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Data provision by Middle Kingdom in turmoil

May 19, 2021 | 4 min read
Mystery surrounds the sudden suspension of operations at one of China's primary agricultural data providers. This has left domestic and global merchants, analysts and brokers in the dark about all things agriculture in the Middle Kingdom. Cofeed is a Beijing-based private agricultural consultancy.
Agribusiness

Plant Science Industry welcomes continuation of Improved Access to Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals

May 13, 2021 | 2 min read
CropLife Australia welcomes the Morrison Government’s commitment to farming by extending the Improved Access to Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals program with a further $9 million over four years.
Agribusiness - Rural Business

GPA welcomes stronger biosecurity measures

May 4, 2021 | 2 min read
Australia’s peak national grain grower advocacy group has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement today of stronger measures to protect their industry from devastation, with a $371 million biosecurity package in the upcoming Budget. Grain Producers Australia Deputy Chair and Western Australian grain farmer, Barry Large, said the investment program was another positive step towards modernising national biosecurity with stronger preventative measures.
Agribusiness

Snapshot confirms agriculture’s ability to adapt and grow

Feb. 25, 2021 | 2 min read
A new ABARES report today confirms agriculture has been one of the Australian economy’s standout performers in recent decades.
Agribusiness

Forecast of near record 51.5m tonne national winter crop

Dec. 1, 2020 | 2 min read
New South Wales is on the verge of a record-breaking winter crop, with forecast production of more than 17.6 million tonnes driving near all-time high production prospects for Australia overall. The ABARES Australian Crop Report - December 2020 forecasts a 76 per cent rise in Australia’s 2020-21 winter crop production to 51.5 million tonnes, second only to the record 56.7 million tonnes in 2016–17.
Agribusiness

BOM's outlook suggests a wet summer. But never rule out fire

Nov. 25, 2020 | 4 min read
Summer is set to be wet, according to the official outlook from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Despite it being relatively dry over the past few weeks the La Niña declared back in September is still strong, according to BOM senior climatologist Andrew Watkins. At the moment, short-term climate drivers are conspiring to keep things dry, giving farmers a handy window to try and get the crop out.
Agribusiness - Rural Business

Agchem Safety Week – Industry Insights 24 Nov

Nov. 12, 2020 | 1 min read
Agsafe to host virtual presentation of two passionate advocates.
Agribusiness

We’re back! Australia on track for above-average winter crop

Oct. 22, 2020 | 6 min read
Australia is on track for a major recovery in grain production, with the winter harvest set to come in at above-average levels, according to just-released forecasts by agribusiness specialist Rabobank. In its Australian Winter Crop Production Outlook 2020/2021, the agribusiness bank says after three successive years of below-average production due to drought in many parts of the country, Australia’s “long-awaited grain production recovery is here”, with the nation expected to harvest 47.4 million tonnes of winter grains, oilseeds and pulses this year.
Agribusiness - Tropical agriculture & sugar cane

Potential to expand horticultural industries in Northern Australia

Oct. 1, 2020 | 1 min read
Northern Australia has long been regarded as an important gateway to the Asian market. However, due to Australia’s focus on supplying the domestic market, horticultural industries in the region have yet to take full advantage of international market opportunities.
Agribusiness

Agriculture’s crop-led recovery on track despite COVID-19

Sept. 15, 2020 | 2 min read
Agriculture's crop-led recovery from drought remains on track but falling prices and global economic uncertainty from COVID-19 is forecast to temper earnings. ABARES’ September Agriculture Commodities report released today finds that the gross value of production is forecast to stay unchanged at $61 billion despite a significant rebound in crop production.
Agribusiness

Mapping grain paddocks from space

Aug. 10, 2020 | 2 min read
Scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have solved a farming challenge using artificial intelligence to identify the boundary of every individual paddock in Australia’s grain growing region from space – around 1.7 million of them.
Agribusiness

Rabobank rolls out world-first virtual rural property valuations technology in Australia

July 20, 2020 | 1 min read
Global food and agribusiness bank Rabobank has rolled out world-first technology enabling virtual rural property valuations from CSIRO-backed start-up Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) in Australia.
Agribusiness

Grants program aids cotton communities

July 13, 2020 | 2 min read
Australian cotton growers can again nominate local not-for-profit and community organisations to receive $150,000 in grants for projects to benefit the communities in which they live and work.
Agribusiness

Beef – during and beyond COVID-19

June 30, 2020 | 3 min read
As parts of the world cautiously ease out of lockdown and reassess COVID-19’s impact on the beef sector, Rabobank’s latest global Beef Quarterly has revised down its global beef production outlook, and forecasts slowing beef demand in a declining economy.
Agribusiness - Water supply & irrigation

Agtech Australian first: more crop per drop

June 18, 2020 | 2 min read
A new partnership between Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and local agtech company Goanna Ag will see sensors and analytics combined to maximise every drop of irrigation water used to grow crops.

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