Rust fungus to help manage Crofton weed on Lord Howe Island. © TURNER, Karen SOME of Australia’s most pristine wilderness is about to be improved significantly with the recent release of a new biological control agent for the widespread and persistent Crofton weed on Lord Howe Island. The weed has spread rapidly across the southern part of …. more
GM-FREE Australia Alliance members reject the Productivity Commission’s recommendations to remove States’ rights to ban genetically manipulated (GM) crops for marketing reasons and to remove GM food labelling. They say GM crops pose unacceptable risks to our health, the environment and key export markets and removing the bans and GM labelling would eliminate choice for …. more
Annual Incidence of Diabetes (age adjusted) – Swanson et al. 2014 By Andre Leu, President, IFOAM IF you are involved in agriculture or gardening you have probably heard the claims about glyphosate that ‘It is so safe that you can drink it’. A few days after the World Health Organization (WHO) classified glyphosate as the second …. more
A WORLD-FIRST phone application for assisting collaboration between growers and beekeepers has been launched by CropLife Australia, in association with the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, BeeConnected is a GPS-based communication tool to help ensure the safety of Australia’s bee population, which is vital for the pollination of many of Australia’s food crops. The app …. more
Ladybird focuses on broadacre agriculture and is solar-electric powered with an array of sensors for detecting vegetable growth and pest species, either plant or animal. University of Sydney robotics expert Professor Salah Sukkarieh has been awarded “Researcher of the Year” by the Australian Vegetable Industry’s peak body Ausveg for his work on intelligent farm robots, …. more
AN updated version of a popular free smartphone App to help people identify Australia’s worst pest animals is now available from the Invasive Animals CRC. Andreas Glanznig, CEO of the Invasive Animals CRC, said that the innovative and popular ‘Field Guide to Pest Animals’ App, initially released in mid-2013, now provides iOS mobile device users …. more
