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Market insight - Summer cropping

Powerful, one-shot pest control in summer pulse and cotton crops

Sept. 19, 2025 | 4 min read
Controlling both sucking and chewing pests all in the one hit has been a positive move for northern croppers and the ability to do it in high value summer pulses as well as cotton has been a further bonus.
Market insight - Summer cropping

The Edge over Fall armyworm

Nov. 22, 2024 | 4 min read
Adam Harber has seen firsthand how much damage Fall armyworm can do to a crop and how quickly it can happen.
Market insight - Summer cropping

What’s the value of summer weed control?

Oct. 14, 2024 | 4 min read
Cindy Benjamin talks to independent agronomist Josh Hollitt, based on SA’s Eyre Peninsula. In areas with high evaporation rates over summer, it’s reasonable to think summer weeds might not significantly affect stored soil moisture.
Market insight - Summer cropping

$ummer Weeds investment

Oct. 12, 2024 | 3 min read
A new decision-support tool developed to help Australian grain growers weigh up the financial pros and cons of summer weed control has been launched.
Market insight - Summer cropping

WeedSmart Week sets a new record

Oct. 11, 2024 | 5 min read
About 300 growers and advisers from across Australia’s grain-growing regions journeyed to Port Lincoln on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula last month to share their stories, ideas and concerns at WeedSmart Week 2024.
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.
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.
Merchandise - Summer cropping

Slug and snail warning: Don’t wait to bait!

Dec. 21, 2022 | 5 min read
Crop establishment, particularly of canola, is critical to maximise yield potential. Diligent planning to protect seeds and seedlings from slugs and snails should be top of mind in 2023 based on lessons learned in 2022.
Summer cropping

Dropzone is the future of 2,4-D herbicides

Oct. 17, 2022 | 3 min read
Nufarm continues to lead the world in 2,4-D technology with the launch of Nufarm Dropzone. The result of 10 years of research and development, Dropzone is a faster, more efficacious 2,4-D amine with a world-first innovative formulation.
Summer cropping

More convenient summer fallow weed control

Oct. 16, 2022 | 2 min read
A new high load version of a popular summer fallow herbicide with its own in-built surfactant is making the job easier for growers.
Summer cropping

Innovative approach to fill ag skills gap

Sept. 16, 2022 | 2 min read
Increased confidence in the agriculture sector is resulting in a corresponding rise in employment opportunities with Nutrien Ag Solutions filling over 550 roles to date in 2022.

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Above average crops expected for cotton
SA swoops on first varroa outbreak
Tour reinforces universal agricultural challenges
Planting stronger trans-Tasman connection
7 Worlds Ag celebrates first year
WA lupins poised to go global
Management: Doing less not more-the key to boosting productivity
Insights: Specialty fertilisers and nutrition, Resistance management
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