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Wheat code cracked

Agriculture Victoria scientists have helped to crack the genetic code of wheat, laying the foundation to improve production and response to disease threats, enhance wheat quality, and better prepare an industry adapting to climate change.

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Call to heed experts

CropLife Australia, the national peak industry body for the plant science sector, has called for a less alarmist reaction to the judgement in the United States on a case involving glyphosate.

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Barley claims investigated

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Landmark Operations (trading as Seednet) for allegedly making false, misleading and deceptive claims in a fact sheet for its barley variety known as Compass.

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Performance boost for balers

Precision and consistency are the hallmarks of Case IH’s round baler range, with recent improvements further enhancing its performance in the paddock and the bottom-line for producers.

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Sample carefully for best results

The accuracy of fodder analysis depends on the sample you send to the laboratory.

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Many factors influence quality

Making quality hay is all about timing.

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Dry times increase feed demand

Dry seasonal conditions in much of Australia are placing pressure on dairy farmers nationwide, as feed and water prices increase due to high demand and limited supply.

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Giving exports an advantage

Improved fodder quality, productivity and reduced production risk will be the key objectives of a new $2.2million AgriFutures oaten hay agronomy project announced last week.

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Focus is on profitability

Profitability of the industry is set to be the key focus for the Grains Research and Development Corporation following the launch of its five-year research, development and extension plan last week.

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Fighting fungus

Australian researchers have a new weapon in the fight against fungicide resistance in grain crops, with confirmation that a specially adapted approach to detection, involving cancer technology, is effective for this purpose.

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Awards crop up for hay farmers

Three northern Victoria farmers and a Mulwala farmer have made the best hay crops in Australia, earning national recognition in the 2018 Feed Central National Hay Quality competition.

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Bennett new panel chair

Grains Research and Development Corporation has announced a new chair of the southern regional panel, with western Victorian grain grower John Bennett to be appointed on September 1.

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Pest test is offered

Research organisation cesar is again making available to growers and advisers a screening service to test for insecticide resistance in RLEM, with an additional resistance screening service now on offer for lucerne flea.

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Knowledge hub

An innovative new online community website which gives grains industry experts, advisers and growers across Australia a central hub to share information, access knowledge and get technical advice on seasonal issues to improve on-farm profitability, is now available.

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Blight samples sought

Researchers are seeking the assistance of grain growers and advisers in Victoria to provide samples of diseases detected in this year’s commercial pulse crops.

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Encouraging data use

Work is under way to provide grain growers in Victoria with the confidence, knowledge and ability to make more effective and profitable nutrient management decisions.

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Consider silage options carefully

Making spring silage will depend on seasonal conditions that enable a genuine surplus of forage to grow or a major problem in cropping areas such as drought, late frost or hail where silage may be a salvage exercise.

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Making a weighty job easier for clients

Shepparton-based business, Country Scale & Equipment, has been in operation for more than 50 years.

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Wistaria calls it quits

ANOTHER one bites the dust. Wistaria Cafe has closed its doors after 17 years after negotiations with the Campaspe Shire could not reach a lease agreement. And tenant Eric Grumont had simply had enough. ‘‘We have just had a gutful,’’ he told...

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Little-known law confounds

Have you ever walked home after 11.30pm with some unopened tinnies in your bag?

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Shepparton business raided by ATO

The Australian Taxation Office raided a Shepparton business yesterday as part of a co-ordinated strike across Victoria. Two hundred and fifty ATO officers raided 11 business and residential sites across Melbourne and Shepparton, targeting tax...

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Jarrod Lyle to begin palliative care

Shepparton professional golfer Jarrod Lyle, 36, who has battled acute myeloid leukaemia for 20 years has ceased active treatment. In a social media post yesterday his wife Briony announced her husband and father of their two children Lusi and Gemm...

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