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Market insight - Summer cropping

WeedSmart Week sets a new record

Oct. 11, 2024 | 5 min read
About 300 growers and advisers from across Australia’s grain-growing regions journeyed to Port Lincoln on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula last month to share their stories, ideas and concerns at WeedSmart Week 2024.
Commentary - Dairy

Milk production and demand, set to slow

Oct. 10, 2024 | 3 min read
RaboResearch senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey said Australian milk production increased by 249 million litres  to 8.4 billion litres last season.
Merchandise

Extreme treatment for canola

Oct. 9, 2024 | 2 min read
With orders open for 2025 canola seed, it’s worth growers and advisors taking a moment to consider new Equento Extreme seed treatment for above and below ground protection from chewing and sucking pests.
Adjuvants & spray oils - Herbicide & fungicide resistance - Merchandise

Outright 770 makes hard work easy

Oct. 8, 2024 | 2 min read
Outright 770 Spray Adjuvant is designed to simplify and enhance the herbicide application process for farmers.
Merchandise

Chitin-based biostimulant launches

Oct. 7, 2024 | 3 min read
Flamingro’s Ian Rew said trials in New Zealand have shown the product can increase plant root mass and shoot growth by 26 per cent, while also suppressing plant-parasitic nematodes.
Management

7 considerations before a tough conversation

Oct. 6, 2024 | 4 min read
In any tough conversation, the difference between success and failure often lies in the setup, writes Leah Mether.*
Rural Business

Syngenta brings viticulture industry together

Oct. 5, 2024 | 3 min read
The seasons can be long and the opportunities to gather few and far between.  Rarer still, do viticulturists from across the breadth of Australia’s growing regions get the chance to meet face-to-face. Syngenta coordinated such an occasion, in July, dedicated to them and in part to thank nearly 100 guests for taking a keen interest in three pipeline Syngenta fungicides.
Rural Business

Incite Pivot unveils upgraded facility

Oct. 4, 2024 | 2 min read
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) has unveiled its newly upgraded fertiliser import and distribution facility at Portland in regional Victoria, following a $20 million investment in the site.
Rural Business

$4 million to tackle septoria in oats

Oct. 3, 2024 | 3 min read
A new research consortium has been established to close knowledge gaps around Septoria avenae leaf blotch, a significant disease in Australian oat crops.
Fungicides - Rural Business

New test, new detection for fungicide resistance

Oct. 2, 2024 | 3 min read
Researchers at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new method for detecting fungicide resistance enabling them to detect multiple mutations, both known and novel, in just one test.
Rural Business

Workshops maximise grower profitability

Oct. 1, 2024 | 2 min read
A series of harvester workshops run across the WA grain belt have brought together harvester specialists, industry experts and researchers to give grain growers the latest advice ahead of this season’s harvest.
Rural Business

Cotton Australia awards

Sept. 30, 2024 | 5 min read
The Cotton industry’s top awards have been announced at the glamour event of the biennial Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast, the 2024 Awards Dinner, with the top two awards going to Queenslanders.
On The Move

New boss for BOSS

Sept. 29, 2024 | 1 min read
James Haarhoff, new chief executive officer of Inverell based BOSS Engineering.
On The Move

Animal Medicines appoints Richard Boyce

Sept. 29, 2024 | 1 min read
Animal Medicines Australia has appointed Richard Boyce as the peak body’s communications and engagement manager.
Agsafe

bagMUSTER set to tackle plastic waste

Sept. 27, 2024 | 3 min read
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic, predominantly used in packaging, is a significant source of agricultural waste. Without a viable collection and recycling program, LDPE bags often end up in landfills, are disposed of in environmentally harmful ways, or remain as on-farm waste.

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Cotton trash to grow new industry
It's the simple things that count
Cotton trash to grow new industry
It's the simple things that count
RIC loans cut debt
Celebrating Australian farm communities
AgLink Celebrates 2025
Adama motorcycle tour
2026 is the year of AI for SMEs - here's how to not get left behind
Insights: Seeds, Summer Fallow & Research
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