Despite greater attention being placed on workplace health and safety across the sector, agriculture remains the most dangerous places to work in Australian industry…Read More
Grain Central, November 8, 2019
The ag tech revolution may be replacing some traditional work roles on farms, but at the same time it has the potential to open new employment opportunities, attract newcomers to agriculture and help farmers retain staff…Read More
Neil Lyon, November 8, 2019
Robotics, drone technology, automation and precision agriculture all came under the spotlight at AgTeCH 2019 in the Central Queensland rural centre of Emerald yesterday…Read More
Neil Lyon, November 7, 2019
CRISPR gene editing has opened up new opportunities for developing higher performing crops, but as a society we need to work out how such technology and plants will be regulated to ensure safety and acceptability…Read More
James Hereward and Caitlin Curtis, University of Queensland, November 4, 2019
Certain types of glyphosate resistance result in a fitness penalty, where resistant plants are weaker and more susceptible to competition from other plants…Read More
Grain Central, November 7, 2019
Having a ‘set and forget’ weed control option for fencelines could save money and arrest the evolution of herbicide resistance in weeds…Read More
Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, November 5, 2019
Plant scientists in the United States, in their search for solutions to global food production challenges, have doubled the amount of grains that a sorghum plant can yield…Read More
Grain Central, November 4, 2019
Carryover of clopyralid or picloram-based herbicides that were applied in previous seasons can damage subsequent pulse crops. Until those herbicide residues have dissipated, the best solution is to plant a cereal or canola crop…Read More
Grain Central, November 4, 2019
CRISPR gene editing has opened up new opportunities for developing higher performing crops, but as a society we need to work out how such technology and plants will be regulated to ensure safety and acceptability…Read More
James Hereward and Caitlin Curtis, University of Queensland, November 4, 2019
Prevailing drought conditions have seen a tiny early-plant sorghum crop go in in northern NSW and southern Queensland, as farmers wait for rain to either plant in the second window, or hold out for winter crop. ..Read More
Grain Brokers Australia, October 29, 2019
Scientists have discovered a partnership between wheat and soil fungi that could be utilised to develop new food crops and farming systems which are less reliant on fertilisers…Read More
Grain Central, October 29, 2019
A recent crop tour of Victoria by the Grain Industry Association of Victoria has provided some good news about the state’s imminent barley and wheat harvest, with yield estimates above those from the national forecaster…Read More
Grain Central, October 28, 2019