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Seeds - Winter cropping

BASF enters Australian wheat seed market

Aug. 9, 2019 | 2 min read

BASF to launch its first new wheat seed varieties onto the Australian market in 2021.

Winter cropping

Spot form net blotch disease found in Croppa Creek barley crops

Aug. 8, 2019 | 3 min read

Growers in Queensland and northern New South Wales are being warned to check their barley crops for disease, following reports of spot form net blotch (SFNB).

Herbicide & fungicide resistance - Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Post-emergent herbicides - Spraying equipment & application - Technology in agriculture

Agtech jobs on offer in farm robot company

July 22, 2019 | 2 min read

A team of specialised agtech robot designers and builders will be recruited in Central Queensland following grant funding from the Queensland Government.

Fertilisers - Post-emergent herbicides - Winter cropping

Wheat myth comes a cropper

June 27, 2019 | 2 min read

The myth that modern wheat varieties are more heavily reliant on pesticides and fertilisers than older varieties has been debunked by new research.

Winter cropping

Australia's winter crop forecast to jump 20 per cent says national forecaster ABARES

June 12, 2019 | 3 min read

Australia's winter crop will jump 20 per cent after a drought-ravaged season last year, according to the national forecaster. In its first crop report of the year, ABARES today tipped this year's winter crop to reach 36.4 million tonnes.

Seed treatments & coatings - Winter cropping

To treat, or not to treat seed for Russian wheat aphid

June 5, 2019 | 4 min read

Cereal growers in Queensland and northern New South Wales are being advised to carefully evaluate the need for seed treatments to protect against Russian wheat aphid (RWA) this season.

Fertilisers

Industrial jobs and $106 million investment secured at Incitec Pivot

June 4, 2019 | 2 min read

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has welcomed the announcement by industrial manufacturer Incitec Pivot that it has secured arrangements for the continued operation of its chemical plant near the Port of Brisbane and the jobs of the 400 workers at the plant, thanks to the Queensland Government’s domestic gas policy.

Winter cropping

Regulator issues licence authorising the limited and controlled release of chickpea genetically modified (GM) for drought and other environmental stress tolerance.

May 28, 2019 | 1 min read

The Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) and the licence were finalised taking into account input received during consultation with the public, State and Territory governments, Australian Government agencies, the Minister for the Environment, the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee and the local council.

Winter cropping

NVT winter crop planting underway in the north

May 23, 2019 | 3 min read

The National Variety Trials (NVT) program is off to a "better than anticipated" start in parts of Queensland and New South Wales thanks to early planting rain.

Winter cropping

Australia approves foreign grain imports for the first time in over a decade

May 15, 2019 | 1 min read

Australia will import foreign-grown grain for the first time since 2007, after the Department of Agriculture approved a permit to import bulk wheat from Canada.

Winter cropping

Canola blackleg breakthrough

May 7, 2019 | 2 min read

NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) researchers have identified genetic regions which could be used to develop new canola varieties with durable resistance to blackleg disease.

Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Winter cropping

Sakura remains king of pre-emergent herbicides

April 30, 2019 | 4 min read

Pre-emergent herbicide trials across the country last season have continued to show the consistent strength and reliability of Sakura herbicide for controlling annual ryegrass in a wide range of environments.

Winter cropping

Breakthrough in high-yield drought-resilient chickpeas

April 30, 2019 | 2 min read

A global study led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and involving scientists from The University of Western Australia has identified genes that can be used to develop drought and heat tolerant chickpeas.

Rural Business News

BASF enters Australian wheat seed market

Spot form net blotch disease found in Croppa Creek barley crops

Agtech jobs on offer in farm robot company

Wheat myth comes a cropper

Australia's winter crop forecast to jump 20 per cent says national forecaster ABARES

To treat, or not to treat seed for Russian wheat aphid

Industrial jobs and $106 million investment secured at Incitec Pivot

Regulator issues licence authorising the limited and controlled release of chickpea genetically modified (GM) for drought and other environmental stress tolerance.

NVT winter crop planting underway in the north

Australia approves foreign grain imports for the first time in over a decade

Canola blackleg breakthrough

Sakura remains king of pre-emergent herbicides

Breakthrough in high-yield drought-resilient chickpeas

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