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- With Peter Jones, senior chemist, VICCHEM

The Federal Government has twisted the knife into Australian agriculture in tonight’s budget, with the biggest allocation of new funding for the sector allocated to shutting down the live sheep trade.

CropLife Australia welcomes the Government's initial response to a review into the future structure and governance for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA).

Seasol’s Trilogy fulvic acid product is organically certified and combined with Kelp (Seasol), for root growth and increase tolerance to plant stress

Some of the agriculture industry’s finest growers, advisers and innovators have been recognised as the latest winners of the Syngenta Growth Awards, after being announced at a gala dinner in Sydney this week.

Growers in Western Australia storing grain on farm now have another chemistry with a different mode of action to add to their rotation for the control of insect pests thanks to the recent APVMA approval for the on-farm use of K-Obiol® EC Combi.

The focus of this World Soil Day is “Soil and water, a source of life”. Soil health is not only at the foundation of our food systems and critical for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, but also one of the most valuable assets to help address climate change and food and nutrition security.

Proprietary, advanced herbicide trait technology for canola will be available to Australian farmers for 2024 planting season.

Corteva Agriscience today announced plans for the commercial launch of Optimum GLY® canola – an advanced herbicide-tolerant trait technology for canola farmers in Australia, Canada and the United States.

A $34 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) fund has been awarded to an international consortium of scientists to improve crop productivity and food security in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

“The beauty of Elemental Enzymes’ products is their simplicity, fitting into existing farmer practice during the fallow and at sowing time. They meet farmer objectives of improved profit margins per ha each year and longer-term improvements in soil health.”

Despite having been a staple food in many cultures for centuries, pulses are having a global resurgence as part of sustainable food production, food security and nutrition.