All posts tagged "crops"

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  Finger on the pulse for field day

  Farmers will be able to test the pulse of cropping options at a field day in the Wimmera.

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  Rob McCarron reaches 35 years with Pacific Seeds

  Well-known local face Rob McCarron is celebrating 35 years of service with Pacific Seeds, after starting work with the organisation in October...

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  DPI plant pathologist recognised with Lester Burgess Award

  NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Senior Plant Pathologist Dr Kevin Moore has been awarded the Lester Burgess Award for Diagnostics and...

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  Pacific Seeds invests $700k in seed plant

  Encouraged by the continued growth of the Australian agricultural industry, Pacific Seeds has invested $700,000 in a new seed treatment plant.

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  New tool identifies extreme weather events

  A new tool is available to assist grain growers to determine from home whether their crops may have been affected by extreme...

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  New high-yield lupins at Henty

  Substantial yield improvements in two new lupin varieties launched at the Henty Machinery Field Days will be welcomed by farmers in New...

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  Forecast decrease for winter crop production

  Australia’s winter crop production is expected to decrease in 2017-18 as a result of unfavourable conditions in many key cropping regions, according...

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  Future agricultural solutions showcased at university

  From transforming the meat industry with new scanning technology to the transformation of breeding techniques to improve global crop production, Murdoch University’s...

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  New edition of Agricultural Biotechnology Guide

  The Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) launched the third edition of The Official Australian Reference Guide to Agricultural Biotechnology and GM...

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  Resistance to major fungal disease in oilseed crops

  In a world first, researchers from The University of Western Australia in collaboration with Punjab Agricultural University in India have found the...