The latest AgTrends report from the Queensland Government has confirmed the ongoing and devastating impact of the supermarket milk war and the on-farm impacts resulting from $1/milk discounting led by major supermarket chain Coles. Read More »
Issue 131
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Carbon Friendly Thermal Energy – An Aussie Greenhouse
Just north of Perth, in the suburb of Neerabup, Western Australia, lies the country’s most advanced propagation facility of premier grafted vegetable seedlings. THG in conjunction with lead contractor, AIS Greenworks, has put together an Australian first in this 1-hectare glasshouse facility. While this project was many years in the making from initial concept through to completion, the actual opening was in September of 2011. THG is a fourth generation family-owned business, established in 1939. Read More »
SteadyGROWpro introduces rootPRO
SteadyGROWpro is rolling out rootPRO, an all-in-one vegetative propagation kit, which allows gardeners to clone their favourite plants. RootPRO is an easy-to-use kit that comes with steadyGROWpro soilless media plugs and a mini-domed greenhouse. Made in the USA, rootPRO has space to stick 15 cuttings in each kit.
“Customers have been asking for an easy- to-use, all-in-one kit to clone plants without the mess, bacteria and insects, which often comes with soil and soil mixes,” explains Kelvin Frye, National Sales Manager.
“With rootPRO, just take a cutting from your plant, stick it in our plug media and watch it grow.” Read More »
Plant photosynthesis meter
Holland-based EARS Holding BV has been pioneering the application of chlorophyll fluorescence for the measurement of plant photosynthesis since 1983. The first hand held photosynthesis measuring device was launched in 1992. Since then we have continued to work on the development of practical applications and the improvement of the measuring technique. Read More »
New side-effect mobile App
Biobest is a worldwide adviser in integrated crop protection in horticulture. The company recently released a ‘side-effects manual’ mobile ‘App’ for the integrated use of biological control agents and pollinators in combination with crop protection products. Read More »
Eclipse Enterprises launches the new TOM-System in Australia
A brand new system for easily fastening greenhouse plants to string line has recently been introduced to the Australian market – The TOM-System. Manufactured by Spanish company AgriFast (a subsidiary of Simes), the product uses small metal ring clips, applied with a high quality electronic fastener, which is powered by a Lithium ion battery. The system is designed to replace other clipping methods by allowing the user to apply clips without any damage to the plant, up to 50% faster with no specialised training required.
Australian Agriculture Snapshot
The 2011 Census confirms the vegetable industry is Australia’s fourth largest agriculture industry, larger than fruit, lamb, wool and sugar. The data reveals 20% of primary vegetable establishments produce under cover with NSW exceeding the national average. In South Australia almost half the number of vegetable establishments are under cover. By contrast, the number under cover in Tasmania and the Northern territory is under 10%, and not much more than 10% in Victoria. Read More »
