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Aphids teach scientists a thing or two
09 Mar 10 | IN RECENTLY unravelling the genome of the pea aphid, an international consortium of researchers has taken a major step towards understanding how to better control this bane of farmers and gardeners across the world.  | Barley breaks through the mould | Chance for southern growers to ...
US company Koch to enter Aus fertiliser market
04 Mar 10 | AUSTRALIA is set to have another player in the fertiliser industry, with American business Koch Industries leasing a 150,000 tonne storage facility at Geelong.  | CommentsComments (1) | Rain improves summer crop yield ... | Precision ag: the revolution ...
Outlook '10: Demand jump won't spike wheat prices
03 Mar 10 | A FORECAST jump in world wheat demand won't be enough to trigger the corresponding rise in prices, with world grain prices set to decline over the coming 12 months.   | CommentsComments (1) | Outlook '10: Appetite for wool ... | Precision ag: the revolution ...
03 Mar 10 | MARCH may seem a trifle early to be planning the year’s grain marketing, with more farmers concerned with cleaning seed and ensuring input orders are on track than planning where to sell crops that have to get through the notoriously fickle Victorian season.
Precision ag: the revolution has just begun
02 Mar 10 | THERE will be further advances in no-till cropping practices in Australia as more and more precision agriculture is incorporated into farming systems, according to two members of the Victorian No-Till Farmers Association (VNTFA).   | VFF worries about lack of clear ... | State warned to get off the grass | AUDIO: Outlook 2010: APVMA in Burke's ...
Rain improves summer crop yield potential
18 Feb 10 | Rain in January and February in Queensland and northern New South Wales has improved the yield potential for summer crops but overall area planted and production is forecast to be lower than last season, according to the latest Australian crop report from ABARE.  | Looking for a breath of fresh ... | AWB top-up to barley payment
InterGrain lures top wheat breeder
17 Feb 10 | INTERGRAIN has lured back top wheat breeder Dan Mullan to Australia, in what the company has described as a ‘coup’ for wheat breeding within the country.   | AWB top-up to barley payment | Looking for a breath of fresh ...
GrainCorp adjusts port receival fees
14 Feb 10 | GRAINCORP has adjusted its port receival fees in Victoria in a move it claims is designed to more accurately reflect the wishes of exporters.   | AWB top-up to barley payment | Safety first when outloading: GRDC
Looking for a breath of fresh air at GGA
12 Feb 10 | IF PULLABOOKA, west of Grenfell, NSW, farmer Dan Cooper gets elected to the Grain Growers Association (GGA) board at next week’s annual general meeting, it will be a great fillip for the association’s youth leadership program.  | Continued push to prune ... | GGA candidate calls for slower ...
10 Feb 10 | Growers who utilised AWB’s harvest finance for their 2009/10 barley pool deliveries will receive a top-up payment this week, which will mean they have received 83-84 per cent of the estimated pool return (EPR) across all grades.
GGA candidate calls for slower reform
09 Feb 10 | GRAIN Growers Association (GGA) southern zone board candidate Chris Kelly does not claim to be looking to turn the organisation on its head should he be elected to replace either one of the two incumbent directors Gerry Lane and Spencer Millear.  | Reduce herbicide resistance risk | Canola down, but by how much?
Continued push to prune standing proxies
09 Feb 10 | GRAIN Growers Association (GGA) chairman John Eastburn has vowed to continue to push to lower the number of standing proxies held by board members of the association by attempting to get members to take them back.  | CommentsComments (1) | Reduce herbicide resistance risk | Canola down, but by how much?
Reduce herbicide resistance risk
27 Jan 10 | THE Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is warning farmers not to attempt to cut costs by reducing herbicide application rates below recommended label rates.  | Growers and buyers give Clear ... | Safety first when outloading: GRDC
Safety first when outloading: GRDC
26 Jan 10 | AS thousands of farmers with on-farm storage get busy marketing and moving their grain, the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is pushing a strong safety message.  | Hi-jinks mask a deeper malaise ...Visit Stock & Land | Rain where it's wanted for ...
Rain where it's wanted for graingrowers
07 Jan 10 | THE southern harvest is heading further south, and is now in full swing through Victoria's Western District and the south-east of South Australia.   | Soak up soil moisture | US energy lab working with sorghum
Hi-jinks mask a deeper malaise at AWB
31 Dec 09 | Last week’s AWB annual general meeting was vaudeville masquerading as corporate business.
US energy lab working with sorghum
30 Dec 09 | THE US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is producing cellulosic ethanol and processing one tonne a day of feedstock.  | Mallee wheat heading north | Smooth transition to wheat ...
Demands for shipping trade risks to be lifted
17 Dec 09 | GRAIN giant Viterra has an unfair market advantage, due to its monopoly control of the State's grains supply chain and ports, according to South Australian Farmers Federation grains industry committee chairman Michael Schaefer.  | Record lamb yardings at Hamilton | High value Wimmera lentils ...
High value Wimmera lentils decimated
13 Dec 09 | NOVEMBER'S unprecedented heat through south-eastern Australia has devastated the high value lentil crop in Victoria’s Wimmera, one of the two key lentil production zones in Australia, along with the Yorke Peninsula.
Record lamb yardings at Hamilton
12 Dec 09 | LAMB supplies at MLA’s NLRS physical markets in western Victoria went from strength to strength this week, as the Hamilton market yarded 92,406 lambs.
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