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By Dr. Alan Couch April 12, 2025
Modern breed societies need a new approach, new tools, and a cost effectiveness focus to be relevant to today's livestock breeders.
By Scott Thomson April 12, 2025
From cotton fields to classrooms: Principal Scott Thomson reflects on how innovation in agriculture mirrors the evolving needs of education.
By Dr. GintarÄ— BidlauskienÄ— April 12, 2025
A recent study published in the international science journal Scientific Reports explores how pre-industrial communities in north-eastern Europe adapted their farming strategies in response to climatic shifts over the past two millennia. The research highlights how these early farmers mitigated risks associated with crop failures by strategically selecting and cultivating buffer crops. With climate change bringing more extreme weather conditions, including prolonged droughts and heat waves, Australian farmers could gain valuable insights from these historical strategies to enhance productivity and profitability in modern agriculture.
By Brad McCormick February 11, 2025
Shearwell is a leading manufacturer of livestock identification tags and readers and is now bringing to market a premium one-piece steel NLIS tag for cattle.
February 10, 2025
A wet year isn’t when you make your money in agriculture, but you can lose the most, says Charles Reynolds, General Manager of the agtech business, T3RRA.
February 10, 2025
At Nudgee, our students have the freedom to do more, be more, and achieve more. For every boy, there’s infinite opportunities.
December 12, 2024
During the peak of a scorching summer, the microbes in your farm’s soil are likely accessing water locked up in soil. That’s moisture the plants can’t reach without those crucial microbes.
November 19, 2024
Is there a bank that can help rural and remote communities remain resilient, prosperous, and vibrant? Yes, there is – and it’s changing for the better.
November 7, 2024
Australia has been exporting wheat grown on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia since the 1870s and it is this heritage that A.G. Schilling & Co. has inherited and continues to build on today. 
By Professor Sergio (Yani) Garcia October 30, 2024
Pastures underpin the competitive advantage of Australian key livestock production systems like beef, sheep and dairy. Are farmers getting the most from them?
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News & Articles

April 12, 2025
Innovation, technological solutions and teamwork – those were the themes that comprised the first GrowHer ag-tech event in Rockhampton this week. 
April 12, 2025
Following the biggest first day crowds in decades, it’s officially Day 2 of the 2025 Sydney Royal Easter Show (the Show) and excitement is only building! 
April 12, 2025
New Zealand farmers are well-accustomed to turning sunlight into food and fibre. Now, as Mike Casey writes, there’s an opportunity to turn that sunlight into something else that will benefit New Zealand and the rural sector: renewable electricity.
By Crestmead, Queensland (18 March, 2025) April 11, 2025
John Deere has announced new automation and efficiency updates on 2026 model combine harvesters that provide more capabilities and boost productivity by up to 20%* on Australian farms.
March 6, 2025
With efficient and lower emission energy solutions uppermost on farmers’ minds, ELGAS is committed to working with Australia's agricultural sector with LPG.
By Michael Crowley February 10, 2025
Following from another record year for beef production and exports, we anticipate opportunities for Australian beef to continue into 2025, especially in markets like the US which is in a cattle herd rebuild and was our number one export destination for beef in 2024.
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