North West Farmer
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Nanotechnology’s big play in flystrike war
It’s summer in a fortnight – and it’s been hot in plenty of places already. And for sheep breeders and woolgrowers across northwest Victoria that…
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Squeezing more messages out of your moisture monitoring
Soil moisture technology is a powerful tool in the hands of irrigators, but harnessing its full potential is an art in itself. Which is why…
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When it comes to carbon, not all soils are the soils you think
MALLEE Sustainable Farming has been funded for a project to promote action to optimise or increase soil carbon in southwest NSW. Soil carbon is a…
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App connects AI and almonds
SUNRAYSIA’S almond industry is big business – and now it’s going to be helped into the future by something as simple as an app. With…
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Why Wyndham Station is no carbon copy of a pipedream
People are pretty pragmatic out in the pastoral country. It’s big country which can have big problems – but also big rewards. Where no day,…
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App pins down pesticide resistance
A new data visualisation tool can display the distribution and severity of pesticide resistance across Australia, enabling growers and agronomists to make better, data-driven crop…
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Look out for grain trains
ROAD users during harvest are advised to exercise caution at level crossings and while sharing the road with trucks and heavy vehicles. During this year’s…
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There are very few who are busier
When it comes to Sunraysia horticulture, no matter how big the business, much of it is incredibly reliant on one of the smallest inputs available.…
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Citrus growers renew sweet deal
KEY industry representation and lobby group, Citrus Australia, has announced an extended deal with a multi-national food technology company. Confirmed mid-last week, TOMRA Food will…
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Keeping your finger on pulses
ANYONE in the Mallee growing pulses and wanting to get a bigger bang for their buck will want to be at the pulse field day…
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Mobiles guide to pest reporting
PLANT Health Australia has launched its revamped Growers Guide to Pest Reporting and Responses course on the Biosecurity Online Training platform. This newly updated, mobile-friendly…
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Watering down growth practices
DESPITE all the progress across the generations, the search continues for a better way to maximise the use of water and cereal yield potential in…
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