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Winter cropping

Call for best practice approach to control mites

May 29, 2020 | 2 min read

Western Australian grain growers and advisers are encouraged to have best practice management strategies in place for redlegged earth mite (RLEM; Halotydeus destructor) this season with numbers likely to increase in areas with cold and wet conditions.

Herbicide & fungicide resistance

Extent of herbicide resistance in summer weeds revealed

May 27, 2020 | 3 min read

The first multi-species herbicide resistance survey conducted in the Northern grain growing regions of NSW and Queensland has shown that while resistance to key herbicides is prevalent, growers are keeping weed numbers low, for now.

Rural Business

Fall armyworm ‘not the end of the world’

May 22, 2020 | 3 min read

A North Queensland agronomist, on the frontline of fall armyworm’s incursion in Australia, is reassuring growers and advisers not to panic, with early indications the invasive moth could be managed this season through regular monitoring and selective use of insecticides.

Winter cropping - Winter pastures & forage

Good news for growers: no evidence of resistance in Lucerne flea

May 20, 2020 | 3 min read

Against the backdrop of increasing resistance to pesticides, research has produced some positive news for Australian grain growers. Testing of populations of Lucerne flea (Sminthurus viridis) – a pest that can be found in most grain crops and pastures in southern Australia – has not found evidence of insecticide resistance.

Fungicides - Winter cropping

Early-sown canola may escape blackleg

May 19, 2020 | 3 min read

Canola crops sown early in warm conditions over recent weeks may escape potentially severe blackleg disease during the growing season.

Agribusiness - Seed treatments & coatings

Syngenta announces TYMIRIUM technology brand

May 18, 2020 | 1 min read

Syngenta is proud to unveil the TYMIRIUM™ technology platform brand in Europe and Latin America. It is a novel nematicide and fungicide technology under development for both seed- and soil-applied uses.

Agribusiness

Elders records $52 million first-half profit

May 18, 2020 | 4 min read

Elders Limited (ASX:ELD) today released its half year results for the six months to 31 March 2020, continuing to deliver on its Eight Point Plan initiatives.

Rural Business

Science finally prevails with GM cropping getting the green light in South Australia

May 14, 2020 | 2 min read

The South Australian Parliament has finally granted the state’s farmers access to GM crop innovations after passing the government’s Bill to enable commercial GM crop cultivation on mainland South Australia.

Seeds - Summer cropping

Nuseed and Barenbrug collaborate

May 6, 2020 | 2 min read

Nuseed and Barenbrug enter into collaborative agreement to provide R&D, plant breeding, and commercialisation of hybrid sorghum and sunflower.

Agribusiness - Sheep care & health

Tight supply supports sheep industry in COVID-19

May 5, 2020 | 4 min read

Limited sheep numbers will support Australian farmgate prices through COVID-19 disruption, however forecasts for the wool sector remain less bullish, according to agribusiness specialist Rabobank.