2010 Rabobank Australasian business management awarded to New Zealand farmer

Story Added Tue, 24^th of Aug 2010

A farmer from near Gore, on New Zealand‟s South Island, has taken out the 2010 Rabobank Executive Development Program (EDP) Management Project Award for work undertaken transforming his mixed ...

Volatile currency impacts Australian grain – Rabobank research

Story Added Tue, 6^th of Jul 2010

Australia’s cropping season started with a bang, raising expectations for a promising domestic grain crop. However, current price volatility in financial markets has meant a more challenging ...

Planning the key to farm finance: NAB

Story Added Tue, 29^th of Jun 2010

While good rain across much of the country is expected to boost farm incomes in the medium- to long-term, many farmers are now revising short-term debt and equity levels as they re-stock and finance ...

New Product: Embracing Fertilser Technology

Story Added Thu, 1^st of Apr 2010

Since Mullewa farmer Ian Kitto started farming in 1963, he has arguably experienced the greatest technological advances in the history of agriculture.

And with those advances, embracing fertilisers, ...

New Product: Avadex® Xtra proving a new option for pre-em grass control

Story Added Fri, 19^th of Mar 2010

In 2009 Nufarm conducted a series of replicated field trials across Australia to evaluate the performance of Avadex® Xtra (500 g/L triallate) on annual ryegrass (ARG) in a no-till cropping ...

New Product: New RoGator Self Propelled Machines

Story Added Fri, 19^th of Mar 2010

Three new RoGator models are now available from Croplands Equipment. Technical enhancements to the 984, 1184 and 1386 models take them to the next level with respect to the now superseded 884, 1084 ...

"Without Fertiliser we wouldnt be able to farm up here"

Story Added Wed, 17^th of Feb 2010

When Pindar farmer Lindsay Olman surveys his 2800ha (7000ac) property these days he’s filled with memories of changing technologies through the years.

From rudimentary combine seeders pulled ...

NORWOODS FARM MACHINERY CENTRE TO SERVICE SWAN HILL & HORSHAM REGIONS

Story Added Fri, 16^th of Oct 2009

New Holland, Flexi-Coil and CNH Capital are pleased to announce Norwood's Farm Machinery Centre will commence operations in the Swan Hill and Horsham regions as of today, Thursday 15th October.

The ...

NewFarmMachinery.com.au

Story Added Fri, 9^th of Oct 2009

Australia's newest Farm Machinery specifications website provides a comprehensive guide for searching, comparing and choosing new Farm Machinery, including Tractors, Combine Harvesters, Balers, Wind ...

BESTbids : Your totally independent daily grain market guide

Story Added Tue, 6^th of Oct 2009

Accessing daily, independent grain marketing information has now become more simple and efficient with eFarmings BESTbids…

Efficient Farming has released a new service called BESTbids. With ...

Best practice the star of inaugural SPRAY Awards

Story Added Thu, 3^rd of Sep 2009

While Victoria’s Darren Schreurs, a vegetable grower from Devon Meadows, 50km outside of Melbourne, has been named Australia’s first Sustainable, Productive, Responsible Applicator of the ...

Industry partnership yields rewards

Story Added Wed, 2^nd of Sep 2009

An innovative partnership between leading crop protection company, Syngenta, and the Australian potato industry is helping growers to improve yield and quality and maintain a viable cash flow.

Under ...

Nozzles put the ‘icing on the cake’

Story Added Wed, 2^nd of Sep 2009

Leading Tasmanian potato grower, Neville House, reckons the installation of a set of spray nozzles specifically developed to improve the performance of foliar fungicides could well prove to be the ...

Victorian vegetable farmer named Australia’s first SPRAY

Story Added Tue, 1^st of Sep 2009

A vegetable farmer from Devon Meadows in Victoria has been named Australia’s first Sustainable, Productive and Responsible Applicator of the Year.

Darren Schreurs was declared the 2009 SPRAY ...

‘Accidental’ trial shows stark differences

Story Added Tue, 4^th of Aug 2009

Central Western NSW grain grower, Chad Cruickshank, has cut back his old pre-emergent herbicide and is switching to a new, more effective product after an ‘accidental’ paddock trial ...