Login

Rural Business News

Explore by topics
Fungicides - Merchandise

Corteva Verpixo approval

Sept. 20, 2024 | 3 min read
Corteva Agriscience’s Group 21 product Verpixo Adavelt active has achieved APVMA approval for new crop registrations, further boosting its reputation as a highly effective fungicide that delivers on the broad-spectrum control of ascomycete diseases.
Cattle health - Merchandise

Headline Exprinex – gold medal drench

Sept. 18, 2024 | 2 min read
Eprinex Pour-On for Cattle is the gold medal performer when we compare it to the competition.
Market insight - Sheep care & health

Marks-Min hits the mark

Sept. 15, 2024 | 4 min read
Australian sheep producers maximising growth rates and fertility have jumped at the ability to optimise their flocks’ performance with a convenient multi-trace mineral and B12 treatment.
Fodder conservation & pasture - Market insight

Kuhn has forage success.

Sept. 15, 2024 | 3 min read
One of the industry leaders in hay and forage machinery, Kuhn has further solidified its position as the best-in-class offer, with the French manufacturer being awarded two international awards including 2024 farm machine at two leading agricultural fairs.
Market insight

EU changes for pome fruit

Sept. 14, 2024 | 2 min read
Upcoming changes to the maximum residue limit (MRL) in the European Union (EU) for fenoxycarb, the active in one of the pome fruit industry’s valued IPM insecticides, Insegar, should prompt discussion between agronomists and those growers targeting export markets and export agents.
Market insight - Sheep care & health

Blueprint for success

Sept. 14, 2024 | 2 min read
Alltech Lienert Australia is an animal nutrition premix and supplement manufacturing company, with over 40 years’ experience, providing customers with innovative, high-quality products and services, from feed formulation to the development of complete nutritional programs.
Market insight - Spring horticulture & viticulture

Caterpillar control DiPel holds fast on resistance and affordability

Sept. 13, 2024 | 3 min read
Brassica growers planning their spring planting could count on leading organic Lepidopteran caterpillar control DiPel to protect their crop and enjoy significant cost benefits at the same time according to agronomist Bruce Stark, from reseller Lindsay Rural Gatton in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley.
Market insight - Sheep care & health

Producers reap benefits holus bolus

Sept. 13, 2024 | 2 min read
A long-acting trace element bolus is a valuable tool in sheep production, designed to address the nutritional requirements of sheep by providing a sustained release of essential trace minerals over an extended period.
Merchandise

Portable power for off-grid fences

Sept. 12, 2024 | 3 min read
Gallagher is making off-grid livestock control and precision pasture management easier for Australian farmers with the launch of an extended range of Lithium Solar Fence Energisers, delivering more power over longer distances in any weather.
Fungicides - Market insight

Strong start for new strawberry fungicide

Sept. 11, 2024 | 4 min read
The introduction of Verpixo Adavelt active fungicide for strawberries has demonstrated excellent results under challenging conditions in the Yarra Valley of Victoria.
Market insight

Root Boost enhances crop and plant establishment

Sept. 10, 2024 | 3 min read
Sonic Essentials harnessed its platinum sponsorship of the Fruit Growers Victoria (FGV) conference held in Shepparton recently as a major platform to unveil Root Boost - the first starter product in their Gro Start Pro range of crop starters.
Fungicides - Market insight

Duo seeks out powdery mildew

Sept. 9, 2024 | 5 min read
In the grips of what’s been described as a bad powdery mildew season for many growers, a new fungicide from Syngenta, applied early in the crop to help keep the disease firmly under control is what some are terming a no-brainer.
Fodder conservation & pasture - Market insight

Cleancrop is living up to its name

Sept. 8, 2024 | 3 min read
Damien Cocker, a dairy farmer from Sheffield, Tasmania, was struggling to fill the summer feed gap. After losing significant milk productivity from his 600 Friesian Jersey cross cattle throughout the drier months, Mr Cocker needed a long-lasting solution to address the seasonal instability.
Commentary

NAB report sees market still rising

Sept. 7, 2024 | 3 min read
The NAB Rural Commodities Index increased by 0.4 per cent month-on-month in June, rising for the third consecutive month. The index is now around levels seen in February 2023.
Merchandise - Seeds

Optimise Nuseed canola seed storage

Sept. 6, 2024 | 4 min read
Research has found the shelf life of any seed is dependent on its moisture content, as well as the temperature and humidity of the storage environment.

Current issue

Inside this issue
Tomato virus here to stay
Pollination pressure a concern
Crop Smart opens new store in Horsham
Investment targets mouse activity
7 Worlds Ag Expands product range
Three things a 'Bento Box' teaches about building a culture of care
Insight: Technology in Agriculture
Insight: Cotton
Subscribe Now Read Online