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Alistair Craig uses his Chafer sprayer to apply all fertiliser and spraying. Liquid fertiliser is spread by target application so he knows exactly where it goes and where it doesn’t go. - Photos: Chris McCullough

25-11 | Article

High fertiliser prices: How are farmers worldwide coping with it? | Part 2

Making fertiliser from wastewater is economically viable, a new study shows.

24-11 | News

Making fertiliser from wastewater is feasible, study shows

The main crop of Redbank Farm is potatoes, grown on 28 hectares, but the farm also produces wheat, canola (photo), onions, peas, pyrethrum, poppies, barley, mustard, buckwheat and corn in rotation. - Photo: Redbank Farm

21-11 | Article

High fertiliser prices: How are farmers worldwide coping with it? | Part 1

Experts fear that prices of fertiliser will remain elevated for some time. - Photo: Kuhn

21-11 | Article

Fertiliser market: Prices remain high, but cost relief is on the horizon

Modern spreaders and applicators can help farmers save on fertiliser costs. At SIMA 2022, lots of solutions were presented, like this Kuhn Aero spreader. - Photo: Kuhn

17-11 | Article

New technology to help save on fertiliser costs

Applying liquid fertiliser in corn. Through the collaboration between Intelinair and Yara nitrogen insights will be automatically generated throughout the growing season and customised to nitrogen management zones within each field. - Photo: Canva

03-11 | News

Intelinair and Yara collaborate to enhance nitrogen management for corn

“We have given crops fertilisers, water, pesticides. We have made them lazy, not brave", French farmer Marc Mascetti said. - Photo: Canva

16-08 | News

Growing crops without water or fertiliser

With today's technology, driving the sprayer is a skill in itself.

22-07 | Article

Taking steps towards real-time spraying and fertiliser application

Urine can be labour intensive to apply to farmland. - Photo: Henry Be

20-07 | News

‘Urine could be an alternative to chemical fertilisers’

Farmer plants corn with a Lemken Azurit 9 planter. At the front of the tractor a Lemken Solitair 23 fertilizer tank is mounted. - Photo: Peter Roek

22-06 | News

Pre-planting weather data determines how much spring nitrogen to apply

XAG agricultural drone sowing rice in Vietnam. - Photo: XAG

25-05 | News

Vietnamese rice farmers adopt drones to decrease inputs

A scientist shows a piece of graphene. Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a crystal lattice and already has many exciting possibilities of use in agriculture. - Photo: Canva

20-05 | Article

One atom thick – The top four most promising uses of graphene in agriculture

The spacious trials area is located on test centre ‘Gut Wambergen’ in the direct vicinity of Amazone's factory in Hasbergen-Gaste (Germany). - Photo: Amazone

29-03 | Article

Controlled Row Farming: Making a profit while promoting biodiversity

As it’s moved around a field by a vehicle or equipment attachment of any type, the SWAT BOX automatically gathers data and uploads it to the SWAT server to create SWAT maps. - Photo: Travis Messer

22-03 | Article

The power of SWAT MAPS

Photo: Roel Dijkstra

08-03 | Article

How crustaceans could optimise crop fertilisation

DPIRD research scientist Dr Yong Han (left), Murdoch University PhD student Sakura Karunarathne and Western Crop Genetics Alliance director Professor Chengdao Li have developed new barley lines with improved nitrogen efficiency. - Photo: DPIRD

03-03 | Article

New barley varieties can cut costs and build greener planet