for the 2023-24 growing season

The resurgence of the industrial hemp industry, globally and within Australia, is being driven by hemp’s versatility, benefits and applications spanning food, textiles, building materials...

Industrial Hemp

Industrial Hemp Variety Trials: Results from The University of Sydney Narrabri trial site for the 2023-24 growing season

The Australian industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) industry is a developing sector with considerable potential for economic and environmental benefits. Interest in the cultivation of...

Emerging Industries

Taking the Australian date industry forward with locally sourced tissue-cultured planting material

Date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) were first grown in Australia in the 1880s, however due to low planting stock and limited production expertise, expansion across Australia...

Emerging Industries

Industrial Hemp Variety Trials: Results from the Hamilton SmartFarm trial site for the 2023-24 growing season

The industrial hemp industry in Australia is emerging with significant potential, driven by the 2017 lifting of bans on hemp seed for human consumption. This...

Emerging Industries

Industrial Hemp Variety Trials: Results from the Loxton trial site for the 2023-24 growing season

The industrial hemp industry in Australia is rapidly emerging due to the diverse range of products that can be produced from the crop, including grain,...

Emerging Industries

Indigenous Grasslands for Grain: Quick Reference Guide for Native Grain Species

This booklet focuses on the grains harvested from grasslands (grasses, herbs and succulents). However, seeds from many shrubs and trees, particularly the acacias, were also...

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