Rural Business July '24

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.

Market insight

Aussie researchers lead soil science breakthrough

Aug. 2, 2024 | 2 min read

Loam Bio and leading researchers from the Western Sydney University have announced results from a pioneering research collaboration demonstrating how fungi can increase soil carbon stocks and their stability.

Rural Business

Local strength the ‘formulation’ for ADAMA success

Aug. 1, 2024 | 5 min read

In a time of significant change for the crop protection industry, the development of new formulation technologies and related differentiated product options by global supplier, ADAMA, has been lauded and is set to continue to help navigate the future.

Rural Business

Dual HWSC pays off in mixed farming

July 31, 2024 | 3 min read

During the past few decades, innovative Australian growers have invented novel designs, and made critical improvements to harvest weed seed control machines such as impact mills and chaff carts.

Biologicals - Market insight

Scientists discover ‘off switch’ in legumes

July 29, 2024 | 3 min read

A genetic off switch that shuts down the process in which legume plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into nutrients has been identified for the first time by a team of international scientists, led by La Trobe University researchers.

Commentary

Wheat boosts NAB Rural Commodity Index

July 28, 2024 | 3 min read

The NAB Rural Commodities Index* has continued upward momentum, increasing 1.4 per cent month-on-month in May, driven by rising prices for wheat, barley, canola and lamb.

Merchandise

CLiK for Extra success

July 26, 2024 | 2 min read

The Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina is the primary fly species responsible for flystrike.

Rural Business

Robots to boost vegie grower tech

July 25, 2024 | 3 min read

Aussie vegetable growers are set to gain a competitive edge with exclusive trials of cutting-edge global machinery under a groundbreaking new program.

Rural Business

Supporting a right to farm in the Great Barrier Reef catchment

July 24, 2024 | 3 min read

Nutrien Ag Solutions’ agronomists in the Mackay and Burdekin irrigation area have developed one of the first industry blueprints balancing the complex requirements of government legislation and regulations, farm productivity and fertiliser use in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area.

Rural Business

Viking king of genetics

July 23, 2024 | 4 min read

Breeding cows to AI from all around the world was like a fantasy come true for Goulburn Valley dairy farmer Gayle Clark.

Agribusiness - News

Partnership plus for SA grain growers

July 22, 2024 | 2 min read

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is targeting support for South Australian grain growers through new research co-investments with the South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT).

Rural Business

Do adjuvants boost herbicide efficacy?

July 22, 2024 | 4 min read

By Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart. The old saying oils ain’t oils certainly holds when it comes to adjuvant products available to enhance the performance of herbicide actives and other agricultural chemicals.

Hort Connections

Corteva young grower of the year

July 20, 2024 | 4 min read

An innovative young farmer with a passion for industry sustainability and consistently delivering a high-quality product to consumers has claimed the 2024 Corteva Agriscience Young Grower of the Year.

Hort Connections

Excellence in hort awarded for 2024

July 19, 2024 | 6 min read

Leading lights of the Australian horticulture industry have been recognised at the Hort Connections Gala Dinner in June.

Agsafe

Industry Reference Group meeting on the agenda

July 19, 2024 | 2 min read

The Agsafe Industry Reference Group (IRG) serves as a pivotal forum for representatives from Agsafe member organisations.

Agribusiness - News

Optimising infield forage analysis

July 18, 2024 | 1 min read

Eurofins Agro Testing Wageningen (EATW), a renowned laboratory specialising in forage, feed, soil, water, manure and compost analysis, has announced an international collaboration with trinamiX to optimise forage analyses without the need to send samples to a laboratory.

Agribusiness - News

RIC receives global accolade

July 16, 2024 | 1 min read

Australian Government farm business lender, RIC (Regional Investment Corporation) has been honoured with a global banking and finance award in recognition of achievements in innovation and transformation.

Merchandise

Excalia benefits potato growers

July 7, 2024 | 2 min read

Australian potato growers are the first in the world to access a significant new fungicide Excalia, designed to fight Rhizoctonia solani (black scurf).