Farming & Food

Supercomputer to speed up genomic sequencing

The Land Australia, Other, 20/11/2020 Agricultural researchers will be among the beneficiaries of an upgrade at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre […]

Hawaiian seaweed makes cows 90% less gassy – and that’s good for climate change

Forbes.com, Other, 22/11/2020, Jeff Kart It sounds like people may be able to have their meat and eat it too, […]

Invasive grass mapped from space by Australian researchers

News Cgtn, Other, 22/11/2020 Researchers from Australia's national science agency have used satellites to map the spread of an invasive […]

Giant rat’s tail slashes land value, pasture productivity, but there’s hope battling the superspreader

ABC Online, Other, 22/11/2020, Jennifer Nichols It cripples land values and slashes productivity by up to 80 per cent, but […]

The requirement for balanced global diets that connect 9 billion consumers

Farming Futures, www.foodandfarmingfutures.co.uk, 17/11/2020 The responsibility for a nutritious and balanced diet begins with producers and manufacturers before it is […]

Biosecurity is a shared responsibility says damning CSIRO report

theaustralianfarmer.com, Other, 15/11/2020 The CSIRO has confirmed that biosecurity should be a top priority for Australia with potential billion-dollar losses […]

New methods and technologies hope to make mulesing, docking, castration painless for livestock

ABC Online, Other, 15/11/2020, Halina Baczkowski and Tim Lee Lisa McLennan loves her job in dusty, smelly sheep yards. But […]

Plant power: Nutri V launches

Food & Drink Business, Other, 06/11/2020, Doris Prodanovic Vegetable grower Fresh Select and the CSIRO have teamed up to develop […]

Mildura Fruit Company trials digital fingerprint technology

Sunraysia Daily, Other, 08/11/2020, Brooke Littlewood Technology has traced and verified hundreds of thousands of kilograms of citrus fruit from […]