Unlock the power of your herbicide with Hasten

April 21, 2025 | 2 min read
Vicchem’s Hasten Spray Adjuvant is proven to unlock the power of your herbicide to make a real performance difference in your farming operation.

Stronger Rainbow ready to shine for Australian industry

April 21, 2025 | 3 min read
Rainbow, China’s largest agrichemical exporter, is set to expand its contribution to the Australian crop protection industry with a broader product portfolio, enhanced facilities, and a strengthened management and field team.

Winter pasture filler is homegrown success story

April 18, 2025 | 3 min read
Winter pasture feed gap filler ProGibb Smartgrass (SG) began life as a plant growth regulator in Australian table grapes, but it was the accidental discovery of its success in pasture management some 20 years ago which opened a global market for agricultural solutions supplier Sumitomo Chemical.

Trezac Arylex active helping graziers extinguish fireweed

April 16, 2025 | 3 min read
Livestock producers have greater ability to control the highly invasive fireweed, with Trezac Arylex active now registered for use in grass pastures via boom application.

Quality is the key for WA family farm

April 16, 2025 | 3 min read
Verpixo Adavelt active is a new Group 21 fungicide from Corteva Agriscience designed to protect melons and other cucurbit crops from damaging diseases such as powdery mildew and gummy stem blight.

Understanding nutrient removal and maximising input

April 15, 2025 | 3 min read
As the dust settled on the 2024 harvest, Mallee Sustainable Farming reported producers have been diving into their yield data, evaluating how drought and frosty conditions impacted their crops.

Boosted blend delivers soil health and crop benefits

April 15, 2025 | 3 min read
Australian farmers seeking to improve soil health are reporting promising results after trialling biologically enhanced efficiency fertiliser (EEF) Fertica H+ ahead of its market launch.

Slugs ‘weighed in’ to optimise management

April 11, 2025 | 4 min read
Snail & slug control Analysing the life history of the grey field slug and black keeled slug is part of new research to help growers better respond to threats from these pest species.

Pruning for vigour management

April 11, 2025 | 8 min read
Apple and Pear Australia Limited research shows optimising vigour is critical for growing high yields of top-quality fruit –and pruning plays an important role in vigour management.

Barrier against wild dogs and livestock disease

April 10, 2025 | 2 min read
David Counsell and his wife Genevieve operate Dunblane a 15,000ha Mitchell grass property west of Barcaldine, in Central West Queensland, where their enterprise encompasses 15,000 Merino sheep along with 500 head of agistment cattle.

Importance of long-term monitoring for slugs

April 10, 2025 | 4 min read
Since 2013, AgNova Technologies Pty Ltd and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have supported ongoing monthly slug monitoring at three sites in southwest Victoria.

Fencing in better pasture management

April 9, 2025 | 2 min read
On a recent visit to Justin Cooper’s 80 hectare property in Tasmania, the seasoned farmer and Gallagher territory manager shared his expertise on the principles and practices of rotational grazing.

Livestock handling –there’s a better way

April 9, 2025 | 4 min read
Nic Kentish, a champion of the low stress stock handling (LSSH) system, was a guest on the Te Mania Angus podcast RawAg, where he outlined the game-changing protocols which create a world where stockmen and women get to understand what the animal is thinking.

Downforce with Good Earth to power sustainable cotton

April 8, 2025 | 5 min read
Danielle Statham describes her discovery of Downforce Technologies ‘remote measurements of soil organic carbon (SOC) which provide historic data and annual monitoring of carbon at 10m resolution, as a game changer.

NAB says tighter supply could benefit our ag

April 8, 2025 | 2 min read
The NAB Rural Commodities Index moved marginally higher in January, rising 0.4per cent month-on-month, underpinned by higher average prices for beef and a more modest increase in dairy prices in the month writes Gerard Burg.