State News

The world of weeds

03 Feb 12 | WEEDS will be under the microscope in the 2012 Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation's (DEEDI) prestigious Hermitage Research Facility Schools Plant Science Competition.

Grains and Cropping - Grasses and feed

Cane season on track for Plane Creek

29 Jan 12 | KEVIN Borg can't help but smile. His cane is in fantastic shape, weather conditions have been favourable and he is on track to make up for two disastrous seasons.

Grains and Cropping - General

Fertilising mungbeans - does it pay?

27 Jan 12 | On-farm trials looking at the effect of nitrogen, zinc and phosphorus applications on the nodulation, biomass and grain yield of mungbeans suggest fertilising the crop is not economical.

Grains and Cropping - General

SPRAY awards on again

19 Jan 12 | THE call is going out again to farmers and farm contractors to be part of this year's national SPRAY Awards and in the running for a $15,000 prize pack - including a study tour of Britain.

Grains and Cropping - General

Stay on target this spray season

18 Jan 12 | BIOSECURITY Queensland is encouraging all spray operators to be responsible in their chemical use as the summer spray season is well underway.

Grains and Cropping - General

Mayors welcome cropping research

15 Jan 12 | MAYORS from across the Gulf Savannah region have welcomed the announcement of $10 million in funding to research irrigated agriculture in the Gilbert and Flinders River catchments.

Grains and Cropping - General

Seed graders have chance to place in treatment course

06 Jan 12 | AUSTRALIAN seed graders have the opportunity to win a placement in Bayer CropScience’s Seed Treatment Application Centre (STAC) training course at Bayer CropScience’s manufacturing plant in Pinkenba, Queensland in September 2012.

Grains and Cropping - General

Sorghum seed shortage

29 Dec 11 | AS Central Queensland growers ramp up for the summer grains plant, the state's largest sorghum seed provider has a shortage of high-quality seed.

Grains and Cropping - General

From pumpkins to peanuts to win sugar award

17 Dec 11 | NORTH Queensland canegrower Andrew Greenwood has become a big fan of peanuts over the past four years, growing them as a break crop on his family property Thalaba, about eight kilometres east of Gordonvale.

Grains and Cropping - General