Rural Business News

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.

Cotton - Seeds

Cotton Seed Distributors MD set to retire

July 17, 2023 | 1 min read

After decades of leading Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD) outstanding growth, Peter Graham will retire from the managing director position on 31 December 2023.

On The Move - Seeds

Seeds expert in global role at BASF Seeds

April 7, 2023 | 1 min read

After four years leading the Australian Seed Federation (ASF), Osman Mewett has joined BASF Agricultural Solutions as a global regulatory policy manager within the Seeds and Traits team.

Seed treatments & coatings - Seeds

STartUP cereal crops after the wet harvest

Feb. 28, 2023 | 3 min read

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.

Seed treatments & coatings - Seeds

Sow certainty on farm with proven endophyte

Feb. 27, 2023 | 3 min read

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

Seed treatments & coatings - Seeds

New EverGol Energy gets the tick of approval

Feb. 25, 2023 | 3 min read

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.

Merchandise - Summer cropping - Summer horticulture

New 2023 crop varieties

Feb. 20, 2023 | 2 min read

After the conclusion of the NSW harvest, growers are now turning their minds to which new crop varieties should be considered that may have the potential to improve yields or provide better disease resistance.

Summer cropping

Ask an expert: Crop competition on weeds

Dec. 28, 2022 | 4 min read

‘How does crop competition support other weed control tactics?’ with Chris Davey, WeedSmart southern extension agronomist.

Seeds

Breeders looking years ahead of grain harvest

Dec. 26, 2022 | 4 min read

As Australia’s grain harvest kicks off, activity is also building for the country’s crop breeders.

Seeds

Pasture Trials Network’s independent variety data

Dec. 26, 2022 | 3 min read

The Pasture Trials Network (PTN) offers independent, robust and up to date grazing feed-base variety performance information on a range of pastures.

Seeds

Nuseed’s dedicated team to support canola

Dec. 25, 2022 | 3 min read

Canola growers have even more choice than ever before, and seed companies are releasing new varieties each season that promise better yields and enhanced disease protection. So, helping a grower decide which variety is going to perform best in their specific growing conditions is a complex task for advisers.

Seeds

“Seeds are our business, our only business”

Dec. 25, 2022 | 3 min read

Tatiara Seeds has been in operation since 1976. It began in Bordertown (SA) in the heart of the Tatiara, with one processing plant and a single operator, Graham Ramsdale. Now Tatiara Seeds operates at both Bordertown and Keith with a total of 10 processing plants and employing over 40 people.