The $32.54 million Mareeba-Dimbulah Efficiency Improvement Project to enhance water delivery to over 17,000ha of far north Queensland farmland has been completed.
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Govt calls on SME’s to develop innovative solutions to waste
The federal Government is calling on the nation’s small and medium sized businesses to help develop innovative solutions that can solve national environmental challenges.
Minister for Industry,
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Rising temperatures likely to increase damage caused by plant pathogens
New research in Nature Climate Change provides evidence that rising temperatures are likely to increase crop losses as warmer soils favour the growth of pathogenic soil fungi species.
Researchers led
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Winter crop production to fall
Winter crop production is forecast to fall by 3 per cent in 2019–20 to 29.4 million tonnes, down 13 per cent from the production forecast in September.
ABARES acting executive director, Peter Gooday,
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New Havoc wheat jumps from trial to 50 per cent of program at Carnamah
New wheat variety Havoc will make a substantial jump in hectares at Allan Griffith’s Carnamah farm this season, going from a modest trial in 2018 to half the wheat program in 2019. Griffith, who grows
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New study examines the dangers of crop monocultures
A new study indicates that the global narrowing of diversity in crop types present major challenges for agricultural sustainability across the world.
The study, carried out by an international team of
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Study establishes new method of developing disease-resistance in crops
Researchers have pioneered a new method to rapidly recruit disease-resistance genes from wild plants for transfer into domestic crops, a technique which could revolutionise the development of disease-resistant
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Planting a smarter seed
Equinom, a seed tech start-up, is combining natural breeding techniques with proprietary algorithms to produce high-functioning, non-genetically modified organism (non-GMO) seeds that have a superior nutritional
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Dry weather in Australia significantly impacting crops
Australia has experienced one of the driest autumns since records began, more than 100 years ago, leading to poor crop growth.
It’s not unusual to experience dry conditions in early autumn, with a normal
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We don’t need to double world food production by 2050 – here’s why
For decades, American agriculture has been a paragon of productivity, churning out record crops at a steady clip. We have exported both our farm products and our way of farming around the world, and global
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‘Gene-silencing’ technique is a game-changer for crop protection
Researchers have developed a revolutionary new crop protection technique which offers an environmentally-friendly alternative to genetically-modified crops and chemical pesticides.
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International effort to reduce fungal infections in crops
A group of scientists, engineers and IT specialists have teamed up to provide knowledge transfer to farmers and other decision makers in the food and feed chains.
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