World’s-best pest ID emerges from Australian AI

WA scientists have trained AI to identify insect pests faster than anything else in the techno-sphere, creating a world-beating insect detector…Read More

Susan Webster, May 24, 2023

Grain AI: Cropify, Indyn, FOSS forge varying paths

In this last of our four-story series, Grain Central looks at Cropify, Indyn and FOSS and where they are up to in terms of grain assessment…Read More

Liz Wells, May 15, 2023

Grain AI: GoMicro shapes up as farmers’ friend

GoMicro is being road-tested on farm and beyond for its ability to assess lentils, and variants for wheat and other commodities are in the pipeline…Read More

Liz Wells, May 2, 2023

Grain AI: ZoomAgri brings insights to barley ID

In the second story in our series, we look at ZoomAgri and how it is bringing AI to seed company InterGrain, and to maltsters including Coopers and Malteurop…Read More

Liz Wells, April 26, 2023

Grain AI: Cautious adoption under way

In this first in a series, Grain Central looks at AI as Australian and offshore companies ramp up development of systems to classify grain, and links within the supply chain…Read More

Liz Wells, April 24, 2023

SWAT lands in Australia to add depth to soil intel

Australian growers and agronomists can gain new insights into soil constraints through SWAT mapping as developed by Canadian agtech company Croptimistic Technology…Read More

Liz Wells, April 6, 2023

SwarmFarm raises $12M in offshore, local capital

A $12M capital injection will fund growth and development of SwarmBot technology and a SwarmConnect integrated autonomy system for CQ company SwarmFarm…Read More

beefcentral, February 15, 2023



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EPBC Roadshow: AgForce says uncertainty placing unfair burden and legal risk on producers

Rural landowners are being forced to carry too much legal and financial risk when making routine property-management decisions under the Federal Government’s recently reformed environmental laws, AgForce says...Read More

EPBC Roadshow: EPA says most routine farm activities can continue under Federal Act

Changes introduced to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act late last year do not amount to a ban on land clearing, National Environment Protection Agency (EPA) representatives told..Read More

The value of leucaena for control of internal parasites in livestock

Multiple research articles show that Leucaena, already well known as a highly productive forage legume, can also play an important role in reducing worm burdens and pasture contamination when used..Read More

ALRTA calls for immediate fuel relief and urgent agricultural freight productivity reform

The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association has backed the Australian Trucking Association’s call for urgent fuel tax relief, after the national average retail diesel price increased by 15.9 cents..Read More

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Farmers ‘held to ransom’ on labour as Settle blames One Nation

VICTORIA’S Agriculture Minister Michaela Settle has deferred to the Albanese Government on its proposed cutbacks to Working Holiday Maker visas, while blaming the current “anti-immigration” push on One Nation and..Read More

NFF rejects Albanese’s ‘right balance’ claim on visa changes

AUSTRALIA’S peak farmer body has rejected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s belief that the Federal Government had struck the right balance between limiting immigration and the economic impact of visa restrictions...Read More

NSW police seek help with attempted Poll Dorset poisoning

NEW South Wales police are appealing for information on the attempted poisoning of Poll Dorset stud rams valued at more than $300,000 on a Murrulebale property between Temora and Wagga..Read More

Plant-based meat viewed as riskier and offering less value

MEAT eaters in Australia view plant-based meat as riskier and offering less value than conventional animal protein – regardless of how it is marketed, according to recent Adelaide University research...Read More

Grain Central

Qld yet to decide on phosphine limits, NSW ramps up awareness

Qld is yet to commit to supporting regulations that stand to reduce WELs for phosphine from December, but NSW appears to be gearing up for the change...Read More

COVID 2.0: WA growers bear brunt of visa hold-up

Harvest has started in WA, where slow processing of visas has tightened the supply of skilled labour and sparked concerns around farm safety...Read More

Call goes out to keep NSW parthenium free as harvest nears

Growers and contractors bringing machinery south into NSW are reminded of protocols needed to keep the state free of parthenium weed. ..Read More

GPA looks to ex-ADF staff for homegrown harvest help

GPA is rebooting Operation Grain Harvest Assist to get former ADF personnel into the field ahead of harvest 2026 and its depleted visa-holding workforce...Read More

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