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Global action on antimicrobial resistance

Dec. 5, 2024 | 2 min read
As the peak body representing Australia's animal health industry, Animal Medicines Australia welcomes and endorses the United Nations Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
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Conan - a weed control barbarian

Dec. 4, 2024 | 4 min read
In an ongoing battle with some hard-to-kill weeds, business partners Robert Eveleigh and Gary Coulton started investigating their options for fallow weed detection and spot spraying on their properties in the Bellata area of northern NSW.
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Unlocking AI potential

Dec. 2, 2024 | 2 min read
AI convert Charles Simons says technology has helped in cost saving and crop saving in the vineyard.
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Greeneye gives green light to field trials

Dec. 1, 2024 | 4 min read
Greeneye Technology, the pioneer of AI-enabled precision spraying technology proven to reduce non-residual herbicide use in farming by an average of 87 per cent has announced its first field trials outside the US.
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Nufarm celebrates Crucial’s home soil wins

Nov. 4, 2024 | 2 min read
Crucial is on track to be the biggest product ever in its market segment for 2024.
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Omnia’s success starts in Australia

Nov. 3, 2024 | 8 min read
For Omnia’s scientists, extracting humic and fulvic acids from brown coal is a little like alchemy – they take in incredibly base material and turn it into a glistening object of desire.
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Nutrien triples manufacturing capacity

Nov. 1, 2024 | 2 min read
Nutrien Ag Solutions has started work to establish a new plant nutrition, crop chemical and animal health manufacturing facility in Laverton, Victoria. The facility will have the capacity to produce critical farming inputs for growers on the east coast of Australia.
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What you need to know about barley stripe rust

Nov. 1, 2024 | 4 min read
Barley stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp hordei) poses a significant threat to wheat and barley production globally. Although not present in Australia, the grains industry is going to great lengths to keep this damaging disease from being introduced.
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Annual conference highlights the future of fertiliser

Oct. 31, 2024 | 5 min read
Cairns served as a vibrant backdrop for Fertilizer Australia's annual conference in September, with over 200 delegates from the fertiliser and agricultural industries gathered under the theme "Sustaining Soil Health - Cultivating a Sustainable Future."
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Green light for Trigall field trials

Oct. 29, 2024 | 2 min read
Careful regulatory oversight to allow genetically modified wheat trials is important for the sustainability of the Australian grains industry.
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ASF hosts largest conference in history

Oct. 29, 2024 | 4 min read
The Australian Seed Federation (ASF) this year hosted its largest conference, with more than 170 attendees from across the country.
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Early BASF carbon trial results

Oct. 28, 2024 | 2 min read
In a recently published report, BASF has shared the first results from its multi-year global carbon field trials.
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Community Paddock expands to South Australia

Oct. 28, 2024 | 2 min read
BASF’s Community Paddock initiative continues into its third year with the announcement of its newest location – Maitland in South Australia.
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Syngenta brings viticulture industry together

Oct. 5, 2024 | 3 min read
The seasons can be long and the opportunities to gather few and far between.  Rarer still, do viticulturists from across the breadth of Australia’s growing regions get the chance to meet face-to-face. Syngenta coordinated such an occasion, in July, dedicated to them and in part to thank nearly 100 guests for taking a keen interest in three pipeline Syngenta fungicides.
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Incite Pivot unveils upgraded facility

Oct. 4, 2024 | 2 min read
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) has unveiled its newly upgraded fertiliser import and distribution facility at Portland in regional Victoria, following a $20 million investment in the site.

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