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dry soil impacts on pre-emergents

June 30, 2024 | 5 min read
Soil moisture is sadly lacking in many grain-growing areas this season, particularly in the southern and western regions of the country.
Agribusiness

BASF expands portfolio

June 29, 2024 | 2 min read
With its first biomass-balanced (BMB) ammonia and urea products, BASF now offers BMB options within its ammonia value chain.
Agribusiness - News

Walker takes national role with Datamars

June 28, 2024 | 1 min read
Datamars has appointed Brian Walker as national sales manager
Agsafe

drumMuster continues to deliver

June 27, 2024 | 2 min read
Agsafe’s drumMUSTER program, a cornerstone in the effort to ensure the responsible disposal of agricultural chemical containers in Australia, remains robust and accessible nationwide.
Agribusiness - News

Production boosts dairy confidence

June 26, 2024 | 2 min read
Farmer confidence in the Australian dairy industry is currently in its most stable period in a decade.
Agribusiness - News

Farming for the future of wool

June 25, 2024 | 2 min read
With consumer demand for nature-positive wool outstripping supply, a new project is underway to provide consistency and certainty for woolgrowers around measuring and reporting on environmental performance.
Agribusiness - News

Investment boosts AEGIC Chinese barley talks

June 24, 2024 | 2 min read
New investment from the Australian Government through the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFACR) will allow the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) to continue building Chinese relationships to support enhanced use of Australian barley for the malting and brewing industries.
Agribusiness - News

ACCC expresses concerns over Namoi bid

June 23, 2024 | 3 min read
The ACCC has published a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns with Louis Dreyfus Company’s (LDC) proposed acquisition of Namoi Cotton Ltd.
Agribusiness - News

APVMA reviews costs

June 23, 2024 | 1 min read
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has met with key stakeholders to discuss the upcoming review of its cost recovery structure, including our fees and levies.
Hort Connections

Hort Connections 2024

June 21, 2024 | 2 min read
Hort Connections 2024 has been given a big tick of approval by organisers and visitors to this years annual event, held in Melbourne during June.
Agribusiness - News

Elders sponsors potato congress

June 19, 2024 | 1 min read
As a leading supplier of certified seed potatoes to commercial growers, Elders has proudly announced they are the major sponsor for the upcoming World Potato Congress, to be held in Adelaide June 23 -26.
Agribusiness - News

Nutrien  focuses on emissions

June 15, 2024 | 2 min read
As the focus on sustainability continues to escalate, Australian agribusiness Nutrien Ag Solutions is helping farmers understand their emissions and on-farm opportunities.
Insecticide - Rural Business

Biting into the mealybug malaise in wineries

June 14, 2024 | 5 min read
Completing an extensive study of mealybugs on two Margaret River wineries and integrating the research findings into practical advice for growers is all part of the job for Scott Paton from Nutrien Ag Solutions in Perth, WA.
Rural Business

Tripod Farm joins Hort Connections tour

June 12, 2024 | 4 min read
Tripod Farmers was established in 1990 at Bacchus Marsh, northwest of Melbourne. Today the business has grown to almost 400 ha over two locations but remains 100 per cent Australian owned and family run by the third generation of the Candeloro family and their sons Joseph, Frankie and Joseph Jnr Ruffo.
Rural Business

MANGO GROWERS FIGHT FOR SUPPORT

June 10, 2024 | 2 min read
Mango growers on the Atherton Tablelands have been facing severe challenges due to the catastrophic effects of Ex Tropical Cyclone Jasper, which occurred in December 2023.

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Inside this issue
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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