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NEW JOINT VENTURE TO IMPROVE ANNUAL LEGUME BREEDING

Oct. 24, 2019 | 2 min read
A 10-year joint venture between The University of Western Australia and PGG Wrightson Seeds has been launched to provide farmers better access to advances in seed technology.
Seeds - Summer cropping

World-class research supporting QLD sorghum industry

Oct. 22, 2019 | 2 min read
World-class research from Queensland’s leading scientists is supporting significant growth in the state’s sorghum industry.
Seeds

Heritage Seeds to be known as Barenbrug

Oct. 17, 2019 | 2 min read
One of Australia’s largest seed companies is changing names, with Heritage Seeds to be known as Barenbrug from 28th October 2019.
Tropical agriculture & sugar cane

Integrated management approaches to combat plant virus diseases

Oct. 8, 2019 | 2 min read
Investigations by The University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Institute of Agriculture and Washington State University (WSU) in the USA have concluded that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to management of plant viral diseases.
Tropical agriculture & sugar cane

New projects tap the pulse of northern Australia

Sept. 23, 2019 | 2 min read
More than $4.5 million dollars in investment will support the development of a northern Australian broadacre cropping industry.
Summer cropping

Genetic modification law reform could see cotton industry swoop on South Australia

Sept. 19, 2019 | 5 min read
Australia's multi-billion-dollar cotton industry could expand into South Australia, once the state dumps its controversial ban on genetically modified crops in December.
Seeds - Summer cropping - Tropical agriculture & sugar cane

New projects tap the cropping potential of northern Australia

Aug. 30, 2019 | 2 min read
Projects to focus on developing commercial-scale trials of oilseeds, pulses, cereals and forage crops in northern Australia.
Seeds

LIFTING GM MORATORIUM A WIN FOR FARMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Aug. 19, 2019 | 2 min read
The plant science industry commends Minister Whetstone and the Marshall Government’s announcement today. We now call on all parties to support this science-based decision so farmers in South Australia can access the clear environmental, agronomic and financial benefits of growing approved genetically modified (GM) crops.
Seeds - Winter cropping

BASF enters Australian wheat seed market

Aug. 9, 2019 | 2 min read
BASF to launch its first new wheat seed varieties onto the Australian market in 2021.
Agribusiness - Spring horticulture & viticulture - Summer horticulture - Tropical agriculture & sugar cane

Elders strengthening horticulture investments in technical services

July 10, 2019 | 2 min read
Building on its position in Australian horticulture was one of the aims for iconic agribusiness Elders at this year's Hort Connections.
Summer cropping

On-farm impacts of sorghum RD&E spanning 20 years surface from economic analysis

May 30, 2019 | 4 min read
Productivity gains made by the Australian sorghum industry are unmatched anywhere else in the world, according to a report by the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI).
Summer cropping

Cotton picking time: Lighter cotton crop across Moree district, below average yields

April 6, 2019 | 3 min read
It's cotton picking time across the district, and while the hot, dry season will see a lighter crop this year, many growers, such as first-timers the Smiths, are just pleased to have a crop to harvest.

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