Turf 'n' Surf

Turf 'n' Surf

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Turf 'n' Surf episodes

  • Taste Farm Life
    In this episode of Turf'n'Surf, we'll look at how holiday makers are harvesting new holiday experiences, how a crop of Queensland agripreneurs are reaping the rewards of an innovative approach to their business, and how Queensland's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is sowing the seeds for a vibrant agritourism industry that allows holiday makers and tourists to taste farm life.
    20 min
  • GRASS - A truly green solution
    In this episode of Turf'n'Surf, we'll look at a Queensland Government initiative that is assisting graziers improve the condition of poor and degraded land in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas.
    17 min
  • Eradicating varroa mites - the sweetest success.
    This episode of Turf'n'Surf, looks at the impact of varroa mites on the honey industry overseas, how Biosecurity Queensland has successfully eradicated varroa mites detected in Townsville, and what the Queensland Government is doing to take the sting out of varroa mites.
    21 min
  • SIPS - A licence to fish
    This episode of Turf 'n' Surf looks at how Queensland's Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme, known as SIPS, supports the stocking of registered freshwater impoundments.
    19 min
  • COVID-safe farming
    This episode of Turf 'n' Surf looks at why all Queensland agribusinesses, commercial fishing businesses and agriculture labour hire companies that employ seasonal workers need a workplace health management plan and what happens when a seasonal worker tests positive to COVID-19.
    20 min
  • DCAP: Filling the missing link
    This episode of Turf 'n' Surf looks at how Queensland's producers are managing climate events like drought, how science is helping producers adapt and what the Queensland Government is doing to support the state's producers through the Drought and Climate Adaptation Program (DCAP).
    You'll hear from a 40-year veteran of Queensland's agriculture industry, Rick Sutton, who runs three farms in the Lockyer Valley; Dr Chelsea Jarvis, a research fellow from the University of Southern Queensland's Centre for Applied Climate Sciences and Neil Cliffe, Senior Industry Development Officer with Queensland's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
    Find out how the DCAP is helping producers adapt and better manage drought and climate impacts.
    20 min
  • Bending banana's battle against Panama TR4
    Welcome to Turf 'n' Surf, a podcast that tells stories in Queensland's farming, fishing, biosecurity and forestry sectors.
    This episode is about how Queensland's banana growers, the banana industry and the Queensland Government are managing the impacts of Panama disease tropical race 4, known as Panama TR4. Panama TR4 is a serious fungul disease of bananas and is one of the greatest threats to worldwide banana production.
    20 min

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The official podcast of Queensland's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Turf 'n' Surf explores issues, trends and innovations in Queensland's farming, fishing, forestry and biosecurity sectors.