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Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Market insight

Reinventing the-seeding double-knock tactic

March 16, 2025 | 4 min read
The double-knockdown tactic is a key component of the WeedSmart Big 6 strategy, which aims to keep weed numbers low, preserve herbicide efficacy and give competitive crops ahead start.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Market insight

Putting research in local hands

March 15, 2025 | 3 min read
It is the agronomists who remain curious and open to trialing new products, as well as challenging and improving the current standards, who will be in the best position to provide recommendations to generate the most value for their clients.
Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Market insight

Excellent weed control in wheat helps pulse phase

March 15, 2025 | 4 min read
Paddocks where Overwatch herbicide has been used in wheat are showing up cleaner going into the following lentil phase on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia.
Market insight

Feedlot trial Goodnews for cattle farming

March 14, 2025 | 2 min read
A trial conducted at Charles Sturt University’s feedlot in Wagga Wagga has revealed significant results for the future of cattle farming.
Cattle health

Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in livestock

March 14, 2025 | 2 min read
University of Queensland researchers are setting the agenda for breeding low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency and high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops as they search for the ultimate genotype.
Cattle health - Market insight

NJ Phillips – quality livestock equipment

March 14, 2025 | 1 min read
For almost a century, NJ Phillips has been supplying reliable livestock treatment equipment, designed to handle the demands of Australian farming.
Management

Why leaders avoid hard conversations and how to stop dodging them

March 13, 2025 | 3 min read
In leadership, difficult conversations are often a necessity, but that doesn’t make them easy, writes Leah Mether. *
Merchandise

Boosting Brix leads to stronger crops

March 13, 2025 | 3 min read
With fertiliser prices on the rise, this approach becomes increasingly unsustainable. Chris Story, managing director of Kendon Plant Care, an Australian supplier of crop protection and nutrition products for over 70 years, explains the real issue lies in plant health.
Commentary

It’s a new year but the same old issues

March 13, 2025 | 4 min read
Coming out of 2024, only Queensland and WA farmers reported improved optimism heading into the end of the year, with sentiment more subdued in other states, the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey reported.
Cattle health - Market insight

Protect your cattle, protect your family

March 13, 2025 | 3 min read
With an increased vigilance around zoonotic diseases (diseases which transfer directly from animals to humans), it’s worth reviewing the key reasons cattle producers are utilising Ultravac 7in1 to protect the workforce on their farm.
Rural Business

Hi-tech spraying and spreading

March 12, 2025 | 5 min read
Agricultural drones designed and built specifically to apply crop inputs are now an affordable option for individual farming businesses.
Rural Business

Study unlocks ragweed’s secret weapon

March 12, 2025 | 2 min read
Monash researchers have made a breakthrough discovery about the invasion success of plants, with the revelation large-scale genetic changes are the common ragweed’s secret to rapidly adapt to new environments.
Rural Business

AI delivers smart irrigation solution

March 12, 2025 | 4 min read
A smart irrigation system powered by artificial intelligence will tell sugarcane farmers when and where to water their crops in an advance that could one day revolutionise agriculture – and help preserve the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
Movers & Shakers

New team at Beef Australia

March 11, 2025 | 2 min read
Beef Australia has announced the appointment of a new chair and board of directors, following the company’s 2024 AGM in Rockhampton. Members elected Cameron Hewitt and Wendy Mayne as new directors, and re-elected Claire Mactaggart and Russell Hughes.
Movers & Shakers

Allan McGann retires from Agsafe

March 11, 2025 | 1 min read
Allan McGann has retired from Agsafe after two decades on the industry frontline.

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MOU strengthens grain research
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Fungus the frontline in flebane fight
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