Category: Farming

Glengower farmer to share success with grassland t...

Posted by Small Farms | Jun 25, 2019 | Farming |

Value of commercial plantation harvests at record high

by Small Farms | Jun 25, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

Conditions in Australia’s forestry sector remain favourable, according to a report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).

Last chance to apply for the 2020 NAB Agribusiness Rising Champions Initiative

by Small Farms | Jun 25, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

Young members of the Australian beef industry have until this Sunday, 30 June to apply for the 2020 NAB Agribusiness Rising Champions Initiative.

Career change offers new perspective on agriculture sector

by Small Farms | Jun 18, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

A few years ago Seamus McCarthy decided he needed to shake up his career, but rather than scouring the job ads he went back to university and found the challenge he needed – without moving far from his existing workplace.

GRASSLAND SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE 60 YEARS

by Small Farms | Jun 14, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

Australian farmers might be enduring the worst drought in history but the Grassland Society of Southern Australia’s annual conference in Creswick will hear forecasts of a silver lining on the horizon.

Making better use of environmental water

by Small Farms | Jun 14, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

Murray-Darling communities in the Southern Basin will be able to hold onto another 605 gigalitres thanks to 17 projects making better use of the environmental water we already have.

Awards for speed breeding and dairy research

by Small Farms | Jun 14, 2019 | Farming, Tech | 0 |

A researcher who has developed crop “speed breeding” technology and a scientist whose work is boosting the $3 billion-a-year dairy export sector have been recognised with one of Australia’s top awards.

AUSSIE BEEF: HALVING EMISSIONS AND LEADING SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

by Small Farms | Jun 11, 2019 | Animals, Farming | 0 |

The 2019 Australian Beef Sustainability Annual Update shows an industry that’s achieving major milestones in its care for people, land and livestock.

Countdown is on to apply for a 2020 Nuffield Scholarship

by Small Farms | Jun 11, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

The search for Australia’s next wave of Nuffield Scholars continues for one more week, with up to 25 exciting scholarships available to primary producers passionate about the future of agriculture.

Livestock SA welcomes TFI announcement on new Murray Bridge abattoir

by Small Farms | Jun 11, 2019 | Animals, Farming | 0 |

Livestock SA has welcomed the recent announcement from Thomas Foods International of a new multi-million-dollar abattoir at Murray Bridge.

Victorian producers are invited to join a world-first entrepreneurship development program.

by Small Farms | Jun 11, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

Farmers2Founders’ links primary producers to global innovation and technology experts.

NFF welcomes Coles’ ‘innovation’ to improve dairy farmers’ fortunes

by Small Farms | Jun 6, 2019 | Farming | 0 |

The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed innovative thinking by Coles to improve the farm gate returns of some dairy farmers.

Farmers to benefit from conducting their own agricultural research

by Andrew Mole | Jun 6, 2019 | Farming, Tech | 0 |

Farmers across Western Australia will have the opportunity to harness their natural curiosity and lead their own on-farm experiments as part of a new big data approach to agriculture research.

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