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What you need to know about barley stripe rust

Nov. 1, 2024 | 4 min read
Barley stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp hordei) poses a significant threat to wheat and barley production globally. Although not present in Australia, the grains industry is going to great lengths to keep this damaging disease from being introduced.
Fertilisers - Rural Business

Annual conference highlights the future of fertiliser

Oct. 31, 2024 | 5 min read
Cairns served as a vibrant backdrop for Fertilizer Australia's annual conference in September, with over 200 delegates from the fertiliser and agricultural industries gathered under the theme "Sustaining Soil Health - Cultivating a Sustainable Future."
Rural Business

Green light for Trigall field trials

Oct. 29, 2024 | 2 min read
Careful regulatory oversight to allow genetically modified wheat trials is important for the sustainability of the Australian grains industry.
Rural Business

ASF hosts largest conference in history

Oct. 29, 2024 | 4 min read
The Australian Seed Federation (ASF) this year hosted its largest conference, with more than 170 attendees from across the country.
Rural Business

Early BASF carbon trial results

Oct. 28, 2024 | 2 min read
In a recently published report, BASF has shared the first results from its multi-year global carbon field trials.
Rural Business

Community Paddock expands to South Australia

Oct. 28, 2024 | 2 min read
BASF’s Community Paddock initiative continues into its third year with the announcement of its newest location – Maitland in South Australia.
Rural Business

Syngenta brings viticulture industry together

Oct. 5, 2024 | 3 min read
The seasons can be long and the opportunities to gather few and far between.  Rarer still, do viticulturists from across the breadth of Australia’s growing regions get the chance to meet face-to-face. Syngenta coordinated such an occasion, in July, dedicated to them and in part to thank nearly 100 guests for taking a keen interest in three pipeline Syngenta fungicides.
Rural Business

Incite Pivot unveils upgraded facility

Oct. 4, 2024 | 2 min read
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) has unveiled its newly upgraded fertiliser import and distribution facility at Portland in regional Victoria, following a $20 million investment in the site.
Rural Business

$4 million to tackle septoria in oats

Oct. 3, 2024 | 3 min read
A new research consortium has been established to close knowledge gaps around Septoria avenae leaf blotch, a significant disease in Australian oat crops.
Fungicides - Rural Business

New test, new detection for fungicide resistance

Oct. 2, 2024 | 3 min read
Researchers at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new method for detecting fungicide resistance enabling them to detect multiple mutations, both known and novel, in just one test.
Rural Business

Workshops maximise grower profitability

Oct. 1, 2024 | 2 min read
A series of harvester workshops run across the WA grain belt have brought together harvester specialists, industry experts and researchers to give grain growers the latest advice ahead of this season’s harvest.
Rural Business

Cotton Australia awards

Sept. 30, 2024 | 5 min read
The Cotton industry’s top awards have been announced at the glamour event of the biennial Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast, the 2024 Awards Dinner, with the top two awards going to Queenslanders.
Rural Business

APVMA decisions on paraquat/diquat

Aug. 31, 2024 | 4 min read
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has published its proposed decisions on the reconsiderations of paraquat and diquat, non-selective herbicides used to control weeds in various agricultural, horticultural, and commercial situations.
Rural Business

Zoetis continues rural mental health support

Aug. 30, 2024 | 3 min read
With a commitment of $800,000 over the last eight years, Zoetis has been a steadfast supporter of Beyond Blue's vital services, which have seen more than 300,000 individuals reach out for assistance in 2023 alone.
Rural Business

Can drones provide early warning of herbicide resistance?

Aug. 29, 2024 | 3 min read
Finding time to scout for weeds or monitor paddocks after a spray application is almost impossible as growers are typically managing larger cropping areas than ever before.

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Canberra commits to national food security
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MOU strengthens grain research
Stronger Rainbow ready to shine for Australian Industry
Fungus the frontline in flebane fight
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Winter cropping Insights
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