Syngenta Group records strong 6 month US$12 billion sales revenue
The Syngenta Group consists of four business units, Syngenta Crop Protection, ADAMA, Syngenta Seeds and Syngenta Group China and was only formed on 18 June 2020. Combines sales results for the four business units topped just over US$12 billion for 6 months and this was a 2% combined increase over the same period last year […]
BOSS Agriculture is an all Australian success story
BOSS directors have worked their way through countless improvements over many years to settle on a model design that simply gives growers what they have been looking for. By listening to what their customers wanted, the BOSS planter bar and air seeder cart evoked plenty of enthusiasm from the outset. And the continuing support from […]
eShepherd virtual fencing given grant to protect the Reef
Australian AgTech company, Agersens, has secured a $335,000 grant to test if its eShepherd digital fencing platform can keep cattle from trodding the Great Barrier Reef.
Fendt brings high-capacity IDEAL combine to Australia
Fendt is taking the plunge into the heavily contested local combine harvester market with the launch of its IDEAL range of headers.
Livestock health data captured from one-in-three sheep
The final numbers are in, and 2019 has proven to be another record-setting calendar year for the National Sheep Health Monitoring Project (NSHMP).
Around one-third of all sheep slaughtered in Australia were inspected at a participating abattoir.
Brüder Kompressors custom-built for agriculture
Brüder Australia was the first to build a diesel compressor that was especially designed for use in cropping and general agriculture, and it has gone on to become the market leader.
Briggs & Stratton Sale to KPS enters final chapter
Briggs & Stratton is free of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding as the sale to KPS Capital Partners is signed off for a cool us$550 million. The deal includes all the assets of Briggs & Stratton Corp – minus the nearly $1 billion debt it had raked up – and also includes all its subsidiaries […]
Organic industry body moves against false packaging
With the Australian organic industry currently worth $2.6 billion and growing, there is now a concerted effort from the peak body to eradicate what they call false packaging.
Lavender shows promise as cash crop for Australian growers
Lavender crops may be set to grow with a partnership forged between AgriFutures Australia and La Trobe University’s Institute for Agriculture and Food (LIAF).
Lemken Karat 12 ideal for intensive stubble cultivation
The Karat 12 has been developed to handle both shallow and deep no-tillage cultivation up to a 300mm (12-inch) depth, and is especially suited to work through heavier soils.