Cheers WeatherShield: the formulation you can rely on
With its sophisticated stable WeatherShield formulation, Colin Campbells Chemicals (CCC) brand, Cheers 720 has become one of Australia’s market leaders for chlorothalonil. Chlorothalonil is the…
Cropping, Horticulture, Seasons
The science of choosing snail and slug baits
Snail and slug bait technology has come a long way since the traditional bran-based dry process pellets. In Europe, the need to improve delivery of…
Cropping, Horticulture, Seasons
Orondis® Flexi fungicide proves its worth
The Syngenta GrowMore site, at Bowen, in north Queensland has been trialling Orondis® Flexi, with impressive results. Elders Bowen agronomist, Scott Hudson visited the GrowMore…
Horticulture, Seasons
Fertiliser choice helps reduce on-farm carbon emissions
Australian farmers can help to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions simply by electing to use quality nitrate fertilisers that have a known carbon footprint. Globally,…
Cropping, Horticulture, Seasons
New insecticide is the preferred weapon against chewing pests
It has taken little time for a new insecticide to become a preferred rotational partner against chewing pests in brassica as well as leafy and…
Horticulture, Seasons
Old ways and new keeping bee industry strong
Third-generation beekeeper Tim Alt has a passion for beekeeping, honey production and the Australian bee industry. His respect for passed down knowledge, combined with the…
Horticulture
A promising debut season for Belanty in Stanthorpe
They’re pretty good judges of the best way to grow healthy, appetising apples in Stanthorpe, in Queensland’s southern downs. After all, it’s home to the…
Horticulture, Seasons
Billions of willing workers for horticulture
Soil micro-organisms can be your hardest working and often most forgotten teammates. Growers have found that encouraging what is available in the soil, introducing and…
Horticulture, Seasons
Newer almond fungicides show strength amid product restrictions
Growing restrictions on the use of some traditional fungicides is shining a light on newer fungicides that also provide benefits around handling and compatibility with…
Farm Supplies, Horticulture, Seasons
It’s easy to go DRY in your orchard and plantation
Sometimes when faced with the decision between two products that will get the job done you need to choose the one that makes life easy.…
Horticulture, Seasons
Tackling environmental stress for your best pollination and yield
Once a seed is planted, environmental factors can start to reduce its full potential by up to 70 per cent. These environmental stresses can include…
Cropping, Horticulture, Seasons
Food safety standards from farm to table
Food safety is a matter of highest concern for consumers as well as all the participants in the supply chain. Consumers do not just want…
