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Workforce shortages worsen: AUSVEG

Oct. 28, 2023 | 3 min read

More than a year on from the Federal Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit, AUSVEG says the crippling workforce shortages facing Australian vegetable growers have only worsened, and many growers are now reconsidering their future as vegetable producers.

Agribusiness - Agsafe

Dropping of levy offers benefits

Oct. 26, 2023 | 3 min read

Agsafe’s highly successful drumMUSTER program is switching from a levy to a more efficient fee-for-service income model, delivering benefits to the agvet sector.

Agribusiness

Red tape cut on non-GMO exports

Oct. 25, 2023 | 2 min read

Meeting the export premium market certification requirements for non-genetically modified organism (non-GMO) produce has just been made cheaper, easier, and more efficient for Australian farmers.

Agribusiness

Elders buys Eureka! toll business

Oct. 24, 2023 | 2 min read

Elders has announced the acquisition of Eureka! group, a leading research, development, registration and formulation business for agricultural chemicals and other agricultural products.

Agribusiness

Pesticides’ $31B benefit to economy

Sept. 16, 2023 | 2 min read

A new report by Deloitte Access Economics, has revealed that the judicious use of crop protection products directly enables $31.6 billion of Australia's agricultural output annually – a 53 per cent increase in just five years.

Agribusiness

New name for leading Aussie manufacturer

Sept. 8, 2023 | 3 min read

Leading Australian manufacturer Graintech, last month launched its brand refresh, GTE Technology as it continues to establish its strong position in the industry.

Agribusiness

National RD&E partnership for grains

Sept. 3, 2023 | 4 min read

The Australian grains industry will benefit from a renewed focus on grains research, development and extension (RD&E) data and insights with the announcement of a five-year strategic partnership aimed at harnessing analytics to drive the sector’s profitability and global competitiveness.

Agribusiness

ACCC rules on fertiliser contract terms

Sept. 2, 2023 | 2 min read

Suppliers in the fertiliser industry have agreed to amend their contracts following an ACCC investigation into unfair contract terms.

Agribusiness

New board for Agribusiness Australia

Sept. 2, 2023 | 3 min read

Agribusiness Australia has elected Mark Barber as the new chair. The appointment was made early this month after Mark Allison decided to step away after a decade in the role.

Agribusiness

Ag still strong despite dry to come: ABARES

Sept. 1, 2023 | 2 min read

Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry are set to have the third-highest yearly gross value on record in 2023–24 with production value predicted to reach $86 billion.

Agribusiness

Aphid samples wanted!

Sept. 1, 2023 | 2 min read

Cesar Australia has put out a call to growers and agronomists to send in aphid samples for surveillance of resistance, tracking the presence of different aphids in different areas and looking for parasitoids.

Spring horticulture & viticulture

New Syngenta viticulture fungicides impress

Aug. 30, 2023 | 2 min read

The anticipated arrival of three new grape fungicides from Syngenta has generated excitement among advisors, eager for growers to realise the benefits in their production systems.

Spring horticulture & viticulture

Potato and onion crops boosted by mycorrhizae

Aug. 28, 2023 | 3 min read

Most vegetable growers typically only squeeze out marginal productivity gains each year, if at all, through improved varieties, agronomic practices, and the latest crop protection technology.

Agribusiness

Combine sales spike, baler sales down

Aug. 23, 2023 | 2 min read

Australian farm machinery sales have been challenged by multiple factors in 2023, following a buoyant 2022. Supply chain concerns continue to dominate, with shipping quarantine queues the most prominent issue impacting sales.

Spring horticulture & viticulture

Microscopic organisms to increase crop yields

Aug. 22, 2023 | 2 min read

Scientists are investigating whether root systems packed with certain combinations of tiny living things – or microbiomes – result in a more productive plant with the aim of developing new products to increase yield.

Rural Business News

Workforce shortages worsen: AUSVEG

Dropping of levy offers benefits

Red tape cut on non-GMO exports

Elders buys Eureka! toll business

Pesticides’ $31B benefit to economy

New name for leading Aussie manufacturer

National RD&E partnership for grains

ACCC rules on fertiliser contract terms

New board for Agribusiness Australia

Ag still strong despite dry to come: ABARES

Aphid samples wanted!

New Syngenta viticulture fungicides impress

Potato and onion crops boosted by mycorrhizae

Combine sales spike, baler sales down

Microscopic organisms to increase crop yields

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