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BCG Putting Farm Safety First

With harvest well under way across Australia, BCG is reminding growers to put safety first. In the latest episode “Safety First: What’s the Rush?”, BCG’s Janine Batters interviews Warakirri Farm Manager Jono Robinson on why getting everyone...

Birchip Cropping Group

New App Maps Pesticide Resistance Across Australia

The Pesticide Resistance Integrated Mapping (PRIM) tool offers a clear view of pesticide resistance across Australia, helping growers and agronomists make data-driven crop management decisions. Developed by the Centre for Crop and Disease Management...

Manage Fatigue on the Farm During Harvest

As harvest season kicks into high gear, farmers and agricultural workers are logging longer hours in the fields to bring in the year’s yield. While the rush to meet deadlines and maximise productivity is a hallmark of this critical time, it’s...

Agriculture Victoria

Pulse Protein Research to Meet Global Demand

An innovative new $13.6 million plant protein project is set to position Australian growers and the nation’s processing sector to capitalise on growing consumer demand both nationally and across the world. The four-year project is an initiative of...

Agriculture Victoria

Woolpoll Closes This Week – Make Your Voice Heard

Wool growers vote to set the levy rate for the next three years. Wool growers across Australia are being urged to have their say and vote in WoolPoll 2024 before polls close on 1 November. WoolPoll is a voluntary vote of wool levy payers who have...

Caring For Your Stock in Dry Seasonal Conditions

One way to help manage your stock during dry seasonal conditions is with the use of a stock containment area (SCA). Agriculture Victoria Land Management Extension Officer Clem Sturmfels said caring for stock during a drought can be challenging and...

Agriculture Victoria

Important Results From Crop Rotation Study

Agriculture Victoria’s long-term cropping research in the Victorian Mallee is unearthing important results which could impact agricultural land management in the region. Agriculture Victoria Senior Research Scientist Professor Roger Armstrong said...

Agriculture Victoria

Cereal Frontiers Targeted in Lower Rainfall Areas

New research is set to push the limits of water productivity and cereal yield potential in the low (LRZ) and medium-rainfall zones (MRZ) to help grain growers in these regions achieve new yield frontiers. Under-way now in South Australia and...

The Science Behind Carbon Farming

The University of Melbourne’s Professor of Carbon Farming, Prof Richard Eckard, will speak at BCG’s Chair’s Breakfast on Thursday, October 17, at BCG. His presentation, The science behind carbon farming, will provide growers and industry with...

Safety No Accident on Farms

Paramedic Tom Connellan understands that in farming a lot of things can come down to chance, but experience tells him that staying safe should not be one of them. From growing up on his family’s sheep, cattle and cropping farm, to now responding...

Main Field Day Highlights Fatigue and Profitability

“The most profitable farms were those that spent more time working on their business than in their business,” Professor Ross Kingwell said in his presentation at BCG’s Main Field Day at Nullawil last week. In his ten-year profitability study...

Birchip Cropping Group

Popular Harvester Set-up Workshop Coming to Victoria

A series of harvester workshops will roll-out across the South Australian and Victorian grainbelts in September to bring together harvester specialists, industry experts and researchers to give grain growers the latest advice ahead of this...

At BCG’s Main Field Day ... Weighing Up Rust Risk

Helping growers to make rust management decisions will be Dr Grant Hollaway’s aim at BCG’s Main Field Day on Wednesday of next week, September 11, at Nullawil. “The biggest driver of disease is rainfall frequency, that is, the number of wet...

Birchip Cropping Group

New Study to Benchmark Crop Residue Emissions

A new $8 million national study is set to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from crop residues, to help the Australian grains industry accurately report its carbon (C) footprint, with potential benefits for future market access and price. An...

At BCG’s Main Field Day ... Top Farm Performance Factors are Revealed

Agricultural economist Professor Ross Kingwell will reveal the top farm performance factors at BCG’s Main Field Day at Nullawil on Wednesday, September 11. After tracking the financial performance of 250 farms over ten years Professor Kingwell...

Birchip Cropping Group

Control Ascochyta to Sustain Lentil Future

Lentils are a highly profitable pulse crop for many southern Australian farmers and have been the largest volume pulse exported in the past few years. Ascochyta blight (ascochyta) disease has been emerging in some lentil crops recently and...

As New Minister for Agriculture Appointed... Fresh Opportunities for Environmental Biosecurity Reform

The Invasive Species Council welcomes the appointment of the Hon. Julie Collins, MP, as the new Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and thanks outgoing Minister Murray Watt for his service. “We look forward to working...

WoolPoll Information Now Available

Wool growers across Australia can now view the WoolPoll2024 Voter Information Memorandum outlining the options for levy rates for the next three years. WoolPoll is a voluntary vote of wool levy payers who have paid at least $100 in wool levies over...

Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) Program Set to Change

Since 2004 the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program has been crucial in ensuring Australia’s $74.5 billion red meat industry continues to thrive. LPA was created to provide the red meat industry with consistent on-farm standards and...