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Syngenta Grower of the year 2024

Aug. 17, 2024 | 5 min read
Processing up to 600 tonnes of fresh carrots each week Rocky Lamattina & Sons are among Australia’s most consistent carrot growers. They’re now also recipients of the Syngenta Grower of the Year award for 2024, as part of the AUSVEG Awards for Excellence.
Agribusiness - News

BASF closes plants

Aug. 16, 2024 | 1 min read
BASF Agricultural Solutions plans to change production network of glufosinate-ammonium and will cease production by the end of 2024.
Merchandise

Technology showcase at Syngenta GrowMore

Aug. 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Novel chemistry technologies, from Syngenta Australia, were showcased at a recent GrowMore event held in Bundaberg, Queensland.
Fungicides - Market insight

More options for Grochem’s new organic fungicide

Aug. 14, 2024 | 2 min read
Fruit and vegetable growers and the dealers supplying them have a new organic weapon for the control of several common fungal diseases in stone fruit, grapes, berries and cucurbits.
Merchandise

Pain for your animals can mean pain for your pocket

Aug. 13, 2024 | 2 min read
Pain for calves and lambs – long associated with marking procedures – should be a thing of the past, as animal welfare continues to remain top of mind with regulators, producers and the public.
Fungicides - Market insight

Strategic use of fungicide urged

Aug. 12, 2024 | 3 min read
There has been strong uptake of new alternative fungicides across the almond industry, however careful application has been urged to avoid resistance and maintain their long-term effectiveness.
Merchandise

John Deere expands tech horizons

Aug. 11, 2024 | 3 min read
The role technology will play in the expansion of the horticulture industry has been underlined by a series of innovations featured at Australia’s largest horticulture trade show, Hort Connections.
Fungicides - Market insight

Genetic and fungicide tech combines to put canola in front

Aug. 10, 2024 | 4 min read
Canola growers are making the most of recent advances in seed genetics and fungicide technologies for bankable returns despite considerable disease pressure.
Management

Wengfu app-lies itself with fertbook web

Aug. 9, 2024 | 3 min read
Wengfu Australia continues to deliver to customers providing the latest, and best systems with the smoothest and easiest end-to-end fertiliser process in the industry.
Market insight

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.

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Inside this issue
Harnessing AI to transform agriculture
Chemical free future for fly strike
Harvest declaration submission now simpler and faster
Sorghum trials aim to improve summer fodder for SA growers
Make the most of your N strategy
Twists and turns for a rewarding career
Why AI governance is now a core leadership
INSIGHTS: Adjuvants & Spray application; Winter Cropping; Winter pastures & forage
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