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Virtual fencing is transforming dairy farming in Tasmania! 🐄 Troy Ainslie shares how this technology boosted production,...
16/10/2025

Virtual fencing is transforming dairy farming in Tasmania! 🐄 Troy Ainslie shares how this technology boosted production, improved pasture use, and even enhanced team well-being at Woodrising Dairies. Catch his insights and more at the Dairy Research Foundation Symposium this November.

Delegates at this year’s Dairy Research Foundation Symposium will hear from Tasmanian dairy farmer, Troy Ainslie, about his life changing experience with virtual fencing.

"After a serious tractor accident seven years ago, Gippsland farmer Ian Ho**er faced a long road to recovery. Today, he’...
14/10/2025

"After a serious tractor accident seven years ago, Gippsland farmer Ian Ho**er faced a long road to recovery. Today, he’s transforming his hilly farm with innovative shelters, smarter feeding, and a share farming system – proving that resilience and ingenuity go hand in hand on the farm."

Ian Ho**er loves his hilly farm at Loch in Victoria’s Gippsland region, but it has its drawbacks. Seven years ago, Ian broke his back in a tractor rollover accident, laying him up for nearly two years.

🌱 With over 30 years in agribusiness, Darren Thomas is driving the next wave of biological innovation at De Sangosse ANZ...
13/10/2025

🌱 With over 30 years in agribusiness, Darren Thomas is driving the next wave of biological innovation at De Sangosse ANZ. From global R&D to on-farm results, he’s helping bring bio-solutions from niche to mainstream — shaping a more sustainable future for farming.

With a career spanning three decades in agribusiness, Darren Thomas brings unmatched depth and passion to his role as bio-solutions business manager with De Sangosse across Australia and New Zealand.

🌾 Cotton Australia welcomes new leadership! Leeton grower Liz Stott steps in as chair, joined by new board members Tony ...
10/10/2025

🌾 Cotton Australia welcomes new leadership! Leeton grower Liz Stott steps in as chair, joined by new board members Tony Geitz, Gavin Dal Broi, and Robert Dugdale. The AGM also acknowledged retiring chair Nigel Burnett for his 12 years of service.

Cotton Australia has a new chair and two new board members after the annual general meeting, held in Toowoomba.

🌾 Seasonal conditions are looking up for Australian growers! With timely rainfall across key regions and global supply t...
09/10/2025

🌾 Seasonal conditions are looking up for Australian growers! With timely rainfall across key regions and global supply trends easing, wheat, barley, and canola markets are seeing some relief. While global oversupply and trade shifts continue to influence prices, Australia’s crops are in good shape heading into the season.

Rabobank Australia senior analyst, grains and oilseeds, Vitor Pistoia,* looks at global conditions and what they mean on Australia’s bottom line.

💡 Change is like a newborn: full of emotion, excitement, and expectations. But just because you love your “baby” doesn’t...
08/10/2025

💡 Change is like a newborn: full of emotion, excitement, and expectations. But just because you love your “baby” doesn’t mean everyone else will—at least not right away. Amy Jacobson explains why emotionally intelligent leaders don’t force change, and how guiding people through it with patience, empathy, and collaboration leads to better outcomes.

Change is a bit like having a baby. The lead-up can be huge. It’s like riding an emotional rollercoaster writes Amy Jacobsen.*

🌾 Meet AGT’s new variety support officer in WA! Sienna Bergersen is stepping into a key role at the Northam breeding cen...
08/10/2025

🌾 Meet AGT’s new variety support officer in WA! Sienna Bergersen is stepping into a key role at the Northam breeding centre, helping growers get the most from AGT’s wheat, barley, lupin, and canola varieties. With experience across WA and NSW, she’s ready to support productivity, quality, and innovation in every paddock.

Australian Grain Technologies (AGT) has announced Sienna Bergersen is its variety support officer for Western Australia, based at the company’s field crop breeding centre at Northam.

🌱💪 Smarter pastures, stronger profits! AR37 endophyte in perennial ryegrass boosts nitrogen efficiency, increases feed y...
07/10/2025

🌱💪 Smarter pastures, stronger profits! AR37 endophyte in perennial ryegrass boosts nitrogen efficiency, increases feed yields, and reduces environmental losses. Australian research shows the right variety can turn every kilogram of nitrogen into more pasture growth—keeping farms productive, sustainable, and profitable.

AR37 endophyte has been shown to be crucial for maximising nitrogen efficiency in perennial ryegrass, resulting in economic gains and environmental positives.

💉🇦🇺 Australia leads the world in livestock protection! A $20M research partnership has developed a world-first biodegrad...
07/10/2025

💉🇦🇺 Australia leads the world in livestock protection! A $20M research partnership has developed a world-first biodegradable mRNA vaccine against foot and mouth disease, showing strong immune response without virus shedding. While Australia remains FMD-free, this breakthrough boosts biosecurity, safeguards trade, and strengthens the livestock industry.

A world-first biodegradable vaccine to protect livestock from foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been developed through a $20 million, five-year research partnership between Meat & Livestock Australia, Tiba Biotech, and the NSW government.

🥛🌍 A major shake-up in dairy: Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy company, has struck a deal with Fonterra to acquire it...
06/10/2025

🥛🌍 A major shake-up in dairy: Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy company, has struck a deal with Fonterra to acquire its consumer brands and businesses across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. From Anchor to Western Star, Perfect Italiano to Mainland, this move reshapes the global dairy landscape.

Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy company, announced it has reached an agreement with Fonterra to acquire the consumer and associated businesses of Fonterra.

🚛🌱 Tasmania’s farmers are set to benefit from Ridley’s strengthened commitment to the state. With the Carrick mill now p...
06/10/2025

🚛🌱 Tasmania’s farmers are set to benefit from Ridley’s strengthened commitment to the state. With the Carrick mill now producing Barastoc dairy feed Made for Milk and two brand-new de Bruyns’ delivery tankers hitting the road, local producers can count on fresher feed, faster service, and long-term support.

Tasmania’s agricultural industry is reaping the benefits of fresh investment.

☀️💧 Sustainability in action – Hamilton’s Run near Mt Gambier has upgraded its stock water system with Water Dynamics’ s...
02/10/2025

☀️💧 Sustainability in action – Hamilton’s Run near Mt Gambier has upgraded its stock water system with Water Dynamics’ solar pump technology. The result? A reliable, efficient and eco-friendly water supply to support their renowned Australian Red dairy cattle herd.

A long-time leader in breeding Australian Red dairy cattle, the Hamilton family of Hamilton’s Run near Mt Gambier, is reinforcing its commitment to sustainable farming with its latest use of solar technology to uphold its enduring values and product quality.

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Established in 1981, Rural Business is a trade magazine distributed nationwide in Australia, by subscription only, to persons involved in the distribution and reselling of agricultural chemicals, merchandise and fertilisers to rural Australia.