Rural Business News

Fertilisers - Market insight

Fulvic acid the natural growth builder

April 8, 2024 | 2 min read

Seasol’s Trilogy fulvic acid product is organically certified and combined with Kelp (Seasol), for root growth and increase tolerance to plant stress

Summer cropping

Qld summer crops take hit from dry: ABARES

Sept. 16, 2023 | 2 min read

Summer crop production in Queensland is forecast to decline by 36% to 1.6 million tonnes in 2023–24 to around the 10-year average, with big reductions in sorghum and cotton production, according to ABARES Australian Crop Report: September edition.

Summer cropping

Improved 2,4-D widens weed control options

Sept. 15, 2023 | 4 min read

Colex-D herbicide, which is an advanced 2,4-D formulation, is providing better options for agronomist Adrian Nelson at NU Rural, Quirindi on the New South Wales Liverpool Plains.

Summer cropping - Technology in agriculture

Customers love Wengfu fertbook Dealer module

Sept. 14, 2023 | 3 min read

Wengfu Australia continues to lead the industry with faster more efficient ways for their customers to access their fertiliser requirements.

Summer cropping

New tool to forecast fall armyworm migrations

Sept. 14, 2023 | 2 min read

The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a moth pest native to the Americas that causes major damage to economically important grains such as maize, rice, sorghum, sugarcane, and wheat, as well as other vegetable crops and cotton.

Agribusiness - Fertilisers

New silicon fertiliser plant opens in Qld

June 9, 2023 | 3 min read

MaxSil – a Brisbane based manufacturer has just begun production of a new patented silicon fertiliser, made from recycled glass at its new $4 million, 15,000 tonne capacity Moreton Bay plant.

Agribusiness - Fertilisers

Fertiliser prices return to earth

June 7, 2023 | 2 min read

Farm fertiliser “affordability” is starting to improve across the globe, with a likely recovery in application in some regions in 2023, according to a recently released report.

Commentary - Fertilisers

Need for fertiliser labelling awareness campaign

May 18, 2023 | 3 min read

Fertilizer Australia will launch the national Fertiliser Labelling Awareness campaign in the coming months – and with good reason, writes Stephen Annells.

Agribusiness - Fertilisers

New CBH WA liquid fertiliser plant opens

May 3, 2023 | 3 min read

CBH has unveiled its new state-of-the-art facilities at the Kwinana grain terminal, including a transfer pipeline, a storage warehouse and tanks and administration office.

Fertilisers

Smart fertiliser boosts yield potential

April 21, 2023 | 3 min read

Lono, a specialised nitrogen fertiliser that is efficient and environmentally stable is gaining ground in the Australian tree crop sector as growers seek more sustainable options to improve marketable yields.

Agribusiness - Fertilisers

Fertilizer Australia Conference

April 4, 2023 | 1 min read

The Australian fertiliser industry’s highlight annual event – the 2023 Fertilizer Australia Conference is taking place in Adelaide from 12–14 September 2023.

Fertilisers

Reflect protects delicate crops from the sun

March 22, 2023 | 2 min read

With hotter summer temperatures and sunshine hours, crops and growers are under increasing thermic and hydric stress.

Fertilisers

Enzymes prove worth in Australia’s winter crops

March 21, 2023 | 4 min read

Trials across Australian crops over several seasons have consistently proved the economic and environmental advantages of adding specific enzymes for more efficient use of fertiliser and soil nutrients.

Fertilisers

'Chelates ain’t chelates' when feeding plants iron

March 20, 2023 | 3 min read

“Oils ain’t oils”, as many will long recall, and when it comes to supplying iron for plant nutrition according to your soil’s pH level, “chelates ain’t chelates” either.

Fertilisers

Wengfu Aust’s fertbook app is a game changer!

March 19, 2023 | 2 min read

Wengfu Australia continues to lead the industry with faster, more efficient ways for its customers to access their fertiliser requirements.