Rural Business September '24

Adjuvants & spray oils - Herbicide & fungicide resistance - Merchandise

Outright 770 makes hard work easy

Oct. 8, 2024 | 2 min read

Outright 770 Spray Adjuvant is designed to simplify and enhance the herbicide application process for farmers.

Merchandise

Chitin-based biostimulant launches

Oct. 7, 2024 | 3 min read

Flamingro’s Ian Rew said trials in New Zealand have shown the product can increase plant root mass and shoot growth by 26 per cent, while also suppressing plant-parasitic nematodes.

Management

7 considerations before a tough conversation

Oct. 6, 2024 | 4 min read

In any tough conversation, the difference between success and failure often lies in the setup, writes Leah Mether.*

Rural Business

Syngenta brings viticulture industry together

Oct. 5, 2024 | 3 min read

The seasons can be long and the opportunities to gather few and far between.  Rarer still, do viticulturists from across the breadth of Australia’s growing regions get the chance to meet face-to-face. Syngenta coordinated such an occasion, in July, dedicated to them and in part to thank nearly 100 guests for taking a keen interest in three pipeline Syngenta fungicides.

Rural Business

Incite Pivot unveils upgraded facility

Oct. 4, 2024 | 2 min read

Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) has unveiled its newly upgraded fertiliser import and distribution facility at Portland in regional Victoria, following a $20 million investment in the site.

Rural Business

$4 million to tackle septoria in oats

Oct. 3, 2024 | 3 min read

A new research consortium has been established to close knowledge gaps around Septoria avenae leaf blotch, a significant disease in Australian oat crops.

Fungicides - Rural Business

New test, new detection for fungicide resistance

Oct. 2, 2024 | 3 min read

Researchers at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new method for detecting fungicide resistance enabling them to detect multiple mutations, both known and novel, in just one test.

Rural Business

Workshops maximise grower profitability

Oct. 1, 2024 | 2 min read

A series of harvester workshops run across the WA grain belt have brought together harvester specialists, industry experts and researchers to give grain growers the latest advice ahead of this season’s harvest.

Rural Business

Cotton Australia awards

Sept. 30, 2024 | 5 min read

The Cotton industry’s top awards have been announced at the glamour event of the biennial Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast, the 2024 Awards Dinner, with the top two awards going to Queenslanders.

On The Move

Animal Medicines appoints Richard Boyce

Sept. 29, 2024 | 1 min read

Animal Medicines Australia has appointed Richard Boyce as the peak body’s communications and engagement manager.

On The Move

New boss for BOSS

Sept. 29, 2024 | 1 min read

James Haarhoff, new chief executive officer of Inverell based BOSS Engineering.

Agsafe

bagMUSTER set to tackle plastic waste

Sept. 27, 2024 | 3 min read

Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic, predominantly used in packaging, is a significant source of agricultural waste. Without a viable collection and recycling program, LDPE bags often end up in landfills, are disposed of in environmentally harmful ways, or remain as on-farm waste.

Agribusiness - News

Changes to fertiliser description and code of practice

Sept. 26, 2024 | 2 min read

Have you heard the fertiliser description and labelling code of practice (CoP) has been updated to include new technologies like nitrogen inhibitors?

Merchandise

Verpixo approved by APVMA

Sept. 25, 2024 | 3 min read

Verpixo has become the go-to option for vine and vegetable growers seeking flexibility in resistance programs to control damaging diseases like botrytis, powdery mildew, alternaria and septoria.

Agribusiness - News

Australian crop production under threat

Sept. 25, 2024 | 2 min read

Grain Producers Australia RD&E spokesperson Andrew Weidemann says the future of these practices employed to protect the environment are on the line if critical tools, such as paraquat and diqaut, are removed from the toolbox.

Agribusiness - News

CSU launches $30 million biosecurity hub

Sept. 24, 2024 | 4 min read

Australia’s defence against crippling biosecurity threats was strengthened with the recent launch of the Charles Sturt University Biosecurity Hub (the Hub), a co-investment in research and training of almost $30 million to enhance the nation’s biosecurity defences, protecting our food, farms and communities.

Agribusiness - News

UNISQ Drought focus

Sept. 23, 2024 | 2 min read

Drought is an enduring feature of the Australian landscape with significant economic, social, and environmental impacts. That’s why the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), in partnership with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), has hosted a series of workshops to assist broadacre farmers across Queensland and New South Wales.

Agribusiness - News

Grochem Australia rebrands to 7 Worlds Ag

Sept. 22, 2024 | 2 min read

New name same great service, Grochem Australia has changed their name to 7 Worlds Ag.

Agribusiness - News

Record number graduate cotton program

Sept. 22, 2024 | 2 min read

Participants in the 2024 Australia Future Cotton Leaders Program (AFCLP) have formally graduated after an intense program featuring face-to-face forums, interactive online discussions, one-on-one coaching and integration with industry activities.

Market insight

Fuelling the future of livestock nutrition

Sept. 21, 2024 | 3 min read

Performance Feeds has long been at the forefront of Australian animal nutrition offering a comprehensive range of liquid and loose lick supplements tailored for both rangeland and feedlot operations.

Animal nutrition & supplements - Market insight

Managing trace elements in grazing stock

Sept. 21, 2024 | 3 min read

Pacific Biologics now provides a complete range of long-acting bolus products which cover both the beef and sheep sectors in the Australian market.

Fungicides - Merchandise

Corteva Verpixo approval

Sept. 20, 2024 | 3 min read

Corteva Agriscience’s Group 21 product Verpixo Adavelt active has achieved APVMA approval for new crop registrations, further boosting its reputation as a highly effective fungicide that delivers on the broad-spectrum control of ascomycete diseases.

Animal nutrition & supplements - Market insight

New multi-mineral booster gives cattle the five-way power to perform

Sept. 19, 2024 | 3 min read

Leading animal health company, Elanco, has released a new five-way mineral and vitamin booster, MultiBoost with B12.

Cattle health - Merchandise

Headline Exprinex – gold medal drench

Sept. 18, 2024 | 2 min read

Eprinex Pour-On for Cattle is the gold medal performer when we compare it to the competition.