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Ground-breaking cotton irrigation algorithm

Aug. 8, 2024 | 2 min read
The Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) has successfully facilitated the commercialisation of ground-breaking research by the University of Southern Queensland’s (UniSQ) Centre for Agricultural Engineering, empowering cotton growers to optimise irrigation scheduling from the crucial first irrigation.
Merchandise

Gallagher updates i Series

Aug. 7, 2024 | 2 min read
Living up to the legacy of innovation and commitment to helping Australian farmers, Gallagher is launching two new i Series electric fencing products to further enable farmers in remote, off-grid locations to fence further and more efficiently.
Market insight

Getting smart with water technology

Aug. 6, 2024 | 3 min read
A dry autumn for large parts of southern Australia has led many farmers to consider sustainable water solutions and sparked new interest in the no-maintenance water conditioning technology offered by Hydrosmart.
Management

How to disagree without attacking others

Aug. 5, 2024 | 4 min read
Respectful disagreement seems like a lost art in our increasingly polarised world. Social media is full of people shouting at each other, with rage fuelling the algorithms and this hostility is creeping into workplaces too. But disagreements aren’t inherently bad – they’re crucial for good decision-making and team performance.
Market insight

Infrared sensor system takes flight

Aug. 4, 2024 | 3 min read
A compact, lightweight sensor system with infrared imaging capabilities developed by an international team of engineers could be easily fitted to a drone for remote crop monitoring.
Rural Business

Pumping size into sorghum

Aug. 3, 2024 | 2 min read
A University of Queensland project is closing in on ways to increase the grain size in sorghum hybrids to boost yield and profits for farmers.
Market insight

Aussie researchers lead soil science breakthrough

Aug. 2, 2024 | 2 min read
Loam Bio and leading researchers from the Western Sydney University have announced results from a pioneering research collaboration demonstrating how fungi can increase soil carbon stocks and their stability.
Rural Business

Local strength the ‘formulation’ for ADAMA success

Aug. 1, 2024 | 5 min read
In a time of significant change for the crop protection industry, the development of new formulation technologies and related differentiated product options by global supplier, ADAMA, has been lauded and is set to continue to help navigate the future.
Rural Business

Dual HWSC pays off in mixed farming

July 31, 2024 | 3 min read
During the past few decades, innovative Australian growers have invented novel designs, and made critical improvements to harvest weed seed control machines such as impact mills and chaff carts.
Biologicals - Market insight

Scientists discover ‘off switch’ in legumes

July 29, 2024 | 3 min read
A genetic off switch that shuts down the process in which legume plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into nutrients has been identified for the first time by a team of international scientists, led by La Trobe University researchers.
Commentary

Wheat boosts NAB Rural Commodity Index

July 28, 2024 | 3 min read
The NAB Rural Commodities Index* has continued upward momentum, increasing 1.4 per cent month-on-month in May, driven by rising prices for wheat, barley, canola and lamb.
Merchandise

CLiK for Extra success

July 26, 2024 | 2 min read
The Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina is the primary fly species responsible for flystrike.
Rural Business

Robots to boost vegie grower tech

July 25, 2024 | 3 min read
Aussie vegetable growers are set to gain a competitive edge with exclusive trials of cutting-edge global machinery under a groundbreaking new program.
Rural Business

Supporting a right to farm in the Great Barrier Reef catchment

July 24, 2024 | 3 min read
Nutrien Ag Solutions’ agronomists in the Mackay and Burdekin irrigation area have developed one of the first industry blueprints balancing the complex requirements of government legislation and regulations, farm productivity and fertiliser use in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area.
Rural Business

Viking king of genetics

July 23, 2024 | 4 min read
Breeding cows to AI from all around the world was like a fantasy come true for Goulburn Valley dairy farmer Gayle Clark.

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Above average crops expected for cotton
SA swoops on first varroa outbreak
Tour reinforces universal agricultural challenges
Planting stronger trans-Tasman connection
7 Worlds Ag celebrates first year
WA lupins poised to go global
Management: Doing less not more-the key to boosting productivity
Insights: Specialty fertilisers and nutrition, Resistance management
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