A series of BullSELECT workshops hosted by the Western Australian Beef Association later this month will be facilitated by Southern Beef Technology Services. A sell-out when last held in Western Australia in 2018, the events promise to deliver plenty of insights for bull buyers across the region. Catriona Millen With sire selection having a long-term […]
NSW winter crop production forecasts could now be down more than 50 per cent after a week of widespread rain and flooding. Neil Durning, Riverina Independent Agronomy Click to check the original article.
The Carbon Ag Technologies team, including Brad Wisewould (left), Carbon Ag, Wes Lawrence, AxisTech and Damon Buckley, who is leading the development of an in-ground soil scanning probe, discuss some of the paddock maps produced from data collected by the iScan deep soil mapping module that is mounted on seeding bars. Click to check the […]
The open day will start at 9am with speeches from Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan, UWA vice-chancellor, professor Amit Chakma, UWA Institute of Agriculture director, Hackett professor Kadambot Siddique and Head of the UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, associate professor James Fogarty. Click to check the original article.
The Bollon natives are living out a life-long dream. Click to check the original article.
Mushroom foraging is one of the many attractions of the NSW Central Tablelands. During autumn, it eclipses all the region’s other temptations, during the season Ian via his company, Detour Adventures, conducts guided mushrooming tours. Ian Redpath bounces out of his top-of-the-range 4WD, with a brochure in hand. Called Fungi of the Central Tablelands and […]
EDUCATION has been high on the agenda in recent weeks, with Queensland ag colleges going up for sale again and a beef industry leader calling to give young children better access to agriculture. Naturally, funding has come up as the next topic of discussion as the calls for an overhaul are likely to come with […]
COMPETIVE pressure from a posse of southern Australian beef processors operating further north has seen some Queensland slaughter grids rise again this week, continuing an erratic period for direct consignment pricing. At last count there were up to six southern processors and exporters active in northern NSW and Queensland markets over the past week, including […]
On a breathlessly hot day in July, John Lewis-Stempel mounts an attack on ‘injurious and noxious’ weeds with the help of his trusty little grey Fergie tractor. There is an old farming adage, ‘in July they die’. The reference is to perennial weeds and the theory that, cut at their zenith, before the seeds disperse, […]
So far 5388 hives have been destroyed in NSW due to Varroa mite. Click to check the original article.
The 10 new rural crime investigators, state-wide, will join 53 already on the ground – double the number working in that capacity back in 2002 and up from 46 in 2018. The new officers will join three analysts and five detectives under state rural crime co-ordinator Detective Inspector Cameron Whiteside. Click to check the original […]
Applications are now open for the 2023 Science and Innovation Awards, to fund innovative projects in Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors, and support the next generation of researchers. University of Adelaide researcher Dr Rohan Glover with the Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) facility at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, University of Adelaide […]