Rural Business October '24

Market insight

Project aims to boost nitrogen in chickpeas and mungbeans

Nov. 16, 2024 | 2 min read

The GRDC-supported International Legume Inoculant Genebank (ILIG) at Murdoch University, led by Dr Jason Terpolilli, will spearhead efforts to characterise rhizobia strains in their collection.

Market insight

Understanding germination to improve yields

Nov. 15, 2024 | 2 min read

New research from La Trobe has identified ways to create more consistent seed growth across a season, ensuring bigger harvest yields for crop growers.

Market insight - Resistance management

Can weeds adapt to harvest weed seed control?

Nov. 14, 2024 | 4 min read

Research agronomist with the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative Dr Mike Ashworth said there is evidence long-term, consistent use of harvest weed seed control can result in patches of weeds that possess an evasion trait, including shedding seeds early, before harvest.

Market insight - Resistance management

When to mix and when to rotate

Nov. 13, 2024 | 5 min read

The mix-and-rotate WeedSmart Big 6 tactic aims to increase diversity within a herbicide program to delay and manage herbicide resistance. While rotating modes of action is relatively simple, mixing is much more complicated.

Market insight

Unlock potential with K-humate

Nov. 12, 2024 | 3 min read

K-humate is a highly concentrated source of humic acids which is sourced and produced in Australia. The product’s high quality and proven performance is now well recognised all over the world.

Market insight

Using natures nitrogen with N-Leaf

Nov. 11, 2024 | 2 min read

Nitrogen needs and usage efficiency can be important levers to understand and support. With growers needing more access to natural, organic sources, biofertilisers like N-Leaf give them an option to support their crops nitrogen needs using natural bacteria.

Market insight

Key fertiliser prices coming off the boil

Nov. 8, 2024 | 3 min read

Prices for the three major fertilisers used by Australian farmers – nitrogen, phosphates and potash – have gradually eased from the highs seen in 2022, following the sharp spike in global fertiliser prices with the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war. Report co-author and RaboResearch agriculture analyst Paul Joules said high fertiliser have begun to slowly flatten out.

Market insight

Research to assess financial impacts of organic wastes as fertilisers

Nov. 7, 2024 | 2 min read

A study by a Charles Sturt University agribusiness academic explores on farm variable inputs in southern NSW to establish the economic benefits of the use of organic matter in agriculture.

Commentary

Farming confidence on the rebound

Nov. 7, 2024 | 4 min read

Rabobank group executive for country banking Australia, Marcel van Doremaele says more promising market signals, particularly in the livestock sectors, along with positive seasonal conditions and production outlooks in many parts of the country, had resulted in farmers taking an overall more bullish view this quarter.

Merchandise

Spotlight shines the light on labor saving

Nov. 6, 2024 | 3 min read

Barrick Parker, of Gundagai Vineyards, used Spotlight® Plus Herbicide in preference to manual labour to control suckers at the base of the vines.

Cattle health - Merchandise

Innovative new weapon in bloat control

Nov. 6, 2024 | 3 min read

Leaders in ruminant nutrition innovation, Wagga Wagga based AusFarm Nutrition Products (ANP), have been working with cattle and sheep producers for almost two decades to boost the productivity and profitability of extensive grazing systems.

Merchandise

Elite varieties unveiled by AGT for 2025

Nov. 5, 2024 | 4 min read

Australia’s largest plant breeding company, Australian Grain Technologies (AGT), has recently announced the release of seven new field crop varieties, available for the 2025 season.

Merchandise

Get coverage from A-Z for blowfly and lice control.

Nov. 5, 2024 | 2 min read

With a big blowfly season ahead of us, blowfly prevention product use is going to once again be heavily relied upon. Many producers are now reporting the need for more than one product application to get them through a season.

Rural Business

Nufarm celebrates Crucial’s home soil wins

Nov. 4, 2024 | 2 min read

Crucial is on track to be the biggest product ever in its market segment for 2024.

Management

Create high-performing teams by merging belonging and performance

Nov. 4, 2024 | 3 min read

Georgia Russell says finding ways for people to feel a sense of belonging and achieve high performance is essential for fostering a workplace where employees feel valued and motivated while driving organisational success.

Rural Business

Omnia’s success starts in Australia

Nov. 3, 2024 | 8 min read

For Omnia’s scientists, extracting humic and fulvic acids from brown coal is a little like alchemy – they take in incredibly base material and turn it into a glistening object of desire.

Rural Business

What you need to know about barley stripe rust

Nov. 1, 2024 | 4 min read

Barley stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp hordei) poses a significant threat to wheat and barley production globally. Although not present in Australia, the grains industry is going to great lengths to keep this damaging disease from being introduced.

Rural Business

Nutrien triples manufacturing capacity

Nov. 1, 2024 | 2 min read

Nutrien Ag Solutions has started work to establish a new plant nutrition, crop chemical and animal health manufacturing facility in Laverton, Victoria. The facility will have the capacity to produce critical farming inputs for growers on the east coast of Australia.

