Agriculture

As rainfall variability increases, do our graziers have solutions?

Graziers the world over are facing increasingly variable rainfall, new research shows. The next question is: How will they manage their livestock as they face this unpredictability?

Fingerprinting wine to prevent fraud

Wine fraud is a threat to Australia’s wine industry, but a technique to fingerprint wine could help protect the industry.

On the road to mapping a more efficient transport future for Australian agriculture

What truck drivers do in clicks, scientists have done in data – tracking the great distances travelled by Australian produce from farm gate to market. It’s all to make for better infrastructure investment and make those long journeys more efficient and reliable.

Improving crop projections in a warmer world

Crop yield models might not sound like traditional ag hardware but they've become a key tool in a modern farmer’s kit. They're as good as they are accurate, and new research is focusing on making them more responsive to climate change.

Putting satellite data into the hands of farmers

There's a high-tech tool increasingly available to farmers from Australia to Africa - remote sensing data from satellites. And they don't even have to leave the paddock.

Genetics race against world’s worst megapest

Mapping the genome of this hungry caterpillar might help scientists target what makes it such an effective megapest that it can develop resistance to most known insecticides the world over.

Managing carbon emissions in Kenya

Using the same methodology used in Australia's greenhouse gas emissions accounting system, Kenya is now keeping track of its carbon emissions and leading the way in Africa.

Small farms need protection to safeguard nutrients and diversity

Industrial-scale agriculture that focuses on increased yields might not be the answer to feeding the world's growing population. New research suggests the UN's Sustainable Development Goals require a discussion on quality over quantity, where smaller farms are recognised as the nutrient power house.

Tasmanian irrigators pioneer high-tech, localised water management

Modern technology and old-fashioned community connectedness are transforming irrigation practices in a little corner of Tasmania.