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'Double digit' growth in land values

Oct. 4, 2022 | 6 min read
The price of Australian farmland is set to record another year of “double digit growth” in 2022, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank says in its newly-released annual Australian Agricultural Land Price Outlook.
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Rural Business has new owner

Oct. 4, 2022 | 2 min read
After more than 10 years of ownership, Rural Business and Australian Tree Crop magazines have been sold by the owners of Ag Communication Solutions, John Forrest and Jeff Gilbert.
Agribusiness

Corteva Climate Leaders 2022

Oct. 3, 2022 | 2 min read
Applications are now open for the Corteva Agriscience Climate Positive Leaders Program for 2022, and this year it is bigger and better than before.
Agribusiness

Demerger plan positions IPF for the future

Oct. 3, 2022 | 3 min read
Incitec Pivot Limited (IPL) has held an investor day last month to present to shareholders the growth strategies for Dyno Nobel explosives and Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) and the potential value that can be unlocked for shareholders and customers by the proposed demerger.
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Delta Ag confirms its future plans

Oct. 2, 2022 | 3 min read
Delta Agribusiness has clarified to Rural Business the investor restructure process that it’s now undertaking, along with its future growth plans, following speculation fuelled by several press reports of potential options under consideration.
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FMD still poses risk to Australia

Oct. 2, 2022 | 2 min read
There’s no room for complacency with foot and mouth disease entering Australia despite a lull in press reporting on the subject.
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Zoetis buys Jurox’s global business

Oct. 1, 2022 | 2 min read
Zoetis has announced the acquisition of Jurox, a privately owned Australian animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of veterinary medicines for treating livestock and companion animals.
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Plantings to summer crops in 2022–23 are forecast to remain well above average

Sept. 8, 2022 | 3 min read
The area planted to summer crops in 2022–23 is forecast to increase by 2% to reach 1.6 million hectares. This is supported by the combination of significant areas of land previously left fallow during winter in Queensland and New South Wales, ample soil moisture availability in late winter for planting crops, and the favourable seasonal conditions expected over spring. Summer crop production is forecast to reach the fifth highest on record at 5.2 million tonnes, remaining 6% below the record production of last season. Production of grain sorghum is forecast to reach the fourth highest on record at 2.6 million tonnes, supported by well above average area and yields. Production of cotton lint is forecast to reach the third highest on record of 1.1 million tonnes.
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Nutrien joins AusAgritech as partner

Sept. 3, 2022 | 2 min read
Nutrien Ag Solutions and the Australian Agritech Association (AusAgritech) have announced Nutrien Ag Solutions’s membership of the Association as a corporate partner to further nurture the potential of the rapidly growing agritech sector and the emerging talent within it.
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Incitec Pivot buys Yara Nipro liquids

Sept. 2, 2022 | 2 min read
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) has announced it has reached an agreement with Yara Australia to acquire the Yara Nipro liquid fertiliser business in Australia. The acquisition worth around $20 million is subject to ACCC clearance.
Agribusiness

New biocontrol agent fights fleabane threat

Sept. 2, 2022 | 3 min read
The fungus only infects flaxleaf fleabane, while all non-target plant species tested were resistant to it.
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Work on Varroa pesticide under way in Australia

Aug. 2, 2022 | 3 min read
Amid Australia’s first Varroa Destructor mite outbreak, Hort Innovation has joined forces with the University of Sydney to develop a world-first hormone-based pesticide that is safe for honey bees but fatal to Varroa mite.
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Sustainability starts with IPM

Aug. 2, 2022 | 2 min read
Sustainable farming starts with climate-smart pest resistance management strategies, says CropLife Australia CEO Matthew Cossey.
Agribusiness

Container costs to soften

Aug. 2, 2022 | 3 min read
Australia’s agricultural sector can expect to contend with elevated ocean container shipping costs and ongoing supply disruptions for at least another year before a ‘normalisation’ of the global ocean freight system, according to new research from Rabobank.
Agribusiness

Kynetec buys machinery data analysis firm

Aug. 2, 2022 | 2 min read
Local tractor and machinery data has been given a boost, with the acquisition of an Australian data analytics business Agriview by UK based global firm, Kynetec.

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