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Bill Casey of Botanical Resources Australia in Ulverstone, Tasmania, grows pyrethrum daisy for its valuable insecticide.
Having put home-grown duck firmly on the Australian dinner plate, over the past two decades Pepe Bonaccordo has been cementing the future growth of the industry by developing and enforcing uncompromising standards on biosecurity, food safety and animal welfare.
Richard and Jacquie Halliday from Bordertown, South Australia demonstrate that when it comes to managing ovine Johne’s disease (OJD), good communication is their biosecurity weapon of choice.
New South Wales sheep producer and 2010 Biosecurity Farmer of the Year finalist, Terry Hayes, was a pioneer of biosecurity farming practices long before he knew what the term meant.
For 2010 Biosecurity Farmer of the Year finalist, Jim Cudmore of Kerwee Lot Feeders, of Jondaryan in south-east Queensland, biosecurity is part of their everyday thinking and is one form of insurance their business cannot ignore.
Tasmanian bee keeper Lindsay Bourke was a finalist in the plant category of the 2013 Biosecurity Farmer of the Year Award.
Lindsay Bourke, Tasmania’s biggest beekeeper, is on a mission to keep Australia’s honey the best-tasting, purest and safest in the world.
