With many farm budgets looking tight following the run of desperately dry seasonal conditions, grain growers will be anxious to maximise the value of fertiliser expenditure this winter. (more…)
Author: Farming's Future
Life-long farmer helps lead agri-tech to the skies
From an early love of technology and a lifetime of farming experience, Pacific Seeds Territory Manager Stephen Lamb has been an unsung hero of technological innovation in Australia’s agriculture sector. (more…)
‘If it’s Aussie, it’s good’: Australia’s seafood industry welcomes Sustainable Seafood Week
“Want sustainable seafood? Ask for Aussie seafood”, these are the words of Seafood Industry Australia CEO Jane Lovell as she welcomes the Australian Sustainable Seafood week which runs from March 9-15 2020. (more…)
Victorian grower one of the first in Australia to grow TruFlex-triazine canola
West Victorian grower Rowan Scott is one of the first in the country to grow new TruFlex-triazine tolerant stacked canola technology – specifically, Hyola 530XT. (more…)
Funding to boost agricultural R&D smarts
A new Australian Government grant will support a national hub of agricultural know-how. (more…)
Exotic pest profile: spotted wing drosophila
The fly called spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) is emerging as a global plant pest of significance. It attacks a range of soft skinned fruit and reduces crop yield and quality through direct feeding damage and secondary infection of the fruit. (more…)