Rural Business Magazine- The Trade Magazine for Rural Merchandise

10/09/2026

🧪📢 Public consultation is now open on proposed changes to Australia’s agvet chemical regulation funding. The APVMA’s new Cost Recovery Implementation Statement outlines changes to fees and levies, with the updated arrangements proposed to begin from July 2027. 🇦🇺

08/09/2026

🌾🇦🇺 What will Australian agriculture look like in 2050? CSIRO and the Australian Farm Institute have outlined four possible futures, highlighting the decisions needed now to build a more productive, profitable and sustainable farming sector. 🔮🌱

08/09/2026

🤝💡 A harmonious leadership team isn’t always a healthy one. Avoiding conflict can lead to disengagement, siloed thinking and poorer decisions, while well-managed tension can build trust, innovation and stronger outcomes. Discover why the best teams learn to hold tension, rather than avoid it. 🚀

Lack of tension in teams isn't necessarily evidence of a healthy culture. It is often indicative conflict is being avoided and pushed underground, where it doesn’t simply disappear but instead morphs into something potentially more costly.

07/09/2026

🌦️🌳 Action beats reaction when it comes to preparing for El Niño. With forecasts pointing to a potentially strong event, Australian orchardists are being urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions and potentially more severe frost events. ❄️🌱

Climate concerns have returned to focus of the global horticultural sector as meteorological forecasts point to the development of a super El Niño event.

07/09/2026

🌱💰 Rising input costs are prompting grain growers to rethink w**d management. From crop competition and livestock grazing to precision spot-spraying and smarter herbicide use, integrated strategies can help cut costs while protecting yields. 🌾🚜

Australian grain growers are adopting alternative w**d-management tactics to counter rising input costs such as fuel, fertiliser and herbicide.

07/09/2026

🌾📈 Australia’s winter crop outlook is looking much brighter, with timely rainfall and improved soil moisture lifting production prospects across key grain-growing regions. But with spring rainfall and frost still posing risks, how the season finishes will be crucial. 🌧️🌱

Australia’s winter crop outlook has turned around with timely rainfall and improved soil moisture levels across several key grain-growing regions lifting production prospects compared with earlier projections, according to Rabobank.

04/09/2026

🤖🌱 AI is set to bring new levels of crop intelligence to Australian vegetable growers! Bayer and Polybee are teaming up to use autonomous drones and AI to help improve crop planning, harvest timing, yield and commercial performance. 🥦📊

Australian vegetable growers will soon be able to maximise their crop investments from seed to harvest through cutting-edge AI-powered tools, thanks to a new collaboration involving Vegetables by Bayer and Polybee.

04/09/2026

🌱 Let the light in! Good grazing management can make a big difference to white and red clover persistence, helping dairy pastures maintain quality feed and natural nitrogen fixation. 🐄☀️ Discover how simple changes to grazing can support stronger clover through spring and into summer.

White clover is a big part of the engine room of productive dairy pastures, supplying high-quality feed and when inoculated it is naturally fixing atmospheric nitrogen back into the soil.

03/09/2026

🐑☀️ Could sheep and solar panels share the same paddock? A CQUniversity researcher is heading to the US to explore how solar grazing could create new income opportunities for farmers while supporting Australia’s renewable energy future. 🌾🔋

As solar farms expand across regional Australia, one CQUniversity researcher is heading to the United States to explore whether sheep and solar panels could share the same paddock and offer farmers a new source of income.

03/09/2026

🌱 Softer chemistry and biologicals are gaining momentum across the Asia-Pacific, with biopesticides emerging as a key opportunity for Australian growers and rural resellers. Discover the trends shaping this growing market. 🔬🌾

Australian growers and resellers chasing softer chemistry options are part of a much bigger shift playing out across the Asia-Pacific region, though the pace and shape of that shift varies enormously depending on where you look.