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New products to mark OCP’s 30 years in ag

Organic Crop Protectants (OCP) is this year celebrating 30 years of servicing the needs of both certified organic and conventional wine grape producers.
Read full storyUpdated risk management advice for Septoria

Growers in the high rainfall zones of southern Australia have a new resource to help guide their management when it comes to the serious wheat disease Septoria tritici blotch (STB).
Read full storySeeking grower and agronomist insights on fungicide resistance

A new network established by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is seeking to understand the level of knowledge grain growers and advisers have when it comes to managing fungicide resistance. The Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN) has been set up to provide growers with the information support they need to reduce the emergence and manage the impacts of fungicide resistance.
Read full storyGrower project confirms widespread fungicide resistance to net blotch in southern WA

First-year results from a unique project have confirmed fungicide resistance to both spot and net forms of net blotch in barley is widespread in southern areas of Western Australia’s grainbelt, with findings of reduced sensitivity or fungicide resistance the dominant situation.
Read full storyAdvice for farmers on resistance management now available online

CropLife Australia has released its updated Resistance Management Strategies for fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.
Read full storyEarly-sown canola may escape blackleg

Canola crops sown early in warm conditions over recent weeks may escape potentially severe blackleg disease during the growing season.
Read full storyIndependent science based regulation needs defending from activist attacks and community ignorance

In an address to the inaugural international conference on the regulation of agvet chemicals and technologies at the University of New England, Chief Executive Officer of the peak industry organisation for the plant science sector, Matthew Cossey, declared that Independent science-based regulation needs defending from activist attacks and community ignorance.
Read full storyBayer launches latest fungicide innovation, iblon technology

Bayer announced today that its latest fungicide innovation marketed under the iblon™ technology brand has received first registration worldwide from the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries.
Read full storyCommercially reared bees deliver active ingredient to protect crops

Bee Vectoring Technologies International has announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Clonostachys rosea CR-7 (CR-7) for use as a fungicide on commercial crops.
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