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Strong start to 2024 for Grochem

March 16, 2024 | 3 min read
Grochem Australia has made an impressive start to the year by taking over the distribution of a suite of products from Sumitomo and adding four new ones to its expanding portfolio.
Merchandise

Beating glyphosate-resistant grasses

March 16, 2024 | 4 min read
In the face of widespread glyphosate resistance in their summer grasses, Condamine growers Jake and Felicity Hamilton of Krui Pastoral needed to change their herbicide use significantly.
Rural Business

Fall armyworm launches new assault

March 14, 2024 | 3 min read
Fall armyworm (FAW) are being detected at unprecedented levels in sorghum crops across Central Queensland, the Western and Darling Downs and northern NSW causing what experts predict, could be the most significant impact on sorghum since the pest’s arrival in Australia in 2020.
Commentary

The slowly changing face of the dairy trade

March 11, 2024 | 4 min read
Australia’s dairy import and export mix is “slowly trading places” – with export volumes falling sharply in recent years while imports have spiked, Rabobank says in a newly released report.
Rural Business

Rabbits Cost ag $239 million annually

March 9, 2024 | 2 min read
Rabbits cost ag $239 million annually Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, is calling on rural and regional Australians to join in the longest-running citizen science survey of rabbit diseases in the world, to help keep the invasive pest in check.
Merchandise

Infinito controls disease

March 9, 2024 | 3 min read
Keeping disease pressure under control is a cornerstone of 75-years of high-quality vegetable production for the Taylor family.
Agribusiness

Townie makes mark on dairy

March 7, 2024 | 2 min read
After growing up as a self-confessed townie, Penny Welch has embraced the genetics industry and been rewarded for encouraging a new generation.
Rural Business

Wet seasons encourage ryegrass growth

March 1, 2024 | 4 min read
Wet seasons encourage ryegrass growth. Better-than-average seasons across southern NSW in recent years have resulted in an increase in the annual ryegrass seedbank in many paddocks, highlighting the need to look at a wide range of weed control strategies.
Market insight - Seed treatments & coatings

Victrato seed treatment to hit market

Feb. 14, 2024 | 2 min read
This winter will mark the beginning of a new era in Australian cereal production, with Victrato seed treatment hitting the market.
Management

Agriculture set to bounce back in 2024 says Rabobank

Feb. 13, 2024 | 6 min read
Australia’s agricultural sector is “moving confidently into 2024”, with an overall positive outlook for the nation’s farmers and agribusiness industries in the year ahead, Rabobank says in its newly-released annual outlook.
Market insight - Seed treatments & coatings

NEM fast-tracks sustainable production

Feb. 13, 2024 | 2 min read
In an era of rising awareness about the positive environmental impact of biological farming practices, New Edge Microbials (NEM) has created a convenient twist to the GRDC’s double inoculation research and step towards sustainable agriculture with its innovative legume double inoculation method.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Market insight

Control weeds with Ultro

Feb. 11, 2024 | 4 min read
Grain growers are taking up the opportunity to reduce grass weed populations on their properties with a new mode of action pulse crop herbicide that is relieving the pressure on traditional options and helping to clean-up paddocks for future crops.
Cattle health - Market insight

Effective weaning = thriving calves

Feb. 10, 2024 | 3 min read
As a beef farmer it is important to get the transition of weaning your stock right. An effective weaning strategy ensures calves continue to thrive, develop and improve body condition.
Cattle health - Market insight

Cattle bolus for cattle health

Feb. 10, 2024 | 2 min read
Launched in Australia in 2023, the revolutionary and unique Cosecure Cattle Bolus is now available from Abbey Animal Health.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Market insight

Early herbicide strategy boosts results

Feb. 10, 2024 | 4 min read
Problems controlling annual ryegrass and wild radish weeds in WA’s northern agricultural zone after years of narrow cropping rotations and repeated use of popular herbicides is well-known across the country.

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Canberra commits to national food security
Cattle industry supports guidelines
MOU strengthens grain research
Stronger Rainbow ready to shine for Australian Industry
Fungus the frontline in flebane fight
Winter pastures & forage Insights
Winter cropping Insights
Adjuvants & spray application Insights
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