Queensland beef producers are willing to participate in schemes that offer payments for environmental services, but a lack of support with paperwork is holding them back says CSU social researcher Associate Professor Vaughan Higgins.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers are racing the clock to learn more about a virus threatening the world's last remaining Orange Bellied Parrots.

The federal government's drought relief package will be of limited benefit to rural communities according to Charles Sturt University (CSU) experts.CSU Professor of Economics John Hicks said the current crisis affected whole communities, but the package offered little for those not directly involved in farming.CSU researcher Dr Merrilyn Crichton said poor implementation of previous drought relief had left rural communities sceptical about the current package.

Four emerging Papua New Guinea (PNG) scientists have begun a CSU training program designed to address a critical shortage of veterinarians in their country.

The Australian wine industry is being hailed as the winner from more than $3.5 million in new research funding secured by the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre.

It is a well worn path from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga to Vietnam's Mekong Delta for research student Mr David Gale, but it will be made a little easier in 2014 with the assistance of a prestigious scholarship.

The efforts of horse owners should be praised, even though there has been a spread of infection of horses with Equine Influenza (EI) virus within infected areas, according to Charles Sturt University (CSU) veterinary science lecturer Dr Sharanne Raidal.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) has secured Australian Research Council (ARC) funding to establish a new $2.15 million Centre for food science research.

A network of commercial vineyards in Griffith, Orange and Tumbarumba have partnered with the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC) as part of a major research program to compare cool and warm climate wines.