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Aussie concern over EU diquat ban

Aussie concern over EU diquat ban

The EU is banning the use of another common crop chemical, this time the herbicide diquat.

GRDC funding for Northern Pulse Check supports new Riverine Plains group

GRDC funding for Northern Pulse Check supports new Riverine Plains group

An increase in the tools, knowledge and confidence of growers and advisors across the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Northern Region to optimise pulse crop yields is the aim of a new GRDC investment Pulse Check

Strauss pleads guilty

Strauss pleads guilty

Brenton Strauss, a director of failed grain buying business Sapphire, has pleaded guilty to breaching the Corporations Act.

Finney to step down from CRDC position

Finney to step down from CRDC position

Cotton Research and Development Corporation executive director Bruce Finney announced he will step down in January.

Grains

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Grain Wrap | Rain will be order of the day

Grain Wrap | Rain will be order of the day

As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the central west of NSW this week, let’s hope it’s not just the media coverage that reaches saturation point!

Global Perspective | Where in the world is the cotton to come from?

Global Perspective | Where in the world is the cotton to come from?

The US Department of Agriculture has forecast global cotton production for next season at just a tick under 122 million bales.

Smart Marketing | Weather drives a solid result

Smart Marketing | Weather drives a solid result

US wheat futures had a solid week last week, to start this week on a one month high in Australian dollar terms.

Grain Wrap | Summer crop on knife edge

Grain Wrap | Summer crop on knife edge

While some sorghum is already out of the ground, it has been up against the elements, with a cocktail of cooler soil temperatures, hot winds and lack of moisture detrimental to plant establishment.

Global Perspective | Where in the world is the cotton to come from?

Global Perspective | Where in the world is the cotton to come from?

The US Department of Agriculture has forecast global cotton production for next season at just a tick under 122 million bales.

Grain Wrap | Rain ‘circuit breaker’ for a summer crop

Grain Wrap | Rain ‘circuit breaker’ for a summer crop

The only circuit breaker for farmers will be rain in the north for farmers to plant sorghum.

Smart Marketing | Global wheat production estimates lift

Smart Marketing | Global wheat production estimates lift

The market had been expecting further downgrades on reduced production for countries such as Canada and Australia, but instead other countries were upgraded, and ending stock estimates lifted by 2.33 million tonnes.

Grain Update | Pressure on sorghum prices

Grain Update | Pressure on sorghum prices

Unsettled weather has provided welcome rain for NSW, but northern farmers are sweating on more to proceed with sorghum planting.

Smart Marketing | USDA lowers global wheat supply estimates

Smart Marketing | USDA lowers global wheat supply estimates

The Australian crop was downgraded by 1.5 million tonnes to 18.5 million tonnes.

Smart Marketing | Global wheat production estimates lift

Smart Marketing | Global wheat production estimates lift

The market had been expecting further downgrades on reduced production for countries such as Canada and Australia, but instead other countries were upgraded, and ending stock estimates lifted by 2.33 million tonnes.

Global Perspective | Wheat ‘Russian’ out the door

Global Perspective | Wheat ‘Russian’ out the door

News that Russia has set an all-time record for monthly grain exports in August is, at first glance, potentially at odds with the tightening of the global balance sheet.

Grain Wrap | Summer crop on knife edge

Grain Wrap | Summer crop on knife edge

While some sorghum is already out of the ground, it has been up against the elements, with a cocktail of cooler soil temperatures, hot winds and lack of moisture detrimental to plant establishment.

Grain Update | Pressure on sorghum prices

Grain Update | Pressure on sorghum prices

Unsettled weather has provided welcome rain for NSW, but northern farmers are sweating on more to proceed with sorghum planting.

Smart Marketing | Weather drives a solid result

Smart Marketing | Weather drives a solid result

US wheat futures had a solid week last week, to start this week on a one month high in Australian dollar terms.

Smart Marketing | USDA lowers global wheat supply estimates

Smart Marketing | USDA lowers global wheat supply estimates

The Australian crop was downgraded by 1.5 million tonnes to 18.5 million tonnes.

Global Perspective | Wheat ‘Russian’ out the door

Global Perspective | Wheat ‘Russian’ out the door

News that Russia has set an all-time record for monthly grain exports in August is, at first glance, potentially at odds with the tightening of the global balance sheet.

Grain Wrap | Later crops worth the wait

Grain Wrap | Later crops worth the wait

Crops are quite late in general and growth seems well behind what is typical for this time of year.

