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Video venture aimed at rural and regional marketers

Nov. 28, 2024 | 2 min read
Jason Kilgour and Andrew Barton are showing agri-marketers a whole new vision for their future.
Market insight - Spring horticulture & viticulture

Controlling vine suckers with minimal labour

Nov. 27, 2024 | 3 min read
The challenge of controlling vine suckers in current labour markets is being addressed with a herbicide option in many vineyards across the Barossa region of South Australia.
Market insight - Summer horticulture

SIMODIS insecticide wins the west

Nov. 27, 2024 | 4 min read
SIMODIS insecticide is a new insecticide from Syngenta, exceeding industry expectations from north to south, and east to west, in under two years from launch.
Market insight - Summer cropping

The Edge over Fall armyworm

Nov. 22, 2024 | 4 min read
Adam Harber has seen firsthand how much damage Fall armyworm can do to a crop and how quickly it can happen.
Market insight

Project aims to boost nitrogen in chickpeas and mungbeans

Nov. 16, 2024 | 2 min read
The GRDC-supported International Legume Inoculant Genebank (ILIG) at Murdoch University, led by Dr Jason Terpolilli, will spearhead efforts to characterise rhizobia strains in their collection.
Market insight

Understanding germination to improve yields

Nov. 15, 2024 | 2 min read
New research from La Trobe has identified ways to create more consistent seed growth across a season, ensuring bigger harvest yields for crop growers.
Market insight - Resistance management

Can weeds adapt to harvest weed seed control?

Nov. 14, 2024 | 4 min read
Research agronomist with the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative Dr Mike Ashworth said there is evidence long-term, consistent use of harvest weed seed control can result in patches of weeds that possess an evasion trait, including shedding seeds early, before harvest.
Market insight - Resistance management

When to mix and when to rotate

Nov. 13, 2024 | 5 min read
The mix-and-rotate WeedSmart Big 6 tactic aims to increase diversity within a herbicide program to delay and manage herbicide resistance. While rotating modes of action is relatively simple, mixing is much more complicated.
Market insight

Unlock potential with K-humate

Nov. 12, 2024 | 3 min read
K-humate is a highly concentrated source of humic acids which is sourced and produced in Australia. The product’s high quality and proven performance is now well recognised all over the world.
Market insight

Using natures nitrogen with N-Leaf

Nov. 11, 2024 | 2 min read
Nitrogen needs and usage efficiency can be important levers to understand and support. With growers needing more access to natural, organic sources, biofertilisers like N-Leaf give them an option to support their crops nitrogen needs using natural bacteria.
Market insight

Key fertiliser prices coming off the boil

Nov. 8, 2024 | 3 min read
Prices for the three major fertilisers used by Australian farmers – nitrogen, phosphates and potash – have gradually eased from the highs seen in 2022, following the sharp spike in global fertiliser prices with the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war. Report co-author and RaboResearch agriculture analyst Paul Joules said high fertiliser have begun to slowly flatten out.
Market insight

Research to assess financial impacts of organic wastes as fertilisers

Nov. 7, 2024 | 2 min read
A study by a Charles Sturt University agribusiness academic explores on farm variable inputs in southern NSW to establish the economic benefits of the use of organic matter in agriculture.
Market insight - Resistance management

Northern fallow weed control hits the spot

Oct. 20, 2024 | 3 min read
Northern croppers have a lot to think about when applying broadleaf herbicides on winter and summer fallows.
Market insight - Resistance management

Eye to the future with insect resistance trends

Oct. 20, 2024 | 4 min read
It wasn’t long ago various brassica growing areas of the country were facing massive insect resistance pressure before the arrival of new insecticide technologies, and it’s a reminder to be careful with latest management programs into the future.
Market insight

Research aims to improve nutritive value of Kikuyu

Oct. 16, 2024 | 2 min read
New research by Dairy UP aims to unlock the nutritive potential of kikuyu pastures used by NSW dairy farmers.

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Inside this issue
Recovery with RIC drought loan
Mixed price trends for ag commodities
Alliance offers fertile ground
Conan - a weed control barbarian
Haifa makes a global statement on Industry's future
Summer cropping
Business solutions & labour
Summer Horticulture
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