A new collaborative project will provide Australian sugarcane growers with valuable information on the potential for enhanced efficiency fertilisers (EEFs) to be incorporated within their farming systems.
Producers across NSW are on the lookout for fall armyworm (FAW), following confirmation of the pest at Hillston, Croppa Creek, Breeza, Forbes, Dubbo, Narrabri, Wee Waa, Maitland, Moree and Boggabilla.
Patchy storm rain is adding to harvest stress across parts of Western Australia as growers work around the clock to get crops off.
With COVID-19 and other biosecurity risks placing unprecedented pressure on our biosecurity system, more than 250 champions from across Australia’s and New Zealand’s biosecurity sector came together for a virtual workshop to discuss how we can mobilise a 25-million-strong biosecurity mass movement.
Australian farmers are being warned about the rapid movement of a threatening new pest throughout Queensland– the Fall Armyworm (FAW).
The latest guidelines in a series on how to improve pollination are now available for lychees and papayas, joining the earlier brochures for macadamias, avocados, blueberries and melons.
With a promising rainfall outlook raising grower morale ahead of the summer season, farmers are being urged to consider best practice planting techniques.
As this year’s winter crop reaches a critical growth stage, it’s time to do rigorous and regular surveillance to protect your growing crops from new weeds, pests and diseases.