Crop Industry News: Australia
30 June 2014

AUSTRALIA - Chinese buyers appear to be considering the purchase of the controversial multimillion-dollar Tasmanian farms....
26 June 2014

AUSTRALIA - University of Sydney robotics expert Professor Salah Sukkarieh has been awarded "Researcher of the Year " by the Australian vegetable industry's Ausveg for his work on intelligent...
23 June 2014

AUSTRALIA - A decline of between four and five per cent in agricultural output is forecast in the latest outlook from ABARES, with reductions expected in both the crop and livestock sectors....
11 June 2014

AUSTRALIA - Timely and ample rainfall will be critical to winter crop development, despite an encouraging start to the 2014-15 season, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource...
02 June 2014

AUSTRALIA - The results of a 12-year experiment by University of Tasmania School of Biological Science researcher Associate Professor Mark Hovenden could lead to major changes in the way farmers...
29 May 2014

AUSTRALIA - A University of Adelaide plant scientist Jana Phan has won the 2013 SARDI Science Bursary. The PhD student will use the A$1500 bursary to continue her research into the composition...
24 April 2014

AUSTRALIA - Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of raw cotton with over 90 per cent of the domestic crop exported, mainly to China, Indonesia and Thailand....

AUSTRALIA - The Australian sugar industry produces raw and refined sugar from sugarcane....
06 March 2014

AUSTRALIA – Drought has held Australia’s broadacre production back 11 per cent this millennium, according to a new Australian government report....

AUSTRALIA - Constant change in global demographics is creating a radically different landscape of world agriculture, delegates at ABARES Outlook 2014 heard yesterday, 5 March....
26 February 2014

AUSTRALIA - Grain growers in NSW are now desperate for rain to get the paddocks ready to sow a winter crop....
11 February 2014

AUSTRALIA - Final preparations are underway for ABARES Outlook 2014, Australia’s premier agricultural conference, which will be held in Canberra on 4 and 5 March this year....
10 February 2014

AUSTRALIA - Excellent growing conditions and beneficial rains in Western and South Australia producing areas are expected to result in significant production increases for Australian wheat in...
07 February 2014

AUSTRALIA - The national body responsible for regulating genetic technology has received an application to grow safflower in the Kimberley....
04 February 2014

AUSTRALIA - A big drop in soybean plantings in Australia could lead to a shortage of the oilseed on the domestic market next year....
29 January 2014

AUSTRALIA - South Australian grain growers are on track to record the state's third largest crop on record....
21 January 2014

AUSTRALIA - A weakening Australian dollar is boosting returns for Australian grain producers....

AUSTRALIA - Western Australian primary industries’ businesses can now apply for concessional loans through the Farm Finance Concessional Loans Scheme (WA)....
17 January 2014

AUSTRALIA - Thousands of honey bees in Australia are being fitted with tiny sensors as part of a world-first research program to monitor the insects and their environment using a technique known...
09 January 2014

AUSTRALIA - With the last of the Western Australia's bumper grain harvest trickling in, it's now more critical than ever to keep an eye on what's driving commodity prices....
03 January 2014

AUSTRALIA - West Australian grain farmers have just finished harvesting a record breaking crop....
30 December 2013

AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government is developing a White Paper to boost agriculture’s productivity and profitability....
11 December 2013

AUSTRALIA - Australian farm exports are forecast to be around A$38 billion in 2013–14, with higher forecasts for beef and veal, wine, and dairy products, according to the Australian Bureau...
04 December 2013

AUSTRALIA - Winter crop production is forecast to increase by 12 per cent this season to a total of 42.1 million tonnes, according to the December edition of the Australian Crop Report....
26 November 2013

ANALYSIS - Over 65 per cent of the state of Queensland has been officially drought declared, writes Gemma Hyland. ...
28 October 2013

AUSTRALIA - Much of Australia has recently experienced hot, dry and gusty weather conditions. Bushfires across eastern New South Wales have burnt out significant areas of bushland, forests and...

AUSTRALIA - Grain growers on the Eyre Peninsula have a renewed opportunity to apply for project funding from the Eyre Peninsula Grain Rail Fund....
23 October 2013

AUSTRALIA - The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the appointment of the new Shadow Ministry, led by Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten, and Deputy Leader, Tanya Plibersek....
22 October 2013

AUSTRALIA - An innovative new approach to sugarcane plantation weed management trialled in select Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments has shown a 90 per cent reduction in runoff of highly soluble...
19 September 2013

AUSTRALIA - Australia’s gross value of farm production is expected to achieve a record of A$49 billion in 2013-14, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics...