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Agribusiness - News

Call for start-ups to help curb costs

Jan. 1, 2025 | 3 min read

As fruit, vegetable and nut growers face challenging economic conditions and a drop in consumption, grower-owned not-for-profit research and development company, Hort Innovation will activate $60 million of investment into early-stage startups to drive positive change.

Agribusiness - News

Is an app the way to go for almonds?

Dec. 31, 2024 | 2 min read

The Australian almond industry is big business – and now it’s going to be helped into the future by something as small and simple as an app.

Agribusiness - News

Elders and Delta Agribusiness join forces

Dec. 30, 2024 | 3 min read

Adelaide-based Elders only needs an ACCC rubber stamp early next year to formalise its $475 million acquisition of Delta Agribusiness.

Fertilisers - Merchandise

High K: Fertilising made simple

Dec. 27, 2024 | 3 min read

Kendon’s High K is a broad-spectrum liquid fertiliser designed to enhance crop yields, improve quality, and promote plant health.

Market insight

Bacstim trial shows consistent results

Dec. 26, 2024 | 3 min read

Bacstim Seed, Omnia Specialities five-strain bacillus product, is designed for coating seeds before planting, and is suitable to all grain crop production systems.

Fungicides - Merchandise

First in the world to buy Xivana Prime

Dec. 24, 2024 | 4 min read

Downy mildew is one of the worst fungal diseases in viticulture, so when a solution in the form of Xivana Prime hit the marketplace, James Lusby from Tintilla Estate Wines jumped at the opportunity and was the first in the world to purchase the product.

Rural Business

Pioneering the future of agriculture

Dec. 23, 2024 | 2 min read

As the agricultural sector continues to evolve, the need for innovative solutions that promote sustainability, and crop resilience has never been more critical.

Fungicides - Merchandise

Grower discovers how MIRAVIS Duo fungicide protects peanut yield

Dec. 20, 2024 | 3 min read

It’s not often you get the perfect demonstration of the difference a well-timed fungicide spray can make. But for peanut grower Rod Grant, accidentally missing a strip when spraying convinced him his investment in MIRAVIS Duo fungicide from Syngenta was worth every cent.

Rural Business

Bayer Horticulture Researcher of the Year

Dec. 19, 2024 | 3 min read

Tasmanian soil expert Dr Doris Blaesing has been recognised for her dedication to improving Australian soil and crop health by being named 2024 Bayer Horticulture Researcher of the Year.

Rural Business

Going off-grid? Go Gallagher

Dec. 18, 2024 | 4 min read

Everyone’s talking about going off-grid. And now Gallagher is bringing it to a paddock near you. Not only to a paddock near you, but to paddocks almost as far away as you would like, with the introduction of its extended range of Lithium Solar Fence Energisers.

Rural Business

Winning against ryegrass resistance

Dec. 18, 2024 | 4 min read

Dr Sam Kleemann says the uptick in glyphosate and paraquat resistance in annual ryegrass demands urgent attention in broadacre cropping systems.

Commentary

Haifa makes a global statement on industry’s future

Dec. 16, 2024 | 5 min read

Motti Levin isn’t pulling any punches about the future of farming. Here for this month’s 2024 Almonds Australia conference, the head of Israel’s Haifa Group told Rural Business things have to change if the whole industry is going to go anywhere near what the world is expecting in the next 50 years.

Movers & Shakers

Freshcare board loses two directors

Dec. 12, 2024 | 2 min read

Freshcare has thanked and acknowledged two retiring long-serving board members in Gail Woods and Graham McAlpine.

Market insight

Let Merlin cast a spell on your RMS

Dec. 11, 2024 | 4 min read

If you want the latest technology in your business – without the cost of having an IT department to make sure it works – you will be spellbound by Merlin Software.

Rural Business

Key to success of glyphosate tolerant canola

Dec. 10, 2024 | 3 min read

The expertise of Wayne and Brodie Williams in canola hybrid seed production has been critical to maximising the availability of DG Buller G for distribution.

Rural Business News

Call for start-ups to help curb costs

Is an app the way to go for almonds?

Elders and Delta Agribusiness join forces

High K: Fertilising made simple

Bacstim trial shows consistent results

First in the world to buy Xivana Prime

Pioneering the future of agriculture

Grower discovers how MIRAVIS Duo fungicide protects peanut yield

Bayer Horticulture Researcher of the Year

Going off-grid? Go Gallagher

Winning against ryegrass resistance

Haifa makes a global statement on industry’s future

Freshcare board loses two directors

Let Merlin cast a spell on your RMS

Key to success of glyphosate tolerant canola

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