Australia’s young agricultural scientists, innovators and researchers are being invited to submit their agricultural research project ideas for a chance to share in up to $286,000 in grant funding. (more…)
Tag: research
Pacific Seeds to combat climate change
Pacific Seeds is partnering with the University of Queensland (UQ) and the QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries to ‘unlock’ available heat-stress tolerant genes in sorghum to deliver new varieties that are better adapted to our future climate. (more…)
WA DPIRD soil nutrition project underway
Field trials have commenced in the grainbelt as part of a large, collaborative research project to optimise fertiliser use on crops grown on soils that have been ameliorated with deep ripping or inversion tillage. (more…)
Innovative system to aid fungicide resistance research efforts
Australian researchers have a new weapon in the fight against fungicide resistance in grain crops, with confirmation that a specially adapted approach to detection, involving cancer technology, is effective for this purpose. (more…)
APRIL projects to progress pigs and pork
Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited (APRIL) research and development projects for 2018/19 to enhance the competiveness and sustainability of the Australasian pork industry have now been announced. (more…)
A new tool to make fertiliser calibrations easier
Sugar Research Australia (SRA) has developed a new online tool called CogCalibratorTM to make life easier for sugarcane growers when calibrating their cog-driven fertiliser applicators. (more…)