Groundcover • 12th May 2025

Economics stack up for wheat breeding investment

CAIGE, a global program evaluating bread wheat germplasm suitable for Australian growers, has again delivered a return on investment of 20:1, according to its most recent economic analysis.

The Guardian Australia • 12th May 2025

‘Getting barer by the day’: drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen

Farmers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on hay as the promised rain is pushed back until June.

Groundcover • 25th April 2025

Profitable legumes becoming a reality

A combination of innovative research and strategic collaboration is boosting the profitability of grain legumes in Western Australia’s farming systems.

Groundcover • 22nd April 2025

Shift in planting time offers new market opportunity

Traders are working to establish export pathways from the west for legumes, such as faba beans, which have not been viewed as a viable cash crop.

The Land • 20th April 2025

Moree cotton growers celebrate first season in years with no drift damage

For the first time in many years, Moree cotton growers Kim and Prue Byrnes have not experienced crop damage from herbicide spray drift.

Groundcover • 28th March 2025

Award-winning crop takes topsy-turvy seasonal conditions in its stride

When Tim Whitehead was told his barley had won a Hyper Yielding Crops award, he suggested the organisers run the numbers again. He attributes the win to luck, paddock history and raised beds

Groundcover • 27th March 2025

Brainstorming with other growers a path to progress

For award-winner Tim Whitehead, the real value in the Hyper Yielding Crops initiative was peer-to-peer learning, led by the team at Southern Farming Systems.

Groundcover • 18th March 2025

The win is in the data

Charles Caldwell is keen on using data produced in the Hyper Yielding Crops initiative to boost gross margins on average paddocks.

Groundcover • 4th March 2025

Glyphosate alternatives investigated to combat problem weeds

Controlling problem weeds while dealing with herbicide resistance is a top priority in a new GRDC-invested northern region project.

Australian Grower • 24th February 2025

How the Schreurs embraced change and grew the family vegetable farm

For more than six decades, the Schreurs family has cultivated excellence in vegetable production through their award-winning enterprise, Schreurs & Sons.

Groundcover • 20th February 2025

Robot sprayer proving its worth as a tireless worker

Impressed by a neighbour’s machine, New South Wales growers Charlie and Elsie Buchanan decided that an autonomous SwarmBot would benefit weed control in their cropping operation.

AgriFutures • 19th February 2025

CSIRO launches new platform for food traceability and provenance

A new CSIRO platform offers access to data for developing applications to verify fibre and food traceability.

Groundcover • 14th February 2025

Automation investment paying off

A change of plan to replace a new spray rig with an autonomous alternative has saved New South Wales growers Charlie and Elsie Buchanan up to $185,000 in chemicals, labour and fuel.

Groundcover • 11th February 2025

NVT reflect a ‘team Australia’ approach previous article

For the past 20 years a nationwide network of trial service providers has allowed GRDC’s National Variety Trials (NVT) to function year after year.

AgriFutures • 7th February 2025

CSIRO Innovation Programs propel startups onto the world stage

Australian startups and small-to-medium enterprises are increasingly turning to overseas markets to scale their innovations, and CSIRO programs are providing critical support for them to succeed.

Groundcover • 7th February 2025

Grower hosts keen to see new varieties in action

Longtime National Variety Trials (NVT) host Gary Lang has been hosting the NVT on his farm near Wickepin, in south-west Western Australia, since the program began.

Groundcover • 4th February 2025

‘Bolt-on’ autonomy the new shift in machinery tech

The switch in focus from autonomous machines to autonomous solutions is becoming increasingly evident and was on display at AGRITECHNICA, the world’s leading agricultural machinery trade fair.

Groundcover • 27th January 2025

Decision-support tools can avoid costly under-fertilising

Environmental considerations can make nitrogen management a particular challenge for southern region growers, prompting researchers to encourage greater use of decision-support strategies.

The Land • 23rd January 2025

Moree cotton crop 'setting up nicely'

It's been a nervous start to the cotton season for Moree farmer Mick Humphries, who has been keeping a close watch on the weather forecasts.

Groundcover • 22nd January 2025

Feathertop Rhodes grass marches south

Southern region grain growers are being warned by a leading researcher to take a zero-tolerance approach to feathertop Rhodes grass to prevent it from becoming a future problem weed.