National Rural News

Seeding stalls as wait for rain starts

9:00 AM | IT IS a case of 'too wet for dry seeding and too dry for wet seeding' for many croppers across the State, where work has ground to a halt in the past week.

Grains and Cropping - General

Nufarm sunflowers work a treat

16 May 12 | WHILE 80 per cent of the world's sunflower industry is focused on supplying the global oilseed trade, Nufarm has honed in on a segment few Australian croppers give any thought to. | Nufarm strategy pays off | Sales offer whiff of hope for ...

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Wheat growers to get Iraq payments

15 May 12 | AUSTRALIAN grain growers owed wheat payments from Iraq dating back to the 1980s could soon start receiving payments. | Former AWB boss faces 10 years | Wheatgrowers: are you owed money?

Grains and Cropping - General

Three states unite against Graingrowers

14 May 12 | THREE state farming organisations have jointly refuted claims that Graingrowers Limited represents their views.

Grains and Cropping - General

New research into wild radish control

14 May 12 | NEW research in WA's Northern Agricultural Region will attempt to find out what the most effective sequences of in-crop herbicides to control wild radish while delaying the onset of herbicide resistance.

Grains and Cropping - General

Fight fleabane in autumn

14 May 12 | A MULTI-pronged attack against the weed, fleabane, is being advised for southern grain growers before winter sets in. |

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Liquid traces do the job

12 May 12 | BUCKLEBOO farmer Leigh Fitzgerald is in his third year of seeding with liquid trace elements "down the tube".

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Cotton crop coming off

11 May 12 | AFTER a "horror run" of seasons defined by catastrophic floods, Central Queensland's cotton growers are in the throes of picking what is for many their first cotton crop in more than two years.

Grains and Cropping - General

Returning to long fallows

10 May 12 | A SWING away from opportunity summer cropping and back to long fallows is an emerging trend in parts of the Central West in a bid to shore up soil moisture reserves and not overtax paddocks, says Coonabarabran agronomist Callen Thompson.

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Wait on bait for mice

10 May 12 | WHILST mice are nowhere near as bad as the plague from last season, growers want to know when a baiting station will be open according to VFF Grains Group president, Andrew Weidmann. |

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Mixed response to Greens' bill on GM contamination

10 May 12 | A MOVE by Greens MLC Mark Parnell to protect farmers who want their properties to remain genetically-modified free has drawn criticism from the Liberal and Family First parties. |

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Budget missed crop opportunity

09 May 12 | CROPLIFE Australia chief executive Matthew Cossey says the 2012 Federal budget missed a critical opportunity to boost Australian agriculture, by overlooking investment in specialty crop production in Australia. | Cash splash to calm carbon fears | Budget biosecurity boon

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SE fights lucerne seed wasp influx

09 May 12 | SEED wasps have caused extensive damage to lucerne seed crops in the SA's Upper South East, ruining the chances of what was expected to be a bumper harvest.

Grains and Cropping - General