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Adjuvants & spray oils - Market insight

Take care with adjuvants when fruit thinning

April 30, 2025 | 2 min read

Fruit growers and their advisers are reminded to take the utmost care and choose the right adjuvant before applying chemical thinners and plant growth regulators (PGRs) in their pome and stone fruit orchards this season.

Adjuvants & spray oils - Market insight

JD’s See & Spray Select comes Down Under

April 30, 2025 | 3 min read

How do I stop gazanias invading crops?

April 29, 2025 | 5 min read

Market insight - Winter cropping

Power of pastures and fodder crops to lower weed numbers

April 29, 2025 | 4 min read

Market insight - Winter cropping

Game changer seed treatment hits the market

April 28, 2025 | 3 min read

A decade of Australian development has culminated in a breakthrough for wheat and barley growers, with Victrato seed treatment now registered for the management of devastating Fusarium sp. crown rot.

Gold standard pain relief for lambs

April 25, 2025 | 3 min read

Providing pain relief during surgical animal husbandry procedures is a better choice for livestock, producers and the industry as a whole.

ACTA celebrates 35 years of Foxoff

April 25, 2025 | 3 min read

First registered in Australia in 1989, Foxoff contains the naturally occurring active sodium fluoroacetate and due to its unique properties, Foxoff and 1080 have a unique and critical fit in protecting our local native flora, fauna and farming livelihoods.

Anipro boosts performance

April 24, 2025 | 2 min read

At GrainCorp Animal Nutrition, we believe that nutritional supplementation is often the missing piece of the puzzle for producers looking to take their herd’s performance to the next level.

Using residual herbicides to beat fence line resistance

April 23, 2025 | 5 min read

Fence lines can be a haven for weeds, perpetuating one of the biggest threats to agricultural crops, however growers have the opportunity to reduce this risk through the use of herbicides offering long-term weed control.

Research into industry’s best grass herbicide strategies

April 23, 2025 | 4 min read

Independent, showpiece trials investigating the best upfront herbicide strategies put forward by crop protection companies against annual ryegrass are proving highly valuable for growers’ weed management planning.

Using the right rodenticide matters

April 22, 2025 | 5 min read

Careful product selection can not only optimise the success of your rodent control program but help to minimise the unintentional poisoning of non-target species.

Adjuvants & spray oils - Market insight

Unlock the power of your herbicide with Hasten

April 21, 2025 | 2 min read

Vicchem’s Hasten Spray Adjuvant is proven to unlock the power of your herbicide to make a real performance difference in your farming operation.

Stronger Rainbow ready to shine for Australian industry

April 21, 2025 | 3 min read

Rainbow, China’s largest agrichemical exporter, is set to expand its contribution to the Australian crop protection industry with a broader product portfolio, enhanced facilities, and a strengthened management and field team.

Market insight - Winter pastures & forage

Winter pasture filler is homegrown success story

April 18, 2025 | 3 min read

Winter pasture feed gap filler ProGibb Smartgrass (SG) began life as a plant growth regulator in Australian table grapes, but it was the accidental discovery of its success in pasture management some 20 years ago which opened a global market for agricultural solutions supplier Sumitomo Chemical.

Trezac Arylex active helping graziers extinguish fireweed

April 16, 2025 | 3 min read

Livestock producers have greater ability to control the highly invasive fireweed, with Trezac Arylex active now registered for use in grass pastures via boom application.

Quality is the key for WA family farm

April 16, 2025 | 3 min read

Verpixo Adavelt active is a new Group 21 fungicide from Corteva Agriscience designed to protect melons and other cucurbit crops from damaging diseases such as powdery mildew and gummy stem blight.

Understanding nutrient removal and maximising input

April 15, 2025 | 3 min read

As the dust settled on the 2024 harvest, Mallee Sustainable Farming reported producers have been diving into their yield data, evaluating how drought and frosty conditions impacted their crops.

Boosted blend delivers soil health and crop benefits

April 15, 2025 | 3 min read

Australian farmers seeking to improve soil health are reporting promising results after trialling biologically enhanced efficiency fertiliser (EEF) Fertica H+ ahead of its market launch.

Market insight - Snail & slug control

Slugs ‘weighed in’ to optimise management

April 11, 2025 | 4 min read

Snail & slug control Analysing the life history of the grey field slug and black keeled slug is part of new research to help growers better respond to threats from these pest species.

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