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Movers & Shakers

Cotton Australia elects new chair and three directors

Oct. 10, 2025 | 1 min read

Cotton Australia has a new chair and two new board members after the annual general meeting, held in Toowoomba.

Movers & Shakers

New livestock event manager

Oct. 9, 2025 | 1 min read

Central Queensland cattle breeder Bonni Geddes has been appointed livestock event manager at Beef Australia.

Commentary

Seasonal conditions on the improve

Oct. 9, 2025 | 4 min read

Rabobank Australia senior analyst, grains and oilseeds, Vitor Pistoia,* looks at global conditions and what they mean on Australia’s bottom line.

Movers & Shakers

AGT’s new variety support officer in WA

Oct. 8, 2025 | 1 min read

Australian Grain Technologies (AGT) has announced Sienna Bergersen is its variety support officer for Western Australia, based at the company’s field crop breeding centre at Northam.

Management

Why emotionally intelligent leaders don’t force change

Oct. 8, 2025 | 3 min read

Change is a bit like having a baby. The lead-up can be huge. It’s like riding an emotional rollercoaster writes Amy Jacobson.*

Rural Business

$20m research partnerships see Australia pioneer world-first FMD vaccine

Oct. 7, 2025 | 2 min read

A world-first biodegradable vaccine to protect livestock from foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been developed through a $20 million, five-year research partnership between Meat & Livestock Australia, Tiba Biotech, and the NSW government.

Market insight

Farm smarter with endophyte: getting the most from your pasture

Oct. 7, 2025 | 3 min read

AR37 endophyte has been shown to be crucial for maximising nitrogen efficiency in perennial ryegrass, resulting in economic gains and environmental positives.

Rural Business

Ridley strengthens Tasmanian feed supply with Carrick mill

Oct. 6, 2025 | 2 min read

Tasmania’s agricultural industry is reaping the benefits of fresh investment.

Dairy - Market insight

Lactalis adds Australia, New Zealand to global empire

Oct. 6, 2025 | 2 min read

Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy company, announced it has reached an agreement with Fonterra to acquire the consumer and associated businesses of Fonterra.

Rural Business

Low-dose herbicide applications can accelerate resistance

Oct. 2, 2025 | 4 min read

Some weeds can really thrive on lower-dose applications of herbicide, producing more biomass and more seed according to research conducted by Dr Asad Asaduzzaman and Eric Koetz, examining weed populations with resistant and susceptible individuals to investigate this phenomenon further.

Dairy - Market insight

Hamilton’s Run taps into Water Dynamics’ solar pump technology

Oct. 2, 2025 | 3 min read

A long-time leader in breeding Australian Red dairy cattle, the Hamilton family of Hamilton’s Run near Mt Gambier, is reinforcing its commitment to sustainable farming with its latest use of solar technology to uphold its enduring values and product quality.

Agsafe

bagMUSTER expands across Victoria in next rollout

Oct. 1, 2025 | 2 min read

Producers and agribusinesses across Victoria will soon gain wider access to recycling options for single-use polypropylene agricultural plastic bags, with bagMUSTER moving into its second phase of expansion.

Rural Business

Low-oil oats targeted for new markets

Oct. 1, 2025 | 2 min read

South Australian oat breeders are embracing new technologies to breed better varieties which meet growing domestic and international demand for the grain.

Agribusiness - News

From waste to energy – using weeds as a source of biofuel

Sept. 30, 2025 | 2 min read

Researchers have assessed the potential to convert 15 weed species found west of Brisbane into biomass pellets, which were then used as a solid biomass fuel.

Rural Business

Growers winning war on weeds

Sept. 30, 2025 | 3 min read

A new report reveals Australian grain and cotton growers are achieving productivity gains by investing in smarter, long-term weed management strategies, proving weeds can be beaten.

Rural Business News

Cotton Australia elects new chair and three directors

New livestock event manager

Seasonal conditions on the improve

AGT’s new variety support officer in WA

Why emotionally intelligent leaders don’t force change

$20m research partnerships see Australia pioneer world-first FMD vaccine

Farm smarter with endophyte: getting the most from your pasture

Ridley strengthens Tasmanian feed supply with Carrick mill

Lactalis adds Australia, New Zealand to global empire

Low-dose herbicide applications can accelerate resistance

Hamilton’s Run taps into Water Dynamics’ solar pump technology

bagMUSTER expands across Victoria in next rollout

Low-oil oats targeted for new markets

From waste to energy – using weeds as a source of biofuel

Growers winning war on weeds

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