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Recovery with RIC drought loan

Nov. 25, 2024 | 3 min read
With the assistance of a drought loan from RIC (Regional Investment Corporation), Michelle Walton-Hassell and her husband John have recovered from drought, prepared their mixed farm business for future dry conditions, and improved financial position for succession.
Merchandise

Make resistance management moves with CHESS

Nov. 24, 2024 | 2 min read
Recent reports of control failures for silverleaf whitefly and resistance to spirotetramat (Group 23) in some green peach aphid populations in Queensland have many growers on the lookout for different rotation options.
Merchandise

Soak-N-Wet improves crop establishment

Nov. 23, 2024 | 2 min read
Improve crop establishment with SOAK-N-WET
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

Project aims to boost nitrogen in chickpeas and mungbeans

Nov. 16, 2024 | 2 min read
The GRDC-supported International Legume Inoculant Genebank (ILIG) at Murdoch University, led by Dr Jason Terpolilli, will spearhead efforts to characterise rhizobia strains in their collection.
Market insight

Understanding germination to improve yields

Nov. 15, 2024 | 2 min read
New research from La Trobe has identified ways to create more consistent seed growth across a season, ensuring bigger harvest yields for crop growers.
Market insight - Resistance management

Can weeds adapt to harvest weed seed control?

Nov. 14, 2024 | 4 min read
Research agronomist with the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative Dr Mike Ashworth said there is evidence long-term, consistent use of harvest weed seed control can result in patches of weeds that possess an evasion trait, including shedding seeds early, before harvest.
Market insight - Resistance management

When to mix and when to rotate

Nov. 13, 2024 | 5 min read
The mix-and-rotate WeedSmart Big 6 tactic aims to increase diversity within a herbicide program to delay and manage herbicide resistance. While rotating modes of action is relatively simple, mixing is much more complicated.
Market insight

Unlock potential with K-humate

Nov. 12, 2024 | 3 min read
K-humate is a highly concentrated source of humic acids which is sourced and produced in Australia. The product’s high quality and proven performance is now well recognised all over the world.
Market insight

Using natures nitrogen with N-Leaf

Nov. 11, 2024 | 2 min read
Nitrogen needs and usage efficiency can be important levers to understand and support. With growers needing more access to natural, organic sources, biofertilisers like N-Leaf give them an option to support their crops nitrogen needs using natural bacteria.
Market insight

Key fertiliser prices coming off the boil

Nov. 8, 2024 | 3 min read
Prices for the three major fertilisers used by Australian farmers – nitrogen, phosphates and potash – have gradually eased from the highs seen in 2022, following the sharp spike in global fertiliser prices with the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war. Report co-author and RaboResearch agriculture analyst Paul Joules said high fertiliser have begun to slowly flatten out.
Commentary

Farming confidence on the rebound

Nov. 7, 2024 | 4 min read
Rabobank group executive for country banking Australia, Marcel van Doremaele says more promising market signals, particularly in the livestock sectors, along with positive seasonal conditions and production outlooks in many parts of the country, had resulted in farmers taking an overall more bullish view this quarter.
Market insight

Research to assess financial impacts of organic wastes as fertilisers

Nov. 7, 2024 | 2 min read
A study by a Charles Sturt University agribusiness academic explores on farm variable inputs in southern NSW to establish the economic benefits of the use of organic matter in agriculture.
Merchandise

Spotlight shines the light on labor saving

Nov. 6, 2024 | 3 min read
Barrick Parker, of Gundagai Vineyards, used Spotlight® Plus Herbicide in preference to manual labour to control suckers at the base of the vines.
Cattle health - Merchandise

Innovative new weapon in bloat control

Nov. 6, 2024 | 3 min read
Leaders in ruminant nutrition innovation, Wagga Wagga based AusFarm Nutrition Products (ANP), have been working with cattle and sheep producers for almost two decades to boost the productivity and profitability of extensive grazing systems.

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Applications open for future cotton leaders program
APVMA's latest levies
Elders get Delta Ag green light
New technology at Halbury Field Day
Zoetis marks 10-year Beyond Blue partnership
Redox on a roll acrosss country and world
Why perfectionism is the enemy of authentic leadership
Insights: Summer horticulture, Technology update
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