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Australian food market's new normal

May 13, 2025 | 4 min read

Australian food market’s new normal Australia’s food market appears to be normalising after a chaotic five-year period impacted by factors including Covid, supply chain disruptions and inflation – Rabobank says in a newly-released report writes Michael Harvey. *

How to know if your team is high functioning

May 12, 2025 | 4 min read

Fungus the frontline fleabane fight

May 9, 2025 | 6 min read

High-tech plant scanner gets green thumbs up

May 8, 2025 | 2 min read

Movers & Shakers

Daniels leaves Citrus Australia

May 7, 2025 | 1 min read

Citrus Australia has announced the departure of David Daniels, general manager of market development, after 12 years of dedicated service to the Australian citrus industry.

Black Box Co launches Base Pair Genomics

May 7, 2025 | 2 min read

Livestock data analysis and insights software company, Black Box Co, will launch a new arm of its business, Base Pair Genomics, at the NT Cattle-men’s Association Conference in Darwin.

Movers & Shakers

McKillop takes the chair at Sea Forest

May 6, 2025 | 1 min read

Sea Forest Limited, a leader in sustainable agricultural innovation, has appointed John McKillop its non-executive chair.

Movers & Shakers

Barenbrug leadership changes

May 6, 2025 | 1 min read

Barenbrug Australia has announced several key appointments to its leadership team.

Movers & Shakers

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.

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.

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.

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