Farmers are expecting a big payday from pilot program that includes planting trees for carbon gains

Farmers in six different trial regions have the chance to diversify their farm income and improve their drought resilience as part of The Australian Farm Biodiversity Stewardship Pilot scheme The Carbon+Biodiversity pilot, being delivered under the government’s Agricultural Stewardship Package, will see farmers being paid for the biodiversity benefits of mixed-species tree plantings on top […]

MagGrow an Irish AgTech company secures first client for its retrofit spray system

As the MagGrow system is being offered internationally the company has secured its first local client, a spray contractor based in South Australia MagGrow has been busy raising an 18 million Euro war-chest to commercialise and expand a system that fits onto any spray boom that the company says will reduce waste and save money […]

Glyphosate resistant capeweed has been detected in WA and it’s a world first

Researchers working with the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI) have detected the world’s first population of glyphosate-resistant capeweed The resistant biotype was reported by an agronomist in the Albany WA port zone, who noticed capeweed sprayed with several glyphosate applications was continuing to flourish. AHRI Research Associate Yaseen Kahlil, who is based at The University […]