Fertilisers - Rural Business

Annual conference highlights the future of fertiliser

Oct. 31, 2024 | 5 min read

Cairns served as a vibrant backdrop for Fertilizer Australia's annual conference in September, with over 200 delegates from the fertiliser and agricultural industries gathered under the theme "Sustaining Soil Health - Cultivating a Sustainable Future."

Rural Business

Green light for Trigall field trials

Oct. 29, 2024 | 2 min read

Careful regulatory oversight to allow genetically modified wheat trials is important for the sustainability of the Australian grains industry.

Rural Business

ASF hosts largest conference in history

Oct. 29, 2024 | 4 min read

The Australian Seed Federation (ASF) this year hosted its largest conference, with more than 170 attendees from across the country.

Rural Business

Early BASF carbon trial results

Oct. 28, 2024 | 2 min read

In a recently published report, BASF has shared the first results from its multi-year global carbon field trials.

Rural Business

Community Paddock expands to South Australia

Oct. 28, 2024 | 2 min read

BASF’s Community Paddock initiative continues into its third year with the announcement of its newest location – Maitland in South Australia.

On The Move

New role at 7 Worlds Ag

Oct. 27, 2024 | 1 min read

The former Grochem Australia, now named 7 Worlds Ag, is growing from strength to strength with the appointment of William Jury to the new role of key account manager.

On The Move

Yara appoints two regional managers

Oct. 26, 2024 | 2 min read

Leading fertiliser manufacturer, Yara Australia, has announced the appointment of Chris McClarron and Paul Crack as new regional sales managers for Queensland/Northern NSW and Victoria/Tasmania, respectively.

Agsafe

Is your AgVet certification still valid?

Oct. 25, 2024 | 2 min read

If you’re working in agriculture, your training should include safe handling procedures, understanding of chemical labelling and safety data sheets (SDS), knowledge of first aid measures in case of exposure, and an understanding of legal requirements.

On The Move

GRDC welcomes SA grower as chair

Oct. 25, 2024 | 2 min read

South Australian grain grower Sharon Starick has been announced as the new board chair at GRDC.

Agribusiness - News

Invasive species cost NSW $1.9 billion annually

Oct. 24, 2024 | 2 min read

Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.

Agribusiness - Cotton - News

Australian cotton planting underway

Oct. 24, 2024 | 2 min read

Planting is underway across much of Australia’s cotton growing regions with some crops already out of the ground in warmer climates, some growers holding back for warmer weather while some in tropical areas won’t be planting until rain begins to fall.

Agribusiness - News

Hi-tech spy gear targets bumblebee secrets

Oct. 23, 2024 | 2 min read

Bumblebees in Tasmania are being geared up with micro radio transmitters and cameras to help scientists uncover their environmental impact and crucial role in crop pollination.

Agribusiness - News

Regen farming unlocks potential

Oct. 23, 2024 | 2 min read

There’s been a surge in the number of farmers pooling their resources with their neighbours to aggregate their market power and capitalise on economic and environmental impacts of regenerative farming.

Fungicides - Merchandise

Infinito drives better performance on key diseases in Tasmania

Oct. 22, 2024 | 4 min read

Efficiency is key for a large vegetable growing operation such as Premium Fresh, which produces a range of crops across the north of Tasmania. The spray program to manage key diseases needs to quickly control damaging problems such as downy mildew in onions and brassicas, while working with the wet conditions often seen in the region.

Merchandise

Triple drench working for the next generation

Oct. 21, 2024 | 4 min read

Triguard triple combination drench for sheep, with abamectin, delivers the potency of macrocyclic lactone without the persistency of moxidectin.

Market insight - Resistance management

Northern fallow weed control hits the spot

Oct. 20, 2024 | 3 min read

Northern croppers have a lot to think about when applying broadleaf herbicides on winter and summer fallows.

Market insight - Resistance management

Eye to the future with insect resistance trends

Oct. 20, 2024 | 4 min read

It wasn’t long ago various brassica growing areas of the country were facing massive insect resistance pressure before the arrival of new insecticide technologies, and it’s a reminder to be careful with latest management programs into the future.

Merchandise

Review your buffalo fly control now

Oct. 19, 2024 | 4 min read

Beef and dairy producers in northern Australia have been advised to urgently review their buffalo fly control program following the de-registration of several products containing the active ingredient, diazinon.

Fungicides - Merchandise

Verpixo proves a boon for botrytis control

Oct. 18, 2024 | 3 min read

Wine and table grape growers have brand new chemistry available for the costly diseases botrytis and powdery mildew, with Corteva Agriscience’s flexible, highly effective fungicide, Verpixo Adavelt active, entering the market and the Australian Wine Research Institute’s updated Dog Book.