Rural Business News

Merchandise - Winter cropping

Soft finish brings risk of crown rot

Nov. 10, 2022 | 2 min read

A softer finish to this year’s winter crop could mask issues with crown rot across the Australian wheatbelt.

Winter cropping

Ascochyta blight discovery to improve variety choices for lentil growers

Oct. 31, 2022 | 4 min read

Australian researchers have discovered a gene in the fungal pathogen causing ascochyta blight that triggers disease resistance in lentils, helping researchers to advise growers on lentil varieties with strong genetic resistance.

Herbicide & fungicide resistance

WeedSmart Week 2022 – Dalby

Oct. 17, 2022 | 2 min read

WeedSmart Week brings together a wealth of knowledge and experience from local and interstate growers, agronomists, and technology experts – putting the spotlight on herbicide resistance and weed control.Join us at WeedSmart Week Dalby from the 6th to the 7th of December 2022. WeedSmart Week is designed to engage growers and advisors on the WeedSmart Big 6 messages.

Winter cropping

World first CoAXium barley seed

Oct. 6, 2022 | 2 min read

Titan AX will be the first barley variety to be released by Australian Grain Technologies (AGT) as part of the CoAXium Barley Production System, offering tolerance to Aggressor (a Group 1, Quizalofop-P-Ethyl) herbicide.

Herbicide & fungicide resistance - Merchandise

Innovative new chemistry for potatoes

Sept. 10, 2022 | 2 min read

Leading horticultural supplier, Grochem Australia, is stepping up its role in the potato market with the launch of an innovative new herbicide called Soleto.

Merchandise - Winter cropping

Insecticide great news for macadamias

Sept. 9, 2022 | 2 min read

Macadamia growers are increasingly recognising the versatility of Trivor insecticide for protecting their crops against a range of key pests.

Fungicides - Herbicide & fungicide resistance

New fungicides help manage resistance

Aug. 28, 2022 | 4 min read

New crop fungicide releases are becoming key additions to growers’ disease management programs – helping to improve disease control, expand their spray options and assist fungicide resistance management, as well as extend crop greening benefits.

Winter cropping

How to beat barley grass in two years

Aug. 18, 2022 | 4 min read

Barley grass often slips under the radar and pales in significance to annual ryegrass. But it is ranked in the top ten weeds in Australian grain crops and considered the seventh most costly weed to control for growers in the Victorian Mallee and Mid-North, Lower Yorke and Eyre Peninsula of South Australia.

Winter cropping

Growers urged to test redlegged earth mite for resistance

July 1, 2022 | 2 min read

Grain growers and farm advisers are being asked whether they have noticed a chemical control failure or suspect insecticide resistance in redlegged earth mites (RLEM).

Herbicide & fungicide resistance

Latest pesticide resistance management advice supports climate-smart pest management

July 1, 2022 | 2 min read

CropLife Australia’s Resistance Management Strategies for fungicides, herbicides and insecticides assist farmers, agronomists and environmental land managers to ensure important crop protection products remain viable and effective tools into the future. The official 2022-23 strategies have been updated and formally released today and are now available online.

Winter cropping

FMC Overwatch Herbicide leaves its mark

June 22, 2022 | 4 min read

Overwatch Herbicide has provided excellent weed control and a much-needed rotational option for agronomist Jake Rademacher on SA’s lower Yorke Peninsula.

Grain protection - Winter cropping

New tool helps grain growers preserve beneficial insects on-farm

May 4, 2022 | 2 min read

A critical new tool will help Australian grain growers understand what pesticides to select to preserve ‘beneficial’ insects that play a critical role in pest management in the paddock.

Winter cropping

Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties

April 28, 2022 | 4 min read

Strong interest amongst Western Australian growers in new lines of “moisture seeking” wheat is driving the expansion of regional trials this year, with results set to inform future agronomic and farming systems guidelines for long coleoptile varieties.

Winter cropping

Prospects for Australian wheat exports amid the Ukraine-Russia conflict

April 20, 2022 | 5 min read

A Charles Sturt University agribusiness expert suggests Australia can anticipate an increase in wheat exports to countries affected by the Ukraine-Russia conflict and should target those importing nations’ requirements.

Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides - Winter cropping

New chemistry vital option in Central West

March 19, 2022 | 3 min read

The release of the new pre-emergent, Overwatch Herbicide in 2021 has been welcomed by Nutrien Forbes agronomist Jim Cronin as a vital rotational option in key winter crops.