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Water market price rise myth-busting

Water market price rise myth-busting

Science takes guesswork out of cheese production and reduces waste

Science takes guesswork out of cheese production and reduces waste

Study finds enhanced efficiency fertilisers show increased nitrogen efficiency and maintain productivity
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Study finds enhanced efficiency fertilisers show increased nitrogen efficiency and maintain productivity
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Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties
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Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties
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Microplastics in the food chain
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Microplastics in the food chain
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Researchers investigate garlic’s hidden powers
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Researchers investigate garlic’s hidden powers
eventApr 13, 2022 mode_comment0
Sweet rewards from honeypot ant honey study
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Sweet rewards from honeypot ant honey study
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Edging closer to better oat varieties
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Edging closer to better oat varieties
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Mungbean makeover on the menu
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Mungbean makeover on the menu
eventMar 31, 2022 mode_comment0
Investigating the impacts of applying sulphate of ammonia fertiliser with lime
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Investigating the impacts of applying sulphate of ammonia fertiliser with lime
eventMar 24, 2022 mode_comment0
Southern Cross to deliver low-cost soil testing under $54.4m government program
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Southern Cross to deliver low-cost soil testing under $54.4m government program
eventMar 17, 2022 mode_comment0
New insights into how wheat roots respond to salinity
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New insights into how wheat roots respond to salinity
eventMar 16, 2022 mode_comment0
Students break down borders for crop heat and drought research
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Students break down borders for crop heat and drought research
eventMar 01, 2022 mode_comment0
New research to increase profitability of ironstone gravel soils
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New research to increase profitability of ironstone gravel soils
eventFeb 16, 2022 mode_comment0
Chickpea breeding focused on WA growers
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Chickpea breeding focused on WA growers
eventFeb 15, 2022 mode_comment0
Young people reconnecting to ancestral food systems
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Young people reconnecting to ancestral food systems
eventFeb 11, 2022 mode_comment0
3D printing trial begins at red meat processing plants
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3D printing trial begins at red meat processing plants
eventJan 28, 2022 mode_comment0
New pre-breeding co-investment to tackle sorghum lodging
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New pre-breeding co-investment to tackle sorghum lodging
eventJan 25, 2022 mode_comment0
Southern Cross researchers help shape federal blue carbon credit system
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Southern Cross researchers help shape federal blue carbon credit system
eventJan 21, 2022 mode_comment0
Summer crop production opportunities after waterlogging explored
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Summer crop production opportunities after waterlogging explored
eventJan 10, 2022 mode_comment0
Safe-guarding seed at the Australian Grains Genebank
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Safe-guarding seed at the Australian Grains Genebank
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New research to reveal true cost of harvest losses to growers
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New research to reveal true cost of harvest losses to growers
eventDec 03, 2021 mode_comment0
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enhanced efficiency fertilisers
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Study finds enhanced efficiency fertilisers show increased nitrogen efficiency and maintain productivity

The final report of an extensive research project into new fertilisers available in the sugarcane industry has now been released.
eventApr 29, 2022
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long coleoptile wheat
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Long, longer, longest: new trials weigh up benefits of long coleoptile wheat varieties

Strong interest amongst Western Australian growers in new lines of “moisture seeking” wheat is driving the expansion of regional trials this year, with results set to inform future agronomic and farming systems guidelines for long coleoptile varieties.
eventApr 28, 2022
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UWA soil scientists
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UWA soil scientists scoop $4.34 million federal grant

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have received a $4.34 million grant for a project to improve soil condition and plant productivity as part of the national Soil Science Challenge.
eventApr 28, 2022
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Soil science funding to unlock agricultural productivity

Australian universities have been awarded more than $21 million over four years to tackle key research questions that will push forward agricultural productivity and underpin lower cost carbon sequestration.
eventApr 28, 2022
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Fulbright support for tracking plant stress and exploring secular belief systems

Three University of Tasmania researchers have been awarded prestigious 2022 Fulbright Scholarships that will allow them to further their research through academic and cultural exchange in the United States.
eventApr 28, 2022
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UWA named top university in world for Plant Science and Agronomy

The University of Western Australia is the top university for Plant Science and Agronomy in the world, according to the academic research portal Research.com.
eventApr 28, 2022
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Janet Klein
Water & Climate

Microplastics in the food chain

Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beaches. Flinders University researchers warn that this means microplastics are now finding…
eventApr 19, 2022
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Researchers investigate garlic’s hidden powers

Garlic has traditionally been used to ward off evil spirits, but its reputed powers do not stop it from being infected by multiple viruses.
eventApr 13, 2022
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FAO launches new phase of agriculture policy initiative with $11 million grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new phase of its key agricultural policy monitoring and analysis initiative, focused on supporting reforms in eight Sub-Saharan African countries, as they face an array of global challenges.
eventApr 7, 2022
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Sweet rewards from honeypot ant honey study

Honey derived from bees has been extensively analysed around the world, yet very few studies have been conducted on the unusual insect honey produced by Western Australian honeypot ants.
eventApr 6, 2022
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Edging closer to better oat varieties

Researchers at La Trobe University’s Institute for Agriculture and Food (LIAF) have edged agricultural breeders closer to better oat varieties, filling in many details in the ‘map’ of the oat plant genome.
eventApr 5, 2022
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Mungbean makeover on the menu

From ancient, ‘gassy’ legume to low-carbon, nutritional powerhouse, mungbeans are being given a global makeover, led by researchers at The University of Queensland.
eventMar 31, 2022
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Women in science paving the way
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Fertile fodder: Scholarship allows pasture research to continue in Wagga Wagga
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End of a five-star career that strengthened Australia’s grains and pulse industry
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End of a five-star career that strengthened Australia’s grains and pulse industry
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UWA soil expert scoops inaugural national award
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UWA soil expert scoops inaugural national award
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Husky health, dogsled tours and frostbite checking central to vet student’s win
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Husky health, dogsled tours and frostbite checking central to vet student’s win
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Meet the latest vintage of Future Leaders
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Meet the latest vintage of Future Leaders
eventMay 13, 2021 mode_comment0
Exciting future beckons for Ag student
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Exciting future beckons for Ag student
eventSep 29, 2020 mode_comment0
Prominent wheat breeder presented Farrer Memorial Medal
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Prominent wheat breeder presented Farrer Memorial Medal
eventSep 24, 2020 mode_comment0
Indigenous scientist looks through the weeds to a bigger picture
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Indigenous scientist looks through the weeds to a bigger picture
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Esther Werner, superfine wool handler
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Esther Werner, superfine wool handler
eventSep 04, 2020 mode_comment0
Future wine leaders
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Future wine leaders
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New blood for dairying
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New blood for dairying
eventSep 04, 2020 mode_comment0
North Queensland farmer wins 2020 Mark Donaldson Memorial Shield
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North Queensland farmer wins 2020 Mark Donaldson Memorial Shield
eventAug 18, 2020 mode_comment0
Grains Australia launches with leaders on board
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Grains Australia launches with leaders on board
eventAug 13, 2020 mode_comment0
Colin Hurst elected as Federated Farmers Arable Chairperson
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Colin Hurst elected as Federated Farmers Arable Chairperson
eventJun 23, 2020 mode_comment0
Dr Larry Marshall reappointed
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Dr Larry Marshall reappointed
eventJun 23, 2020 mode_comment0
Horticulture student’s drive to push NZ’s high-quality produce around the globe is rewarded
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Horticulture student’s drive to push NZ’s high-quality produce around the globe is rewarded
eventJun 10, 2020 mode_comment0
CSIRO appoints leader for Future Industries
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CSIRO appoints leader for Future Industries
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