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Grower discovers how MIRAVIS Duo fungicide protects peanut yield

Dec. 20, 2024 | 3 min read

It’s not often you get the perfect demonstration of the difference a well-timed fungicide spray can make. But for peanut grower Rod Grant, accidentally missing a strip when spraying convinced him his investment in MIRAVIS Duo fungicide from Syngenta was worth every cent.

Bayer Horticulture Researcher of the Year

Dec. 19, 2024 | 3 min read

Winning against ryegrass resistance

Dec. 18, 2024 | 4 min read

Going off-grid? Go Gallagher

Dec. 18, 2024 | 4 min read

Haifa makes a global statement on industry’s future

Dec. 16, 2024 | 5 min read

Motti Levin isn’t pulling any punches about the future of farming. Here for this month’s 2024 Almonds Australia conference, the head of Israel’s Haifa Group told Rural Business things have to change if the whole industry is going to go anywhere near what the world is expecting in the next 50 years.

Movers & Shakers

Freshcare board loses two directors

Dec. 12, 2024 | 2 min read

Freshcare has thanked and acknowledged two retiring long-serving board members in Gail Woods and Graham McAlpine.

Let Merlin cast a spell on your RMS

Dec. 11, 2024 | 4 min read

If you want the latest technology in your business – without the cost of having an IT department to make sure it works – you will be spellbound by Merlin Software.

Key to success of glyphosate tolerant canola

Dec. 10, 2024 | 3 min read

The expertise of Wayne and Brodie Williams in canola hybrid seed production has been critical to maximising the availability of DG Buller G for distribution.

Movers & Shakers

New CEO for peak crop body

Dec. 9, 2024 | 2 min read

Australian Crop Breeders, the peak body representing Australia’s field crop breeders, has announced the appointment of Dr Narelle Moore as its inaugural CEO.

Warning signs of a toxic culture and what to do about it

Dec. 6, 2024 | 3 min read

Toxic culture is the biggest risk facing every organisation today. Yet many senior leaders, despite there being a story about culture every week in the media, are refusing to take it seriously.

Global action on antimicrobial resistance

Dec. 5, 2024 | 2 min read

As the peak body representing Australia's animal health industry, Animal Medicines Australia welcomes and endorses the United Nations Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).

Movers & Shakers

New manager for CCC

Dec. 4, 2024 | 2 min read

Colin Campbell (Chemicals) has appointed Andrew Wardle as the new area manager for southern South Australia and Victoria

Conan - a weed control barbarian

Dec. 4, 2024 | 4 min read

In an ongoing battle with some hard-to-kill weeds, business partners Robert Eveleigh and Gary Coulton started investigating their options for fallow weed detection and spot spraying on their properties in the Bellata area of northern NSW.

ChemClear collection in Victoria

Dec. 3, 2024 | 2 min read

Agsafe is excited to announce an upcoming ChemClear collection event in Victoria, offering agricultural producers and businesses a crucial opportunity to safely and responsibly dispose of unwanted or obsolete agricultural chemicals.

Agribusiness - News

Alliance offers fertile ground

Dec. 2, 2024 | 3 min read

The sustainable manufacture of bio-based herbicides is the target of a $1.3 million international collaboration initiated by the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA).

Unlocking AI potential

Dec. 2, 2024 | 2 min read

AI convert Charles Simons says technology has helped in cost saving and crop saving in the vineyard.

Agribusiness - News

Mixed priced trends for ag commodities

Dec. 1, 2024 | 2 min read

Australian wheat, canola and sugar were among the agricultural commodities to experience price gains in September, according to NAB’s October Rural Commodities Wrap.

Greeneye gives green light to field trials

Dec. 1, 2024 | 4 min read

Greeneye Technology, the pioneer of AI-enabled precision spraying technology proven to reduce non-residual herbicide use in farming by an average of 87 per cent has announced its first field trials outside the US.

If glypho doesn’t work on volunteer canola there’s CALLISTO

Nov. 29, 2024 | 3 min read

Managing volunteer canola in the cereal phase can be a tricky proposition, especially where RoundUp Ready varieties negate the effectiveness of glyphosate applications in the fallow phase.

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