Farm Management

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Approach to fertilising crops shows promise

Trials of a relatively new approach to fertilising dryland cereal crops during the growing season have entered their second year, following promising...
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Sterile leucaena project underway

Meat & Livestock Australia is investing in work to develop a sterile variety of the forage legume leucaena.
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Planning for all seasons

While an average rainfall of 1,000mm sounds luxurious to some, it doesn’t tell the full story of Georgina Gubbins’ farming environment.
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100 per cent exclusion at ‘Cooinda’

The strategic construction of an exclusion fence has allowed a southern Queensland sheep producer to reclaim parts of his property from wild...
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Advances in breeding technologies

The QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) is running a series of workshops and field events in the Fitzroy area to...
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Barley research highlighted at forum

Barley growers attending a field walk and spring forum will hear about the latest research trials undertaken by the WA Department of...
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Research boosts lamb production 20 per cent

NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) research has shown graziers can increase pasture growth, stocking rates and lamb production per hectare by...
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Spring into canola diamondback moth control

Western Australian canola growers and agronomists are encouraged to closely monitor crops for incidence of diamondback moth (DBM, Plutella xylostella) heading into...
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$3 million to deliver health check on SA’s sheep flock

A $3 million investment during the next three years will help to reduce the incidence and costs of endemic health conditions affecting...

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Get FarmingWednesday, August 23rd, 2017 at 5:18pm

Food safety, poultry welfare and industry communications were headline discussions for the revised Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) Chicken Meat Advisory Panel when they met on 21 August 2017.

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Get FarmingTuesday, August 22nd, 2017 at 5:56pm

A revealing snapshot of Australia’s forestry industry, released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), has shown its enormous contribution to regional Australia.

Read more here: https://goo.gl/UgjQNQ

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Get FarmingTuesday, August 22nd, 2017 at 12:49pm

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Get FarmingMonday, August 21st, 2017 at 6:00pm

Mouths are starting to water across the state as WAFarmers prepares for the fourth annual Heart of WA gala dinner on Friday 15 September 2017 at HBF Stadium.

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Get FarmingFriday, August 18th, 2017 at 5:02pm

Trials of a relatively new approach to fertilising dryland cereal crops during the growing season have entered their second year, following promising results in 2016.

Read more here: https://goo.gl/PLtVqP
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Get FarmingThursday, August 17th, 2017 at 6:42pm

A 2015 commitment by the South Australian Government to invest half a million dollars with the Roseworthy, SA, head-quartered Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork, has already paid substantial dividends for the state’s pork industry, according to Pork CRC CEO Roger Campbell.

Get the full story here: https://goo.gl/Wwqnf4
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Get FarmingWednesday, August 16th, 2017 at 5:38pm

The Federal Government is finalising contracts with the six prawn farm businesses affected by the outbreak of White Spot disease in the Logan River area of Queensland, giving the green light for $20 million in financial assistance to flow.

Read more here: https://goo.gl/75kE5r

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Get FarmingTuesday, August 15th, 2017 at 6:29pm

The level of understanding of biosecurity amongst Australian producers has increased, with more producers controlling weeds and managing pests and diseases of crops and livestock.

That’s according to an Australia-wide survey of both crop and livestock producers to track trends in attitudes towards and awareness about farm biosecurity.

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Get FarmingMonday, August 14th, 2017 at 6:43pm

Three recent pest incursions have highlighted the benefits of early detection in containing and eradicating exotic pests.

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Get FarmingFriday, August 11th, 2017 at 6:15pm

Applications are open for four new fully funded post graduate scholarships to pursue research that will benefit the Western Australian grains industry.

Get the full story here: https://goo.gl/roQLL8
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Farm Management

Don’t bring ovine brucellosis home with new rams

Approach to fertilising crops shows promise

Sterile leucaena project underway

Planning for all seasons

100 per cent exclusion at ‘Cooinda’

Advances in breeding technologies

Barley research highlighted at forum

Research boosts lamb production 20 per cent

Spring into canola diamondback moth control

$3 million to deliver health check on SA’s sheep flock

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