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General Dec. 2, 2022



Well, the roller coaster ride of agriculture continues, with another year of floods and the impacts of global disruptions – this time, not COVID, but the Ukrainian war, editor David Petrikas writes.

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Grochem gets organic tick

Disease & weed control Nov. 7, 2022



Organic growers can rely on products from Grochem Australia to help manage weeds and pests in their orchards.

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ABC takes your spray diary online

Technology in agriculture Nov. 6, 2022



The old adage of “it’s not broke, don’t fix it” is out-of-date in today’s landscape where every opportunity for automation and increased efficiency should be explored.

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Bayer podcast series popular

Business solutions & labour Nov. 6, 2022



Agriculture is a busy place at the best of times, so cutting through the noise to deliver concise, relevant information is a challenge.

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Fencing Clip a 'No brainer!'

Technology in agriculture Nov. 6, 2022



Davo’s Fencing Clip continues to make inroads in the trellised fruit growing sector with major orchards across four states taking up the simple technology to hold their trellis wires easily and securely.

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Rat solution in macadamias

Macadamias Nov. 5, 2022



Controlling rats in macadamia orchards used to be very tricky. Infestations are generally quite hard to detect until they have already caused significant damage and loss.

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Angler trap targets Carpophilus beetle

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Insect & mite control Nov. 4, 2022



Grochem offers a new trapping system for Carpophilus beetle – a major pest in ripening stone and pome fruit.

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Sivanto prime tough on pests but not predators

Insect & mite control Nov. 2, 2022



Especially in wet seasons like 2022, horticultural pest and disease pressure in the Wide Bay area of Queensland can be very high.

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Australia’s cherry sector in growth phase

Cherries Nov. 2, 2022



Australia’s cherry sector is in an expansion phase, with growing consumer appetite for the fruit locally and in export markets.

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Getting it ‘done’ should mean getting it ‘right’

Insect & mite control Nov. 1, 2022



In tree, vines and trellised vegetables crops, product application rates based on ground area, expressed as rate of product per hectare, were once considered satisfactory but can easily result in the grower either underdosing or overdosing crops with product.

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Apple industry welcomes miticide with new MOA

Pome fruit Insect & mite control Oct. 29, 2022



After increased mite pressure in apple orchards in recent seasons and more than a decade since a new mode of action miticide has been introduced, a new product hitting the shelves always was going to be a valuable addition for growers’ control programs.

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Bio-fertilisers better N-response in tree crops

Fertilisers & nutrition Oct. 27, 2022



Crop advisors have always paid a lot of attention to the health and vigour of tree canopies, but more progressive advisors are also paying plenty of attention to the roots of their crops.

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Eurosolids Triathlon for better iron efficiency

Fertilisers & nutrition Oct. 27, 2022



Eurosolids is a Dutch producer of specialty fertiliser solutions for fertigation and foliar application distributes its products in more than 100 countries. To do that, it has subsidiaries all over the world. In all markets it has local agronomic know-how to understand the local situations.

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Yara focus on premium nitrate-based fertilisers

Fertilisers & nutrition Oct. 26, 2022



Yara Crop Nutrition has announced it will focus on marketing its range of premium nitrate-based fertilisers in Australia following the divestment of its agricultural liquid fertilisers business in August.

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Collecting accurate weather data on-farm

General Oct. 26, 2022



With the development of technology to remotely monitor a range of factors such as nutrients, soil moisture and weather status, a growing number of farmers are adding this capability to their orchard management.

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