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FarmFest returns in 2024

Dec. 3, 2023 | 2 min read

Planning is well underway for Queensland’s largest agricultural field days with Elders FarmFest 2024 confirmed for June 4 - 6 next year.

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drumMUSTER transitions to new model

Dec. 3, 2023 | 2 min read

On January 10 drumMUSTER, Australia’s leading agricultural sector product stewardship program will no longer have the ACCC authorised levy model as its funding mechanism.

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Farmers lead fight on international trade

Dec. 2, 2023 | 2 min read

The Cairns Group Farm Leaders (Farm Leaders) have reinforced their commitment to their vision to create a world with an equitable and enforceable rules-based trading system in agriculture.

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GRDC talks resistance

Dec. 2, 2023 | 2 min read

Pesticide resistance poses challenges for effective pest management in agriculture. But imagine if, by knowing the exact enzymes that exist in a plant or insect, we could use a RAT-like test to determine if resistance is occurring and how it occurs?

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New board for Aussie hort

Dec. 1, 2023 | 2 min read

One new and two returning board directors have joined the grower-owned research and development corporation for Australian horticulture, Hort Innovation.

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Free water tests for farmers

Dec. 1, 2023 | 1 min read

VICCHEM, a trusted name in agrichemical solutions, is thrilled to announce the continuation of their free water test kit, reaffirming their commitment to providing retail partners and growers with valuable insights to optimise the performance of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.

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Dimethoate ban on fruit

Nov. 22, 2023 | 2 min read

The APVMA has suspended the registration and labels of chemical products containing dimethoate used as a post-harvest dip for fruit with inedible peel (except citrus).

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$36M to unlock soil potential

Nov. 16, 2023 | 2 min read

An innovative new $36 million partnership between the Grains and Research Development Corporation (GRDC) and NSW Department of Primary Industries will explore and assess new technologies designed to help grain growers address common soil constraints.

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Joint forces fight swine fever

Nov. 14, 2023 | 3 min read

Scientists from Australia and the US have joined forces to fight one of animal science’s biggest challenges: a safe and effective vaccine against African swine fever, a viral pandemic devastating the world’s pig industries.

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Unlocking climate-busting potential in protected cropping

Nov. 13, 2023 | 3 min read

Bayer Crop Science’s low carbon breeding program is innovating in protected cropping for a more profitable and reliable agricultural future.

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Syngenta signs bio tech deal

Nov. 13, 2023 | 2 min read

Biowish Technologies and MAP (Modern Agricultural Program), the sole agricultural service program of Syngenta Group China, has announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement initiating the commercial availability of Biowish enhanced efficiency fertiliser (EEF) throughout China.

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NLIS key to traceability

Nov. 12, 2023 | 2 min read

Australian livestock producers have the opportunity to position themselves ahead of one their biggest global competitors according to Sam Turner.

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Zoetis continue to support Beyond Blue

Nov. 11, 2023 | 3 min read

Leading animal health business Zoetis has raised $100,000 for the Beyond Blue Support Service – an initiative to reduce stigma around mental illness in rural and regional Australia.

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Industry calls for investment in recycling

Nov. 9, 2023 | 2 min read

Australia is calling on government to get behind industry led initiatives to tackle agricultural plastic waste.

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ACE orchard officially opened

Nov. 8, 2023 | 3 min read

More than 200 stakeholders recently attended the official handover of the Australian almond industry’s centre of excellence experimental orchard at Loxton North in South Australia’s Riverland.