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Make resistance management moves with CHESS

Nov. 24, 2024 | 2 min read
Recent reports of control failures for silverleaf whitefly and resistance to spirotetramat (Group 23) in some green peach aphid populations in Queensland have many growers on the lookout for different rotation options.
Merchandise

Soak-N-Wet improves crop establishment

Nov. 23, 2024 | 2 min read
Improve crop establishment with SOAK-N-WET
Merchandise

Spotlight shines the light on labor saving

Nov. 6, 2024 | 3 min read
Barrick Parker, of Gundagai Vineyards, used Spotlight® Plus Herbicide in preference to manual labour to control suckers at the base of the vines.
Cattle health - Merchandise

Innovative new weapon in bloat control

Nov. 6, 2024 | 3 min read
Leaders in ruminant nutrition innovation, Wagga Wagga based AusFarm Nutrition Products (ANP), have been working with cattle and sheep producers for almost two decades to boost the productivity and profitability of extensive grazing systems.
Merchandise

Elite varieties unveiled by AGT for 2025

Nov. 5, 2024 | 4 min read
Australia’s largest plant breeding company, Australian Grain Technologies (AGT), has recently announced the release of seven new field crop varieties, available for the 2025 season.
Merchandise

Get coverage from A-Z for blowfly and lice control.

Nov. 5, 2024 | 2 min read
With a big blowfly season ahead of us, blowfly prevention product use is going to once again be heavily relied upon. Many producers are now reporting the need for more than one product application to get them through a season.
Fungicides - Merchandise

Infinito drives better performance on key diseases in Tasmania

Oct. 22, 2024 | 4 min read
Efficiency is key for a large vegetable growing operation such as Premium Fresh, which produces a range of crops across the north of Tasmania. The spray program to manage key diseases needs to quickly control damaging problems such as downy mildew in onions and brassicas, while working with the wet conditions often seen in the region.
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Triple drench working for the next generation

Oct. 21, 2024 | 4 min read
Triguard triple combination drench for sheep, with abamectin, delivers the potency of macrocyclic lactone without the persistency of moxidectin.
Merchandise

Review your buffalo fly control now

Oct. 19, 2024 | 4 min read
Beef and dairy producers in northern Australia have been advised to urgently review their buffalo fly control program following the de-registration of several products containing the active ingredient, diazinon.
Fungicides - Merchandise

Verpixo proves a boon for botrytis control

Oct. 18, 2024 | 3 min read
Wine and table grape growers have brand new chemistry available for the costly diseases botrytis and powdery mildew, with Corteva Agriscience’s flexible, highly effective fungicide, Verpixo Adavelt active, entering the market and the Australian Wine Research Institute’s updated Dog Book.
Merchandise

Extreme treatment for canola

Oct. 9, 2024 | 2 min read
With orders open for 2025 canola seed, it’s worth growers and advisors taking a moment to consider new Equento Extreme seed treatment for above and below ground protection from chewing and sucking pests.
Adjuvants & spray oils - Herbicide & fungicide resistance - Merchandise

Outright 770 makes hard work easy

Oct. 8, 2024 | 2 min read
Outright 770 Spray Adjuvant is designed to simplify and enhance the herbicide application process for farmers.
Merchandise

Chitin-based biostimulant launches

Oct. 7, 2024 | 3 min read
Flamingro’s Ian Rew said trials in New Zealand have shown the product can increase plant root mass and shoot growth by 26 per cent, while also suppressing plant-parasitic nematodes.
Merchandise

Verpixo approved by APVMA

Sept. 25, 2024 | 3 min read
Verpixo has become the go-to option for vine and vegetable growers seeking flexibility in resistance programs to control damaging diseases like botrytis, powdery mildew, alternaria and septoria.
Fungicides - Merchandise

Corteva Verpixo approval

Sept. 20, 2024 | 3 min read
Corteva Agriscience’s Group 21 product Verpixo Adavelt active has achieved APVMA approval for new crop registrations, further boosting its reputation as a highly effective fungicide that delivers on the broad-spectrum control of ascomycete diseases.

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