Farming & Food

Better, faster, smarter crop variety data

Farm Weekly, Other, 26/03/2021 Australian grain growers are set to get better crop variety recommendations faster through a major Grains […]

“It’s shaping up to be a pretty pestilent season along the whole east coast”

2HD, Other, 26/03/2021, Bree Hill In the aftermath of the devastating floods across the east coast of Australia, Brent chats […]

Differences in insecticide sensitivity shown in fall armyworm

Stock Journal Australia, Other, 23/03/2021 New research indicates there are variable levels of sensitivity to some insecticides between populations of […]

Diverse species mix proves worth

Stock Journal Australia, Other, 21/03/2021, Elizabeth Anderson The benefits of cover cropping are known overseas but a new trial is […]

Cows fed small amount of seaweed burp 86 per cent less methane in trial

ABC Online, Other, 18/03/2021, Nick Kilvert Feeding cattle a small amount of a seaweed species found in Australia has been […]

Busy year for the Field Explorer is based at Australian Plant Phenomics Facility’s The Plant Accelerator in Adelaide

SeedQuest, Other, 16/03/2021 The APPF’s FieldExplorer completed imaging in 16 field trials in its first year of operation and included […]

Horticulture is set for major upscale and expansion in the far north

Australasian Farmers’ & Dealers’ Journal, Other, 15/03/2021 In a region long touted as a major food bowl, our scientists are […]

Eating, growing, exporting: could insects be the world’s next biggest protein?

ABC Online, Other, 15/03/2021 Insects - the smallest livestock in the world - could be the next big food trend, […]

Beetles may be silver bullet for Tableland soils

The Express Newspaper, Other, 12/03/2021, Sally Turley Discoveries being made by local research group, "Dung Beetles on the Atherton Tablelands: […]