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STartUP cereal crops after the wet harvest

Seed treatments & coatings Seeds Feb. 28, 2023



With the potential for another wet start to the planting season, the seed being used for this year’s planting may be impacted with a number of issues such as water stress (either too much or perhaps too little), insects or diseases.

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Sow certainty on farm with proven endophyte

Seed treatments & coatings Seeds Feb. 27, 2023



Endophytes can take pasture performance and persistence to the next level by protecting pastures from insects after your seed treatment wears off.

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New EverGol Energy gets the tick of approval

Seed treatments & coatings Seeds Feb. 25, 2023



The trialing of the new EverGol Energy formulation in the field has shown it’s a winner for grain growers, seed grader operators and agronomists, according to Bayer.

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Syngenta announces TYMIRIUM technology brand

Agribusiness Seed treatments & coatings May 18, 2020



Syngenta is proud to unveil the TYMIRIUM™ technology platform brand in Europe and Latin America. It is a novel nematicide and fungicide technology under development for both seed- and soil-applied uses.

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Increase pulse inoculant in dry conditions this season

Biologicals Seed treatments & coatings Winter cropping March 26, 2020



Growers planning to dry sow pulses on soils responsive to inoculation this season are encouraged to double the rate of peat inoculant or use a granular inoculant which delivers a high number of rhizobia at sowing to increase the likelihood of successful nodulation and nitrogen fixation.

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Independent science based regulation needs defending from activist attacks and community ignorance

Fungicides Herbicide & fungicide resistance Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides Post-emergent herbicides Seed treatments & coatings Seeds Feb. 19, 2020



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.

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Granular legume inoculant revolutionises sowing

Seed treatments & coatings Feb. 17, 2020



Alosca Technologies’ bentonite clay-based granular inoculant, developed for Australian conditions, has revolutionised the way pasture and cropping legumes are sown.

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Leading grains industry body to join research collaboration

Seed treatments & coatings Nov. 4, 2019



Research into effectiveness of new compound for protecting stored grain is underway.

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

Seed treatments & coatings Winter cropping June 5, 2019



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.

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