Research

International Centre of Crop and Digital Agriculture buildings at the University of Sydney, Narrabri, New England, Northwest NSW

NSW crop research hub opens

Located in Narrabri, the International Centre of Crop and Digital Agriculture will host research aimed at adapting crops for drought tolerance - providing sustainable food security for the future.
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Andrew HobbsOctober 24, 2023, 12:52 pmOctober 24, 2023

AgriFutures 2023 research award winner announced

Research into meat chickens and rice production has been recognised by research and development corporation AgriFutures
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Staff WriterOctober 11, 2023, 8:25 amOctober 11, 2023

Upgrades to modernise Victoria’s grain growers

Cereal, oilseed, and pulse crop improvements are set to be fast-tracked by a collaboraton that will transform the Australian Grains Genebank (AGG) into a more accessible database by 2027
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Staff WriterAugust 8, 2023, 2:28 pmAugust 9, 2023

CSIRO roadmap charts for a sustainable future

A new CSIRO roadmap charts how Australia’s food and nutrition supply can remain secure and sustainable into the future
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Staff WriterAugust 2, 2023, 9:23 amAugust 2, 2023

New variety tipped to help barley production boom

New barley variety Neo is tipped to take Australian barley production to the next level. The high-performance variety promises to increase yields by 10 per cent, generating a potential $110 million annual
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Staff WriterJuly 26, 2023, 8:56 amJuly 26, 2023

John Deere showcases semi-autonomous sprayer

Industry powerhouse John Deere has unveiled what it says is “future of high value crop spraying” – the GUSS sprayer (the semi-autonomous Global Unmanned Spray System) at Hort Connections in Adelaide.
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Staff WriterJuly 10, 2023, 11:19 amJuly 12, 2023