The Morrison Government is committing $20 million to boost on-farm biosecurity and traceability systems as part of our plan for a stronger future.
Member for Wannon, Dan Tehan and said sound traceability and biosecurity starts on the farm and is foundational to Australia’s national biosecurity.
“Mr Tehan said our ability to trace livestock and agricultural products quickly and effectively is fundamental to robust biosecurity and food safety systems, as well as critical to our agricultural export certification process.”
“Biosecurity is a key pillar of industry’s $100 billion by 2030 goal – this is a great opportunity for our producers in Wannon to uplift their biosecurity efforts.”
Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud said “effective on-farm biosecurity practices and the ability to trace agricultural products is critical to protecting farm gate returns and supporting new and continued access to export markets.”
“We’ll offer up to three rounds of grant funding for activities that will support industry and producers to prepare for, mitigate against and respond to biosecurity risks.
“These grants will be delivered in partnership with interested state and territory governments, so they will be able to tackle the issues of greatest importance in their respective jurisdictions.
