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WA beef industry research to map carbon footprint

Results from a ground-breaking research project aimed at significantly improving the carbon footprint of Western Australia’s beef industry will be used to help all producers and stakeholders stay ahead of consumers’ expectations.

May 24, 2021

livestock, research

Support for livestock feed technologies

The Australian Government will support trials of new livestock feed technologies that may increase productivity while reducing emissions from cattle and sheep.

May 21, 2021

livestock, research

Guide to year round crops and pastures in the rangelands

A five-year project to support agriculture and pastoral diversification in the Western Australian northern rangelands has culminated with the release of a comprehensive guide to growing irrigated crops and pastures.

May 20, 2021

crops, farm management

Mango industry aims high with high-density plantings

That’s the advice from the Transforming Mango Futures project team which spent three years studying grower and experimental mango orchards, examining whether high – density orchards would produce more fruit, more economically than low – density plantings.

May 20, 2021

horticulture

News

$233.8 million to improve, protect soils

The 2021–22 Budget confirms the Australian Government’s commitment to protecting and better managing our soil.

May 13, 2021

funding, news

Meet the latest vintage of Future Leaders

Fifteen dynamic and skilled members of the Australian wine community have joined the roll call of the grape and wine sector’s professional and personal development program, Future Leaders.

May 13, 2021

wine

News

What’s new with the weather? Predicting weather extremes

Australia, the driest inhabited continent, is prone to natural disasters and wild swings in weather conditions – from floods to droughts, heatwaves and bushfires.

May 11, 2021

climate, news, research

Testing the climate-intervention potential of basin-scale seaweed farming

Vast naturally-occurring floating seaweed rafts in the sub-tropical North Atlantic were the focus of new research investigating the climate-intervention potential of seaweed farming.

May 11, 2021

climate, research

Research prompts increase to recommended mouse bait rates

A new research investment by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), led by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has enabled evidence-based increases to zinc phosphide (ZnP) mouse baits that will help grain growers battling above-average mouse numbers in eastern Australia.

May 10, 2021

agriculture, research

News

A high-tech response is helping countries win battle against Desert Locusts

For the unsuspecting farmer, the Desert Locust is a formidable enemy. These wretched pests have a voracious appetite, multiply rapidly and travel up to 150 kilometers a day with the capacity to devour vast swathes of crops and pastureland on the way.

May 7, 2021

agriculture, news

Intra-cellular bacteria study opens new field of study

International experts have described for the first time how healthy plants appear to carry bacteria in their cells, opening a new avenue of research to improve future plant health and propagation efforts – including food crops such as grains and fruit such as grapes.

May 5, 2021

research