Crop Industry News: Australia
09 February 2012

AUSTRALIA - The Harrington Seed Destructor is edging closer towards commercial production, offering an additional strategy in the grains industry’s battle against herbicide resistance in weeds....
07 February 2012

AUSTRALIA - While there is understandable concern about the impact of flooding in south-west Queensland towns, broadacre farm group AgForce said aerial surveys show outlying properties have also...
31 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - Despite being a major food source for billions of people in developing countries, particularly in Asia, polished or white rice does not contain enough iron, zinc or pro-vitamin A...

AUSTRALIA - The first year of salt-tolerant genetically modified barley trials near Corrigin have been hailed a success by researchers from the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics...
23 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - Up to 750,000 drivers in NSW will be forced to pay at least AUS$150 more for petrol each year when the government bans regular unleaded petrol in July....

AUSTRALIA - Farmers on the New South Wales North Coast are having another go at growing cotton. ...
18 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - New Western Australian trial results have increased knowledge about competitive wheat lines, which could give growers the option of keeping weedy paddocks in crop....
17 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - Western Australian growers are urged to control summer weeds as soon as possible, even it means getting out the boomspray while completing harvesting programmes....
16 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - The latest results from the National Variety Trials (NVT) are now being released to assist southern region grain growers and their advisers in preparing for this year's sowing programs....
12 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government is boosting regional economies through $30 million in support and a further A$30 million per annum in reduced red tape for agricultural export industries....
10 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - As better crop production practices boost yields in Australia's high rainfall zones (HRZ), stubble management has emerged as a double-edged sword for the region's growers....
05 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Sid Sidebottom, have welcomed 2012 - the...
04 January 2012

AUSTRALIA - Claying at a rate of 260 tonnes per hectare and using a rotary spader to incorporate the clay is a cost effective and profitable way of ameliorating non-wetting sands on a farm near...
23 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, and Assistant Treasurer, Senator Mark Arbib, have welcomed the passing of legislative changes to the Farm Management...
22 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - With northern region cropping operations entering the all-important summer fallow weed control period an urgent appeal has gone out for growers to use glyphosate wisely....
21 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - Dairy Australia and Grain Trade Australia have launched a new tool to aid dairy producers when buying grain....
20 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, yesterday announced AUS$1.68 million in grants for regional facilitators who will help farmers, land managers...
19 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - The application of commonly recommended management principles has eradicated a strain of grain storage insects with strong phosphine resistance, located on a Western Australian farm....
16 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - Positive harvest conditions in both South Australia and Western Canada should provide strong volumes for Viterra's grain handling and marketing operations in fiscal 2012. ...
15 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - The NSW sugar industry has had its worst year in two decades....

AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, today welcomed the release of a report into the benefits of biochar in Australian farming, produced by the Australian...
13 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - Australia's agricultural export earnings are forecast to rise in 2011-12....
12 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) western panel chairman Peter Roberts has urged Western Australian growers to think particularly carefully about which grain varieties...

AUSTRALIA & CHINA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, has announced six successful Australian applicants for a prestigious Australia-China exchange program...
08 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - Australia is harvesting more wheat, canola and barley than expected. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences released its December crop report on...

AUSTRALIA - The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus QC and Minister for Agriculture,...

AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, will seek to strengthen Australia's $12.6 billion agricultural trade relationship with North Asia as a part of...
07 December 2011

AUSTRALIA - A Northern Territory research scientist says she has no doubt rice can be grown commercially in the Top End after successful trials at Tortilla Flats, south of Darwin....

AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government yesterday announced the opening of applications for grants for natural resource management and sustainable agriculture projects....

AUSTRALIA - When it comes to controlling pests in stored grain this season, growers can choose both chemical and non-chemical treatment options. Usually a combination is best....