Career leads to national role at Elders

Oct. 7, 2022 | 3 min read
Sharon Elphinstone recommends that young women make the most of every career opportunity, as Elders prepares to celebrate the International Day of Rural Women on October 15, 2022.

Nutrien, CareFlight to provide training

Oct. 7, 2022 | 2 min read
Every minute counts at a traumatic incident, and those minutes are even more precious when medical services are hundreds of kilometres away in rural and regional Australia.

World first CoAXium barley seed

Oct. 6, 2022 | 2 min read
Titan AX will be the first barley variety to be released by Australian Grain Technologies (AGT) as part of the CoAXium Barley Production System, offering tolerance to Aggressor (a Group 1, Quizalofop-P-Ethyl) herbicide.

drumMUSTER Reaches 40 million drums

Oct. 6, 2022 | 3 min read
At Agsafe, the role of stewardship is not just about the responsible disposal of a product at the end of life, but rather the safe and responsible management of a product over the whole life cycle of the product.

Warren Inwood to lead Bayer Crop Science

Oct. 6, 2022 | 1 min read
Bayer has announced Warren Inwood will be the head of the Crop Science division in Australia and New Zealand effective from 1 October 2022.

Changes at top for Nutrien Ag

Oct. 6, 2022 | 2 min read
Nutrien Ag Solutions has announced that managing director Rob Clayton has been promoted to a role in the global Nutrien business and will relocate to North America.

Confidence causes surge in farm debt

Oct. 5, 2022 | 2 min read
Farm sector debt increased in 2020–21 but that is not a concern like it may have been in previous years thanks to large increases in farm values, according to ABARES.

'Double digit' growth in land values

Oct. 4, 2022 | 6 min read
The price of Australian farmland is set to record another year of “double digit growth” in 2022, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank says in its newly-released annual Australian Agricultural Land Price Outlook.

Rural Business has new owner

Oct. 4, 2022 | 2 min read
After more than 10 years of ownership, Rural Business and Australian Tree Crop magazines have been sold by the owners of Ag Communication Solutions, John Forrest and Jeff Gilbert.

Corteva Climate Leaders 2022

Oct. 3, 2022 | 2 min read
Applications are now open for the Corteva Agriscience Climate Positive Leaders Program for 2022, and this year it is bigger and better than before.

Demerger plan positions IPF for the future

Oct. 3, 2022 | 3 min read
Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) has held an investor day last month to present to shareholders the growth strategies for Dyno Nobel explosives and Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) and the potential value that can be unlocked for shareholders and customers by the proposed demerger.

Delta Ag confirms its future plans

Oct. 2, 2022 | 3 min read
Delta Agribusiness has clarified to Rural Business the investor restructure process that it’s now undertaking, along with its future growth plans, following speculation fuelled by several press reports of potential options under consideration.

FMD still poses risk to Australia

Oct. 2, 2022 | 2 min read
There’s no room for complacency with foot and mouth disease entering Australia despite a lull in press reporting on the subject.

Zoetis buys Jurox’s global business

Oct. 1, 2022 | 2 min read
Zoetis has announced the acquisition of Jurox, a privately owned Australian animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of veterinary medicines for treating livestock and companion animals.

Advances and Challenges in Ag Spraying

Sept. 27, 2022 | 2 min read
The Australian Groundsprayers Association is hosting an important conference on advanced spray application, new technologies and the future challenges facing groundspray application and how these may be managed.