Grain Wrap | Later crops worth the wait

Smart Marketing | Russia toys with grain trade

Grain Update | Major test for grain logistics

Smart Marketing | Global wheat production to slide

Cotton

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Global Perspective | Where in the world is the cotton to come from?

Global Perspective | Where in the world is the cotton to come from?

The US Department of Agriculture has forecast global cotton production for next season at just a tick under 122 million bales.

Global Perspective | Another twist for cotton market

Global Perspective | Another twist for cotton market

The USDA just reported that US cotton exports in the 2017-18 season (August-July) are estimated at the highest level since 2005-06 and the second highest level on record.

Trapped by their own pheromones

Trapped by their own pheromones

Cotton's green mirid to be trapped by pheromone lure with new commercialisation deal.

Brett Corish is the Monsanto Cotton Grower of the Year

Brett Corish is the Monsanto Cotton Grower of the Year

Brett Corish, Mundine, Goondiwindi, was awarded the prestigious Monsanto Cotton Grower of the Year award for 2018 at the Australian Cotton Industry Awards on Thursday night.

Cotton calls for research forums in tropical north

Cotton calls for research forums in tropical north

CRDC wants northern cotton research driven by growers

Horticulture

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Lewis Lydon awarded top onion award

Lewis Lydon awarded top onion award

Plant breeder, Lewis Lydon, has been presented Onions Australia's top honour.

Police alert: Have you seen this LandCruiser?

Police alert: Have you seen this LandCruiser?

Police are appealing for assistance to help locate a stolen Toyota LandCruiser being driven by a man armed with a rifle.

Fruit fly monitoring goes high tech

Fruit fly monitoring goes high tech

A tech start-up has received $1.5M to help fight fruit fly.

Morrison commits to more strawberry support

Morrison commits to more strawberry support

The federal government is giving more boost the Aussie strawberry industry.

Machinery

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Soil sensor linked by satellite

Soil sensor linked by satellite

CropX soil sensors monitor moisture and nutrition in-crop.

John Deere comes to Farming Simulator 19

John Deere comes to Farming Simulator 19

Hugely popular video game, Farming Simulator, is bringing some new toys to version 19.

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

Five massive Ultra-Class Liebherr T 282 C Dump Trucks have arrived at BHP’s Peak Downs mine site.

End of an era for Goldacres at St Arnaud

End of an era for Goldacres at St Arnaud

Sprayer manufacturer Goldacres will centralise its manufacturing at Ballarat, downsizing its St Arnaud factory, where the company started in 1978.

John Deere comes to Farming Simulator 19

John Deere comes to Farming Simulator 19

Hugely popular video game, Farming Simulator, is bringing some new toys to version 19.

Agtech the future of farming

Agtech the future of farming

Andrew Lai from Sprout X

The bins are getting bigger

The bins are getting bigger

Dunstan's range of field and chaser bins are increasing in size match market needs

No furphy, its a fire fighting Furphy

No furphy, its a fire fighting Furphy

Furphy fire fighter by Aussie Pumps

Australia digs deeper into the earths surface

Australia digs deeper into the earths surface

A downward telescope is planned by Australian Academy of Science to identify metals for mining

Agtech the future of farming

Agtech the future of farming

Andrew Lai from Sprout X

End of an era for Goldacres at St Arnaud

End of an era for Goldacres at St Arnaud

Sprayer manufacturer Goldacres will centralise its manufacturing at Ballarat, downsizing its St Arnaud factory, where the company started in 1978.

No furphy, its a fire fighting Furphy

No furphy, its a fire fighting Furphy

Furphy fire fighter by Aussie Pumps

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

Five massive Ultra-Class Liebherr T 282 C Dump Trucks have arrived at BHP’s Peak Downs mine site.

Australia digs deeper into the earths surface

Australia digs deeper into the earths surface

A downward telescope is planned by Australian Academy of Science to identify metals for mining

Mixed messages in quad cold war costs lives

Mixed messages in quad cold war costs lives

FCAI launch ATV risk assessment, Agforce promote SSV and ACCC want roll over protection

Korean Kioti howling for higher horsepower

Korean Kioti howling for higher horsepower

Kioti CK4220 is now available in Australia

The bins are getting bigger

The bins are getting bigger

Dunstan's range of field and chaser bins are increasing in size match market needs