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05/06/2026

🌾📢 Grain Producers Australia has appointed Duncan Bremner as its new chief executive.

With more than 20 years’ experience across agriculture, industry advocacy and business leadership, Duncan is set to lead GPA’s work representing grain growers and advancing key industry priorities. 🚜 🌾🇦🇺

Grain Producers Australia (GPA) has announced Duncan Bremner as its new chief executive.

04/06/2026

🌾📈 Global fertiliser markets are facing ongoing pressure, with supply disruptions, rising prices and affordability concerns expected to continue through 2026.

The global fertiliser market faces a prolonged period of tight supply, weak affordability and heightened price risk and, even if current geopolitical tensions ease soon, “normalisation will be slow”, according to a recently-released industry report.

04/06/2026

🌱🫘 A major boost for Australia’s faba bean industry! A new $9.5 million national breeding program aims to deliver higher yields, improved disease resistance and better-adapted varieties for growers across the country. 🚜📈 🌾🇦🇺

A new national faba bean breeding program will provide growers with improved higher-yielding varieties of faba beans with better disease resistance, quality traits and adaptation across Australian growing regions.

03/06/2026

Great to see the doors open on the Trade Show at Hort Connections 2026 in Adelaide.
We spent time catching up with industry leaders, suppliers and growers, while exploring the latest innovations and technologies shaping Australian horticulture.
Among the exhibitors visited were familiar industry names including Syngenta, Corteva and John Deere, all showcasing products and solutions designed to support the future of horticulture.
The energy around the event has been fantastic, with strong attendance and plenty of opportunities for networking and knowledge sharing.
If you're attending Hort Connections this week, we'd love to hear what has caught your eye on the trade show floor.

03/06/2026

🐭🌾 Grain growers in WA and SA are being urged to report mouse activity and baiting results to support an emergency permit application for higher-strength ZP50 mouse bait. 🚜🌱🐭

Grain growers in South Australia and Western Australia are being urged to provide on-ground evidence of mouse activity after applying ZP25 mouse bait to assist an emergency permit application for use of ZP50 mouse bait.

03/06/2026

🐭🌾 Mouse numbers are on the rise across key cropping regions, with some WA paddocks reporting up to 8,000 mice per hectare. With ideal breeding conditions and emerging crops at risk, early monitoring and control are critical. 🌱🚜🐭

Mouse infestation is surging across key cropping regions and posing an alarming threat to emerging Australian crops says ACTA national business manager Neil Martin.

02/06/2026

⚠️ As businesses consider holding extra stock, safe chemical storage, risk management and regulatory compliance remain essential for protecting people, property and the environment. 🚜🌱 ⚠️🌾

The current volatility with fuel and other materials in short supply may lead some businesses to hold extra stock as a precaution.

01/06/2026

🐭 Tomcat 24 is expanding rodent control options with fast-acting, non-anticoagulant technology designed to support effective and compliant pest management. 🚜 🌾🐀

Rodent pressure remains a challenge across Australia’s agricultural, storage and industrial environments, reinforcing the need for effective control.

29/05/2026

🌱 TOPZinc Max is helping growers support early crop growth, improve stress tolerance and simplify spray programs with a low-rate foliar nutrition solution. 🚜 🌾

As Australian agriculture continues to advance, growers are increasingly seeking solutions that deliver stronger results with fewer inputs.

29/05/2026

🌱 As fertiliser supply pressures continue, growers are turning to smarter nitrogen solutions like Lono to improve efficiency and reduce input losses. 🚜 🌾

As global fertiliser supply chains remain under pressure, ProdOz Crop Solutions is pointing farmers toward Lono – a next-generation stabilised nitrogen product which dramatically improves how every kilogram of nitrogen performs.