Innovation
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How narrow can we go?
A NEW Hort Innovation Frontiers project is about to explore planting stone and pome fruit trees in 2m rows with canopies as narrow as a…
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Artificial intelligence coming to horticulture
ARTIFICIAL intelligence might not have taken over the horticultural industry just yet, but Sunraysia fruit pickers will soon be facing a new reality in the…
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Hooked on lock benefits
ROWENA Smart had a bit of an extra spring in her step when hosting a field walk at Red Cliffs. This first crop on her,…
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Nan’s weed goes global
ECS Botanics is a small business with big ambitions – and international orders – for its thriving cannabis growing operation. AS if farming isn’t a…
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Sheep delivery units a blessing for shearers
The AWI sheep delivery units provide a system that delivers sheep directly to the shearer, eliminating the time and energy that shearers spend on the…
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AWI units a lifeline in floods
Camilla, Will, Emma and James Shippen of Banyandah Pastoral Co run a huge self-replacing Merino operation across 105,000ha, the majority of which is situated at…
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Demo sites let you try before you buy
Producer demonstration sites (PDS) aim to increase the rate of adoption of key management practices and technologies. So long as they improve business profitability, productivity…
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Want relevant research? Get on board these forums
Wimmera grain growers have an opportunity to directly contribute ideas and raise local issues at upcoming forums to help the Grains Research and Development Corporation…
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Carbon calculator a crucial farm tool
Meat and Livestock Australia is hoping to take farmers to new heights in the climate change challenge with this week’s release of its online, web-based…
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AWI smart tags allow real time monitoring of flock
A three-year project, aptly titled ‘Grazing Bytes’, has demonstrated AWI smart tags can be used to predict feed intake, and especially liveweight change, which could…
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$119m battery boost
THE western plains of Kerang are set to see significant investment in solar, wind and battery, with the Victorian Government announcing an energy storage system…
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Inventors’ hard graft a success
MILDURA’S Carmin Di Mase says his new internationally patented approach to propagating horticultural crops can save critical time and money for growers in Sunraysia and…
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