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Industry stalwarts recognised

May 5, 2025 | 1 min read
The prestigious 2024 Farrer Memorial Medal has gone to Prof. Andy Barr for his contribution to field crop breeding over a career spanning more than 30 years.
Movers & Shakers

Gall is the top pick

May 5, 2025 | 2 min read
Executive members of leading fresh produce and floral trade association, International Fresh Produce Association ANZ (formerly PMA ANZ), have unanimously elected Premier Fresh Australia chief operating officer Dean Gall as chairman.
Agribusiness - News

Canberra commits to national food security strategy

May 2, 2025 | 2 min read
AUSVEG has welcomed the commitment from the Australian government to a national food security strategy as a recognition of the importance of shoring up future food supply and the long-term viability of Australia’s vegetable industry.
Agsafe

How to bag a plastic waste problem

May 2, 2025 | 3 min read
Regional and rural Australia has become the testing ground for the drive to recycle more of the 45,000 tonnes of soft plastic used in agriculture every year.
Agribusiness - News

Crop breeders attend ACB Breeders Week in Melbourne

May 1, 2025 | 1 min read
More than 150 of Australia’s leading field crop breeders, researchers and industry representatives were in Melbourne at the start of March for the third annual ACB Breeders Week series of meetings and workshops.
Agribusiness - News

Future Farming Forum highlights challenges and opportunities for farm transition

May 1, 2025 | 3 min read
With around 70 per cent of Australian family farms expected to transition to the next generation in the next five years, a key event bringing together some of the brightest young minds in farming has identified gaps and opportunities to help support young farmers.
Agribusiness - News

New test measures antibacterial properties of honey

May 1, 2025 | 2 min read
A tool developed by e University of Western Australia and commercialised by bee research centre Y-Trace can measure the antibacterial properties of honey with unprecedented accuracy.
Agribusiness - News

Unlocking grower solutions for Australia’s biggest horticulture challenges

May 1, 2025 | 3 min read
Mentoring to transform ideas into real solutions is one of the key offerings of a new program launched by Hort Frontiers.
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.
Merchandise

Gold standard pain relief for lambs

April 25, 2025 | 3 min read
Providing pain relief during surgical animal husbandry procedures is a better choice for livestock, producers and the industry as a whole.
Merchandise

ACTA celebrates 35 years of Foxoff

April 25, 2025 | 3 min read
First registered in Australia in 1989, Foxoff contains the naturally occurring active sodium fluoroacetate and due to its unique properties, Foxoff and 1080 have a unique and critical fit in protecting our local native flora, fauna and farming livelihoods.

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Above average crops expected for cotton
SA swoops on first varroa outbreak
Tour reinforces universal agricultural challenges
Planting stronger trans-Tasman connection
7 Worlds Ag celebrates first year
WA lupins poised to go global
Management: Doing less not more-the key to boosting productivity
Insights: Specialty fertilisers and nutrition, Resistance management
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