Farming & Food

New green fertiliser sources

groundcover.grdc.com.au, Other, 29/05/2022, Justin Crosby Australian broadacre farmers use about 1.9 million tonnes of urea per year – most of […]

NSW Farmers issue warning to farmers as CSIRO mouse alert records “patchy” mouse activity reports

Canberra Times, Other, 16/05/2022, Tess Kelly After mice destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops last year the state's peak […]

Livestock methane emissions tackled by Western Australian company with ‘inorganic bioactives’

ABC Online, Other, 16/05/2022, Richard Hudson and Joanna Prendergast A Western Australian company claims to have produced bioactives in a […]

Bacteria versus fungus – fighting Ascochyta carryover on stubble

groundcover.grdc.com.au, Other, 07/05/2022, Louise Thatcher CSIRO is testing microbial inoculant products for activity against Ascochyta rabiei. Ascochyta rabiei was transformed […]

Monitoring needed as mouse hot spots appear in crops

Weekly Times Now, Other, 02/05/2022, Else Kennedy Grain growers have been warned to stay alert for mouse activity as mouse […]

Save a paddock by staying on top of soil deficiencies

The Land Australia, Other, 02/05/2022, Yass Lls Not correcting soil deficiencies, for crops or pastures, is a way to ever […]

Fonterra expands seaweed trial, Fonterra farmers have first access

What's On Invers, Other, 29/04/2022 Fonterra expands on-farm trials of methane reducing Asparagopsis seaweed, as part of the Fonterra's commitment […]

Long, longer, longest: New trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties

SeedQuest, Other, 29/04/2022 Strong interest amongst Western Australian growers in new lines of "moisture seeking" wheat is driving the expansion […]

How the protein industry is innovating to meet plant-based demand

Gizmodo Australia, Other, 24/04/2022, Michelle Colgrave and Katherine Wynn As demand for alternative protein sources grows , Australians are increasingly […]