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Key players to gather at national organic arable event
Key players in the feed, seed and milling sectors are to gather at a national event aimed at attracting more converts to organic arable production…
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Farmers blamed for high cost of rice in Mindanao
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is blaming the soaring price of rice in Mindanao on "speculation" by the farmers themselves. Agriculture…
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Drought blamed for low SA growth
South Australian Treasurer Kevin Foley has blamed the drought for recording the lowest state final demand growth in the country. The measure examines…
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Food summit hammers out plan for world's hungry
Delegates to the UN summit on the world food crisis today began hammering out an emergency plan to reduce hunger and help Third World farmers despite…
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Borneo - a new acaricide for horticultural crops
A new acaricide based on the active ingredient etoxazole, Borneo has received recent approval for use in protected tomatoes and aubergines as well as…
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Quell Flo is approved for potatoes
With the continuing global problems in the production and supply of Dithane 945 and Dithane NT and other blight fungicides, Interfarm UK Ltd are…
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Sclerotinia monitoring in carrots adds to successful disease control
Starting in early June, the BASF and ADAS sponsored Sclerotinia monitoring system aims to help carrot growers assess their disease risk and so plan…
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The low biomass variety Astrid produces top gross margins
Last year the low biomass oilseed rape variety Astrid yielded just over 4.9 t/ha on one Sentry Farms and this lead to this crop being the highest…
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Amistar Top for unrivalled Sclerotinia protection in carrots
Carrot growers face an increased threat of Sclerotinia attack this season, following high levels of infection in oilseed rape last year – when…
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Agriculture industry heads fire back at corn ethanol critics
Agriculture industry heads on Wednesday fired back at critics of corn-produced ethanol, placing the blame of high food prices on factors such as…
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