It's suit science from derek guy

We are aware of the temporary suspension of Bonza flights.

We will immediately support any passengers stranded mid-journey by offering complimentary seats on Virgin Australia-operated flights to the airport nearest to their final planned Bonza destination.
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Great work Ben! Thanks for the cotton yarns.

Are you heading to Rocky for #BeefWeek24 ? 🐂🐃

Don't miss Queensland Farmers' Federation at the Walter Pierce Pavilion (W95)!
Drop in and say hi! 👋

‘More than 100 nests of venomous fire ants have been discovered on an army base west of Toowoomba in Queensland, sparking warnings that the potentially deadly pest may be spreading across Defence Force sites.’

This is TERRIBLE.

smh.com.au/politics/feder…

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Not a bad spot for sunset tonight …

Can you guess where?

Is anyone growing icecream bean fruit? (Inga densiflora)

Native bats should be celebrated like other Australian wildlife, ecologist says abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

'The Beyond Science Fiction' episode of The Financial Bloke (Ben Law) pocast is up - if you want more info on the amazing stuff enabled by genetic 🧬innovation - come to Cattle Australia breakfast on Monday May 6 Beef Australia and the 'Outnumbered' session on EBVs Wed 8 نون thefinancialbloke.com.au/podcasts01e69/

New OECD research shows strong social & emotional skills lead to both academic success & career aspirations that align with those skills.

What kind of skills drive students towards agriculture?
The study doesn't say, but it sparks the question! 🌾🌻🐞
bit.ly/4bcGZm1

Where chocolatey earth
meets a cottony canvas.
So fluffy and white.
A harvest awaits, beneath sun's golden light.

(How do you vaccinate bees against aggressive bacteria?)
'Worker bees eat candy with heat-killed P. larvae→ royal jelly→queen→queen’s gut, bits of the bacteria attach to a protein→transports the vaccine fragments to the ovaries→eggs→Larvae'
(!!)
sciencenews.org/article/honeyb…

Can confirm 5 year olds ask enough questions to make good agronomists! Remy is my main seed finder and weed chaser this year which is fun. Giving me hope one of my kids may inherit my love of agronomy 🌱

📈Increased land valuations lead to rate rise concerns for #QueenslandFarmers . Landholders who wish to discuss their valuation or lodge an objection must do so by 27 May 2024.

Read more in our President's Column below 👇
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#AgChatOz #Qld #Agriculture

The Invasive Species Council said it would have taken years for the fire ant colony at Oakey to grow to such a large size, revealing a “massive surveillance failure”.
“Defence facilities pose a high risk for spreading fire ants in cargo & vehicles.'
🔥🐜
theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Gillian Fennell Retweets do not equal endorsements etc

Bioluminescence evolved independently about 100 times in different lineages starting 540 million years ago. What a wonderful world scientificamerican.com/article/glow-i… by Meghan Bartels on Scientific American

I didn't get this at first (I thought, wut? peanuts?), but I just found out entomopathogenic fungi live off armyworm larvae, & produce aflatoxins. Nasty when they add up in large quantities over time (see
cabiagbio.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…). cc. missimericka :
twitter.com/DrLizaMD/statu…

Disastrous news from the Philippines- the Court of Appeals has sided with Greenpeace and the antis in blocking vit-A enhanced Golden Rice, which is now in widespread cultivation in the country. All planting must now stop, harming the interests of millions.
philrice.gov.ph/philrice-ackno…