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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
Australian farmers have played a crucial role in testing improvements to John Deere’s See & Spray Select, which now has in-season variable rate capabilities via AutoTrac automation and ExactApply technologies.
Market insight

How do I stop gazanias invading crops?

April 29, 2025 | 5 min read
Dr Ali Bajwa, a weed scientist at La Trobe University, says gazanias have become more common on road verges during the past decade and, more recently, have started to invade cropping paddocks in several low rainfall regions of South Australia and Victoria.
Market insight - Winter cropping

Power of pastures and fodder crops to lower weed numbers

April 29, 2025 | 4 min read
A robust crop and pasture rotation and strong crop competition are very effective strategies in mixed farming operations to keep weed numbers low in grain crops.
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.
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.
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.
Market insight

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.
Market insight

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.
Fencing, livestock handling & ID - Market insight

Barrier against wild dogs and livestock disease

April 10, 2025 | 2 min read
David Counsell and his wife Genevieve operate Dunblane a 15,000ha Mitchell grass property west of Barcaldine, in Central West Queensland, where their enterprise encompasses 15,000 Merino sheep along with 500 head of agistment cattle.
Market insight - Snail & slug control

Importance of long-term monitoring for slugs

April 10, 2025 | 4 min read
Since 2013, AgNova Technologies Pty Ltd and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have supported ongoing monthly slug monitoring at three sites in southwest Victoria.
Fencing, livestock handling & ID - Market insight

Fencing in better pasture management

April 9, 2025 | 2 min read
On a recent visit to Justin Cooper’s 80 hectare property in Tasmania, the seasoned farmer and Gallagher territory manager shared his expertise on the principles and practices of rotational grazing.
Fencing, livestock handling & ID - Market insight

Livestock handling –there’s a better way

April 9, 2025 | 4 min read
Nic Kentish, a champion of the low stress stock handling (LSSH) system, was a guest on the Te Mania Angus podcast RawAg, where he outlined the game-changing protocols which create a world where stockmen and women get to understand what the animal is thinking.
Market insight - Snail & slug control

Precision, power and performance – Slugoff leads the way

March 21, 2025 | 3 min read
Since its launch both in Australia and New Zealand local farmers and their agronomists have continued to be impressed at the superior effectiveness in both broadacre and high value horticulture situations, ensuring Sluggoff is the first choice molluscicide choice in all-weather situations.

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Canberra commits to national food security
Cattle industry supports guidelines
MOU strengthens grain research
Stronger Rainbow ready to shine for Australian Industry
Fungus the frontline in flebane fight
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