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CRT partners to support rural mental health

April 25, 2024 | 2 min read
Australia’s largest independent rural retailing group, CRT has announced a $90,000 partnership with national mental health charity, TIACS (This Is A Conversation Starter).
Market insight - Spraying equipment & application

Testing optical spot-sprayers

April 24, 2024 | 4 min read
Spot-spraying can vastly reduce herbicide use and help manage herbicide resistance risk on Australian cropping farms.
Market insight

John Deere connects AI with Aus ag

April 23, 2024 | 3 min read
Senior vice president and chief technology officer Jahmy Hindman, the person in charge of John Deere’s global tech stack, has been in Australia on a learning tour and has offered a glimpse into the technology and development and the trends he believes will guide agriculture into the future.
Rural Business

New face in food fight fraud

April 22, 2024 | 2 min read
Bia Analytical Ltd has joined forces with trinamiX GmbH to launch a ground-breaking new portable authenticity testing service offering customers along the food value chain, a high-speed indication of authenticity at the point of sampling, taking testing out of the lab and into the supply chain.
Agribusiness - News

APVMA may take diazinon off the shelf

April 19, 2024 | 1 min read
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has published its proposed decision on the reconsideration of diazinon, an insecticide and acaricide used for the control of pests in various agricultural, horticultural, commercial, and veterinary situations.
Merchandise

Compudose charms cattle industry

April 18, 2024 | 3 min read
Leading animal health company, Elanco, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its market-leading hormonal growth promotant (HGP), Compudose 400.
Merchandise

Gallagher satellite keeps eye on water levels

April 17, 2024 | 2 min read
Known for their innovation in the Animal Performance and Electric Fencing spaces, Gallagher’s Land and Water Care range is supporting Australian farmers to keep an eye on their tank levels whether it contains water, fuel, or fertiliser.
Rural Business

Farmers wanted for regenerative cropping survey

April 16, 2024 | 3 min read
Five hundred crop farmers nationally are wanted for a short online survey – and 75 of those will be selected for a broader, three-year farm monitoring project.
Agribusiness

ACCC green light for Graincorp’s XF bid

April 15, 2024 | 2 min read
The ACCC will not oppose the acquisition of animal feed supplement supplier, XF Australia Limited by Graincorp Limited (ASX: GNC).
Market insight - Winter cropping

Project to optimise nutrition for WA pulse crops

April 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Graingrowers will have access to new fertiliser guidelines to support the successful integration of newly adapted pulse crops into their farming systems through a research project, underway in Western Australia.
Fertilisers - Market insight

Fulvic acid the natural growth builder

April 8, 2024 | 2 min read
Seasol’s Trilogy fulvic acid product is organically certified and combined with Kelp (Seasol), for root growth and increase tolerance to plant stress
Pesticides - Rural Business

Pesticides keep you in business

April 3, 2024 | 3 min read
Way back in September 2023, crop growers were looking forward to this past season.
Fencing, livestock handling & ID - Market insight

Walk the Line (Post) with Gallagher

March 31, 2024 | 2 min read
The Gallagher Insulated Line Post is a tailor-made, fully insulated line post for low-cost, low-maintenance permanent electric fencing for cattle, horses, sheep and deer.
Merchandise - Sheep care & health

Six months off-shears lice free guarantee

March 29, 2024 | 3 min read
Don’t just ‘treat’ lice off-shears this autumn. Get a guaranteed, fully-effective outcome with Extinosad Pour-On or Viper Pour-On from Elanco.
Herbicide & fungicide resistance - Merchandise

Tenet eases weed control in canola

March 28, 2024 | 5 min read
NEW herbicide options are expanding the weed control toolbox for canola growers, helping alleviate concerns over herbicide resistance and the ongoing use of popular options, as well as crop safety.

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Inside this issue
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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