Farm Advisory: Vigilance needed as many magnesium oxide products fail basic tests

8 May 2013 - Farmers concerned about losing cows and productivity to magnesium deficiency should always ask their supplier of animal health magnesium products for a Certificate of Analysis (COA) which will provide the appropriate information. - Read More

Farm Advisory: Kick-start your spring growth

​29 April 2013 - After the drought, many farmers are using nitrogen fertiliser where possible to speed up pasture growth to build up feed for their stock. Another tool to help to do this, either on its own or in conjunction with liquid urea, is to spray pasture with gibberellic acid for a short-term boost in growth. - Read More

Potato plateau subject of new research

27 March 2013 - ​Potato growers have kicked off a $240,000 research project with Plant and Food to discover why tuber yields have been constrained over past years compared to other crops. - Read More

Nitrogen key weapon in drought recovery

​22 March 2012 - Despite dry conditions continuing to wreak havoc with the pasture-based rural economy, thoughts are turning to how feed can be quickly generated once the drought eventually breaks. - Read More