Dieci telehandlers for farm industry specific applications proving popular
Dieci has a specially designed telehandler for farmers working with poultry, cotton, piggeries and Haymaking along with specialty attachments Manufactured in Italy and engineered locally to meet the needs of Australia’s varied agricultural sectors, Dieci’s specialty telehandlers are built tough and reliable. Dieci works every day to evolve its telehandlers, adopting the best solutions based […]
John Deere CP770 Cotton pickers are part of Top End harvest milestone
Cotton growing is taking off in the Northern Territory and this budding industry has the backing of the latest release John Deere CP770 Cotton pickers to bring in the valuable haul The view from Laura Keeley’s CP770 cotton picker, includes long runs across the Top End’s Tipperary Group of Station’s current crop, and it gives […]
HARDI Saritor 7000 Mallee Edition is set loose to grab extra market share
HARDI made no secret that its Saritor 7000 Mallee Edition spray launch was an important milestone in local SP spray design and you could miss out by not attending The level of confidence placed on the HARDI Saritor 7000 Mallee Edition prompted an audience of more than 100 dealers and customers to bustle into the […]
General Jeffery Award finalists announced are top specialists in soil health
Three leading experts in soil health have been announced as finalists in the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award to be held at the National Landcare Conference There are three experts in soil health in the running to win the 2022 General Jeffery Soil Health Award that will be presented at the National Landcare Awards […]
Prized cow that wins top award at Katherine Show owned by CDU Technical Officer
A heifer named “Tessa” handled by Charles Darwin University VET Technical Officer Laura Farmer wins first place in heifer-led Class under 15 months at the Katherine Show A Katherine educator who is teaching students how to work on rural farms is trying to milk all she can out of a her very successful competitive cow. […]
Cotton Conference 2022 geared up for a Gold Coast spectacular
Around 100 exhibitors will provide critical information and a networking opportunity during the Cotton conference to be held from 16 to 18 August The Australian Cotton Conference will be held from 16 to 18 August 2022 on the Gold Coast at the Gold Coast Convention Centre After a few years of COVID-19 disruptions one of […]
Prairie Pro Series 2 launch is here and expect it to put a smile on your face
Every farmer in the market for a trailed model has been holding out to get a gander at the Goldacres Prairie Pro Series 2 models Goldacres has moved a step closer to a farmer launch of their much-anticipated trailed sprayer range that boasts a giant 10,000-litre model to keep the hungriest of operators fulfilled. However, […]
Lactalign offers a breakthrough for smooth management of milking clusters
Lactalign has designed a retrofit that will get your milking clusters running to maximum performance Lactalign is a new and relatively simple retrofit device that has taken UK milk herders by storm, as it is a breakthrough design to counter the often costly impact of uneven weight and vacuum distribution of a milking cluster. Operating […]
Understanding a plant’s salt tolerance mechanisms earns Chancellor’s Medal for PhD researcher
Changes in membrane lipids in salt-tolerant plants has been identified as an important salinity tolerance mechanism The discovery made in recent SCU research is good news for global agriculture and will inform future work by plant breeders to engineer salt-tolerant crops. Dr Qi Guo, who conducted the research during her PhD work at Southern Cross […]
Farmers for Climate Action say we are working from a low scorecard
The dire environmental scorecard reflects climate impacts experienced by farmers on the land that are members of Farmers for Climate Action The 2021 State of the Environment report released this week paints a dire picture of environmental harm, but that comes as no surprise to farmers, who see first-hand the damage done by climate change […]