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Innovation
Innovation

Fungus the new frontline in fleabane fight

A natural fungal agent specific to flaxleaf fleabane weeds is entering the final phase of development for eventual field deployment. Flaxleaf fleabane (Conyza bonariensis), which is now widespread across northwest Victoria, is one of the grain...

29 Mar 2025
Innovation

Audreys in action on farmings frontline

Behind farming’s frontline – and in the paddocks – is a diverse and dynamic network of researchers working hard with growers and industry to redefine the role of pulses in Australian farming. Audrey Delahunty is one of...

29 Mar 2025
Dryland Farming

Ferrier feels trials review passed with flying colours

IF you’ve never heard of Jil Jil, or have absolutely no idea where it is, you’re not the only one. Birchip Cropping Group chairman John Ferrier has got used to saying he farms about 25 kilometres north of Birchip itself, where his family farms...

21 Mar 2025
Dryland Farming

Harvesting the power of progress in the Mallee

COMING off a tough 2024 for most farmers across northwest Victoria, Mallee Sustainable Farming is ramping up a new series of programs, research initiatives, and events in 2025 to support dryland farmers. And not just in Victoria but also into...

21 Feb 2025
Machinery

Get the drop on drone spraying

By CINDY BENJAMINAGRICULTURAL drones designed and built specifically to apply crop inputs are now an affordable option for individual farming businesses. And Australia Agritech project manager Gary Rentenaar has recently seen demand for drone...

21 Feb 2025
North West Farmer

Nanotechnology’s big play in flystrike war

It’s summer in a fortnight – and it’s been hot in plenty of places already. And for sheep breeders and woolgrowers across northwest Victoria that means one thing – flystrike. Particularly if we end up with another wet spell through December...

25 Nov 2024
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North West Farmer

When it comes to carbon, not all soils are the soils you think

MALLEE Sustainable Farming has been funded for a project to promote action to optimise or increase soil carbon in southwest NSW. Soil carbon is a hot topic in agriculture, but what does it really mean for farmers in low-rainfall areas such as...

22 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

App connects AI and almonds

SUNRAYSIA’S almond industry is big business – and now it’s going to be helped into the future by something as simple as an app. With the backing of the Almond Board of Australia, GoMicro has launched a phone app putting, it said, precise...

21 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

App pins down pesticide resistance

A new data visualisation tool can display the distribution and severity of pesticide resistance across Australia, enabling growers and agronomists to make better, data-driven crop management decisions relevant to their region. The Pesticide...

20 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Watering down growth practices

DESPITE all the progress across the generations, the search continues for a better way to maximise the use of water and cereal yield potential in low and medium-rainfall zones, such as the Mallee, to help grain growers in these regions achieve new...

20 Oct 2024
Innovation

Why tracking data is the pathway to growth

ANDREW MOLEINSERO founder Greg Guyette is another technology provider who believes one of agriculture’s biggest challenges continues to be change. The US-based precision agriculture advocate was in Australia for the Australian Almond Conference in...

20 Oct 2024
Innovation

Virtual fencing pushes the boundaries

IS it here? Virtually, we’re told. But even if it is here, how would we know?Virtually no idea. Or, as they say, don’t fence me in – unless I’m the sheep or cattle. Mallee Sustainable Farming managing director Jenny Garonne says...

20 Jul 2024
Innovation

Drones capturing key insights

SUNRAYSIA and the Mallee have been under the StevTech microscope for the past six years and nothing appears to be escaping its eagle eyes. As farms get bigger, some jobs get that bit harder – including finding time to scout for weeds...

20 Jul 2024
Dried Fruit

To Boldly go... Sunraysia industry monitoring closely promising new vine

A Sunraysia industry may well be on the verge of a bold new era, and Dried Fruits Australia chief executive Thomas Cheung says the clock is ticking to see just how well it goes. The January unveiling of the commercial licensing of the CSIRO-bred...

19 Jul 2024
Innovation

Mapping tree yield a relatively simple task

THE total yield of almonds from an orchard is the sum of the production of each individual tree. Some trees achieve their potential while others don’t. Yield mapping can be used to provide a comparative view of tree...

23 Jun 2024
Innovation

Scientific giant striving for better farming

Birchip Cropping Group has become a major player on the national agricultural stage and is now running a large slice of the GRDC-funded National Variety Trials – this year that includes 77 sites across the state. Which are being run in tandem with...

22 Jun 2024
Innovation

Mini organisms producing macro results

LOAM Bio is working with the world’s smallest organisms to solve some of the world’s biggest problems – and is bringing a roadshow to Ouyen next week to provide information sessions for Mallee famers. It will also stage events at Birchip and...

22 Jun 2024