Cider expansion supported by new supply
The burgeoning local cider industry is set to benefit from a new cider apple supply block at the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Orange Agricultural Institute.
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Author: Small Farms
Dunedin company set to prototype world-first sheep facial recognition
The world’s first sheep facial recognition software – which will eliminate the need for costly electronic identification or ear tagging – will be prototyped this year after the company behind it received funding from New Zealand’s innovation agency, Callaghan Innovation
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The tough times continue – Rabobank Australian Winter Crop Outlook
Australia is facing the prospect of a winter crop of just 27.7 million tonnes – the smallest since 2007/08 – as ongoing severe drought conditions continue to take their toll on many of the nation’s main cropping regions, according to agribusiness specialist Rabobank.
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WA farmer using dung beetle and cattle manure to tackle climate-change
As the industry struggles with the increasing pressure and ramifications agricultural practices have on climate change, one Manjimup farmer is turning to the winter-active exotic dung beetle, Bubas bison, to help implement a carbon positive approach.
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan in tatters
Legislation tabled in the NSW Parliament last night effectively tears up the Murray-Darling Basin Plan leaving the environment and downstream communities high and dry, the Greens said.
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