Australia is on track to produce a cotton crop of around 2.3 million bales, and prices are firming as the start of picking approaches.
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Mouse numbers continue to rise in eastern farming areas despite calls for producers to inspect for mice and bait during summer planting, risking serious damage to summer crops…Read More
Grain Central, January 19, 2021
Barley sown in spring rather than the traditional time in autumn could have potential to fill a productivity niche in the cool-summer, high-yielding farming regions of Tasmania…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 18, 2021
The return to favourable summer growing conditions this season has been a boon for summer crop growers throughout the eastern Australia growing regions…Read More
Neil Lyon, January 15, 2021
Growing a mungbean crop could be an excellent way to get on top of feathertop Rhodes grass, a highly competitive and difficult to control summer weed…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, January 15, 2021
RockStar and Vixen, InterGrain’s first Australian Hard classified wheats released in northern New South Wales, have been welcomed by growers who trialled the new varieties in 2020…Read More
Grain Central, January 14, 2021
The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has approved the importation of a biological control agent into Australia as part of research into fall armyworm (FAW) control options…Read More
Grain Central, January 12, 2021
Record United States shipments of cotton through December are supporting a stronger US export forecast at 15.25 million bales (Mb), despite production falling 5Mb from the previous year…Read More
Grain Central, January 13, 2021
Whether they are resistant to herbicide or not, weeds generally do not compete well with vigorous crops, but in the fallow they can rapidly take advantage of the lack of competition for resources…Read More
Grain Central, January 11, 2021
Industry experts respond to questions about how to manage the exotic pest, fall armyworm, which arrived in Australia in February and is proving a challenge to control…Read More
Grain Central, December 15, 2020
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted nearly every sector of the global economy, and the cotton sector is no exception…Read More
Grain Central, December 11, 2020
Researchers have been able to predict soybean maturity date within two days using drone images and artificial intelligence, greatly reducing the need for boots on the ground…Read More
Grain Central, December 11, 2020