Page 3 - Rural Business News

Seeds - Summer cropping

Nuseed and Barenbrug collaborate

May 6, 2020 | 2 min read

Nuseed and Barenbrug enter into collaborative agreement to provide R&D, plant breeding, and commercialisation of hybrid sorghum and sunflower.

Summer cropping

Queensland researchers launch new mungbean ‘gem’

April 24, 2020 | 2 min read

Queensland Government plant breeders have developed a new disease-resistant variety of mungbean with high yield potential.

Summer cropping

QLD research makes breakthrough in boosting sorghum protein content

April 3, 2020 | 2 min read

Researchers from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation have announced a major breakthrough in lifting the protein content of sorghum using gene editing.

Summer cropping

New appointment to make mungbeans even healthier

March 16, 2020 | 2 min read

The Queensland Government has appointed a dedicated mungbean pathologist to further develop and protect the State’s $100 million a year industry.

Seeds - Summer cropping

Researchers double sorghum grain yield to improve food supply

Nov. 5, 2019 | 2 min read

Plant scientists have doubled the amount of grains that a sorghum plant can yield.

Summer cropping

Australia: Widespread rainfall on the way

Oct. 30, 2019 | 2 min read

According to weather experts, a slow moving upper level trough will deliver the most widespread rain event across the east coast in six months over the next week.

Seeds - Summer cropping

World-class research supporting QLD sorghum industry

Oct. 22, 2019 | 2 min read

World-class research from Queensland’s leading scientists is supporting significant growth in the state’s sorghum industry.

Summer cropping

Genetic modification law reform could see cotton industry swoop on South Australia

Sept. 19, 2019 | 5 min read

Australia's multi-billion-dollar cotton industry could expand into South Australia, once the state dumps its controversial ban on genetically modified crops in December.

Seeds - Summer cropping - Tropical agriculture & sugar cane

New projects tap the cropping potential of northern Australia

Aug. 30, 2019 | 2 min read

Projects to focus on developing commercial-scale trials of oilseeds, pulses, cereals and forage crops in northern Australia.

Summer cropping

On-farm impacts of sorghum RD&E spanning 20 years surface from economic analysis

May 30, 2019 | 4 min read

Productivity gains made by the Australian sorghum industry are unmatched anywhere else in the world, according to a report by the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI).

Summer cropping

Cotton picking time: Lighter cotton crop across Moree district, below average yields

April 6, 2019 | 3 min read

It's cotton picking time across the district, and while the hot, dry season will see a lighter crop this year, many growers, such as first-timers the Smiths, are just pleased to have a crop to harvest.

Rural Business News

Nuseed and Barenbrug collaborate

Queensland researchers launch new mungbean ‘gem’

QLD research makes breakthrough in boosting sorghum protein content

New appointment to make mungbeans even healthier

Researchers double sorghum grain yield to improve food supply

Australia: Widespread rainfall on the way

World-class research supporting QLD sorghum industry

Genetic modification law reform could see cotton industry swoop on South Australia

New projects tap the cropping potential of northern Australia

On-farm impacts of sorghum RD&E spanning 20 years surface from economic analysis

Cotton picking time: Lighter cotton crop across Moree district, below average yields

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