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Market insight - Winter cropping

Game changer seed treatment hits the market

April 28, 2025 | 3 min read
A decade of Australian development has culminated in a breakthrough for wheat and barley growers, with Victrato seed treatment now registered for the management of devastating Fusarium sp. crown rot.
Merchandise

Gold standard pain relief for lambs

April 25, 2025 | 3 min read
Providing pain relief during surgical animal husbandry procedures is a better choice for livestock, producers and the industry as a whole.
Merchandise

ACTA celebrates 35 years of Foxoff

April 25, 2025 | 3 min read
First registered in Australia in 1989, Foxoff contains the naturally occurring active sodium fluoroacetate and due to its unique properties, Foxoff and 1080 have a unique and critical fit in protecting our local native flora, fauna and farming livelihoods.
Merchandise

Anipro boosts performance

April 24, 2025 | 2 min read
At GrainCorp Animal Nutrition, we believe that nutritional supplementation is often the missing piece of the puzzle for producers looking to take their herd’s performance to the next level.
Merchandise

Using residual herbicides to beat fence line resistance

April 23, 2025 | 5 min read
Fence lines can be a haven for weeds, perpetuating one of the biggest threats to agricultural crops, however growers have the opportunity to reduce this risk through the use of herbicides offering long-term weed control.
Merchandise

Research into industry’s best grass herbicide strategies

April 23, 2025 | 4 min read
Independent, showpiece trials investigating the best upfront herbicide strategies put forward by crop protection companies against annual ryegrass are proving highly valuable for growers’ weed management planning.
Merchandise

Using the right rodenticide matters

April 22, 2025 | 5 min read
Careful product selection can not only optimise the success of your rodent control program but help to minimise the unintentional poisoning of non-target species.
Adjuvants & spray oils - Market insight

Unlock the power of your herbicide with Hasten

April 21, 2025 | 2 min read
Vicchem’s Hasten Spray Adjuvant is proven to unlock the power of your herbicide to make a real performance difference in your farming operation.
Rural Business

Stronger Rainbow ready to shine for Australian industry

April 21, 2025 | 3 min read
Rainbow, China’s largest agrichemical exporter, is set to expand its contribution to the Australian crop protection industry with a broader product portfolio, enhanced facilities, and a strengthened management and field team.
Market insight - Winter pastures & forage

Winter pasture filler is homegrown success story

April 18, 2025 | 3 min read
Winter pasture feed gap filler ProGibb Smartgrass (SG) began life as a plant growth regulator in Australian table grapes, but it was the accidental discovery of its success in pasture management some 20 years ago which opened a global market for agricultural solutions supplier Sumitomo Chemical.
Merchandise

Trezac Arylex active helping graziers extinguish fireweed

April 16, 2025 | 3 min read
Livestock producers have greater ability to control the highly invasive fireweed, with Trezac Arylex active now registered for use in grass pastures via boom application.
Merchandise

Quality is the key for WA family farm

April 16, 2025 | 3 min read
Verpixo Adavelt active is a new Group 21 fungicide from Corteva Agriscience designed to protect melons and other cucurbit crops from damaging diseases such as powdery mildew and gummy stem blight.
Market insight

Understanding nutrient removal and maximising input

April 15, 2025 | 3 min read
As the dust settled on the 2024 harvest, Mallee Sustainable Farming reported producers have been diving into their yield data, evaluating how drought and frosty conditions impacted their crops.
Market insight

Boosted blend delivers soil health and crop benefits

April 15, 2025 | 3 min read
Australian farmers seeking to improve soil health are reporting promising results after trialling biologically enhanced efficiency fertiliser (EEF) Fertica H+ ahead of its market launch.
Market insight - Snail & slug control

Slugs ‘weighed in’ to optimise management

April 11, 2025 | 4 min read
Snail & slug control Analysing the life history of the grey field slug and black keeled slug is part of new research to help growers better respond to threats from these pest species.

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Climate smart agriculture
Satellites and AI could tackle invasive species
Industry gets big residue tick
2026: A turning point for agriculture
BASF and Adama to co-develop breakthrough Gilboa fungicide technology
Corteva backs community wellbeing
Why boredom is the new burnout and it's quietly killing motivation at work
INSIGHTS: Seed treatments & coatings; Pre-emergent herbicides; Cattle
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