The Riverine Plains farming systems group has completed a project looking into the viability and practicality of increasing soil carbon for trading through the Australian Government’s Emission Reduction Fund…Read More
Grain Central, April 9, 2021
A new, two-year project in Western Australia will delve into potential herbicides other than glyphosate to control summer weeds and for pre-cropping knockdown treatments…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021
The move to enhanced efficiency fertilisers such as eNpower from Incitec Pivot Fertilisers is gathering pace in higher rainfall zones…Read More
Grain Central, April 7, 2021
“I leverage synergies” “I monetise leveraged synergies” “I initiate synergy monetisation strategies” Never ask a marketing executive what they do for a living! But if a weed researcher such as..Read More
Peter Newman, AHRI, April 6, 2021
The improved seasonal conditions which helped deliver bumper crops in southern NSW in 2020 could become a double-edged sword this year unless growers remain vigilant on crop disease management…Read More
Grain Central, April 6, 2021
Growers applying herbicides are increasingly using complex tank mixes – but the efficiency gains of this practice can easily come unstuck if taking short-cuts results in not being able to spray the brew out…Read More
Stephen Pettenon, FMC technical services specialist, March 31, 2021
A new in-field molecular test to detect the damaging crop pest, fall armyworm, has been developed to help protect production and profitability…Read More
Grain Central, March 25, 2021
Amid strong global oilseed prices, canola area is set to spike this year as growers plant early into moisture, and seed supplies for some varieties are already tight…Read More
Liz Wells, March 24, 2021
Canola growers and advisers have been seeking advice on what to do to best manage the disease blackleg, particularly around whether to apply foliar fungicides early in the season…Read More
Grain Central, March 24, 2021
The potential to develop a thriving cotton industry in Australia’s north has been given a boost with a new gin near Katherine set to be operational in 2022. ..Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2021
The development of crops that can survive long heat waves and drought may be a step closer with scientists finding a way to precisely measure a plant’s water loss through its skin…Read More
Grain Central, March 22, 2021
Satellite imagery now has the capacity to provide farmers with time-critical data on crop performance and can even pre-empt problems long before they become apparent to the naked eye…Read More
Neil Lyon, March 19, 2021