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Archived News - Crop Care Archived News
| | Sunscreen Approved as Input for Organic Production
| Organic fruit and vegetable growers can now protect many of their valuable crops from sun damage with a liquid calcium carbonate sunscreen.
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| | Introducing Adrian Reck
| Adrian Reck joined Crop Care as the Northern Region
Sales Manager this year, to oversee all aspects of the company’s
sales north from Wagga in New South Wales, and throughout
Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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| | Potential for Hands-Free Desuckering of Olive Trees
| Suckers shooting from rootstock can cause significant and costly losses in tree crops, including olives, tree fruits and nuts.
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| | Potential for Hands-Free Desuckering of Fruit Trees
| Suckers shooting from rootstock can cause significant and costly losses in tree crops, including tree fruits, olives and nuts.
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| | Strong Customer Focus for Crop Care.
| Crop Care customers will benefit from the company’s strengthened focus on product supply and customer service.
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| | Potential to Reduce the Annual Cost of Desuckering by $20m
| Australian winegrape growers pay the highest labour costs ($18/hour) of major international competitors, according to a report commissioned by Murray Valley Winegrowers for the 2009 vintage.
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| | Colliss - New Fungicides for Powdery Mildew in Cucurbits
| Growers of pumpkins, zucchini, squash, pumpkins, water melons, rock melons, honeydew melons and cucumbers have been fighting a losing battle against the major disease powdery mildew, with limited effective control options, and increasing resistance to existing fungicides.
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| | Colliss - Potential Relief for Cucurbit Growers Battling Powdery Mildew
| Relief is in sight for Australia’s cucurbit growers in their battle against the major disease powdery mildew. With many of the existing fungicides failing to control powdery mildew effectively, and increasing problems with resistance, growers are struggling to control the disease.
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| | Barrack 720 - Protecting the Valuable Chickpea Export Market
| With a marked increase in chickpea plantings this winter cropping season, growers are reminded of their role in protecting Australia’s position as the world’s major exporter of chickpeas.
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| | Parasol Testimonial
| Geoff Karl oversees the 800 hectares of irrigated apples and pears grown by Geoffrey Thompson Orchards Pty Ltd around the Shepparton and Harcourt areas of Victoria.
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| | Desucker Grapevines for One-Third The Cost
| Removing suckers from grapevines can now be done for one-third of the cost of traditional manual desuckering.
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| | Crop Care to Take Over Management of CLEARFIELD® Products
| Nufarm Australia Limited and Crop Care Australasia today announced changes to the management
of the CLEARFIELD® cropping system.
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| | Protecting Fruit & Vegetable Crops From Sun Damage This Summer – 2009 / 2010
| Growers of apples, cherries, other stonefruit, winegrapes, olives, almonds, citrus, capsicums, melons, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, pineapples, mangoes, avocados, cocoa seedlings and vegetable seedlings - from West Australian, Northern Territory, north Queensland, to Victoria, and South Australia - successfully used a new liquid sunscreen Parasol® last summer to prevent sun damage to produce, and to protect seedling plants from wilting and death.
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| | Cheaper, Labour – Saving Method for Desuckering Grapevines
| Spotlight Plus Herbicide - a unique carfentrazone and oil formulation – is rapidly being adopted by grape growers for chemical desuckering, to reduce labour costs and to replace less effective chemicals.
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| | Parasol on Wine Grapes
| Sunburn is proving a significant problem for winegrape production in Australia - causing loss of production, potential fruit rejection, reduced wine quality and downgrading of fruit by wineries. Sunburn damage can also increase susceptibility to bunch rotting, including Botrytis cinerea.
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| | Protecting Wine Grapes From Sun Damage
This Summer – 2009 / 2010
| Despite an oversupply of some varieties of winegrapes on the Australian market, it remains worthwhile for many growers to protect their 2010 harvest against a repeat of last summer’s losses due to hot summer conditions.
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| | Nuseed and Crop Care Seed Technologies Consolidate
| The Nufarm seed business has recently reviewed the Australian market strategy in running, Crop Care Seed Technologies and Nuseed. It has been decided to consolidate the resources of the two businesses to allow Nufarm to focus their efforts on servicing the market through one brand.
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| | Spring Horticulture 2009
| Applying good science to the problems facing Australian fruit and vegetable growers - and developing effective, sustainable solutions - is a philosophy that has paid off for both Crop Care Australasia and the horticulture industry.
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| | Barrack 720 & Barrack Betterstick - The Best Options for Protection of Pulse Crops in 2009
| Pulse growers depending on chlorothalonil to protect chickpeas, lentils and faba beans against important fungal diseases need to be aware of changes governing its use this season and potential changes for next season.
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| | suSCon Products - Controlling Cane Grubs for 25 Years
| With sugar prices strong and rising, Australia’s cane growers are eager for their crops to yield to their maximum potential.
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| | Amulet Gel - A Unique New Control for Female Queensland Fruit Fly
| Fruit growers in Queensland and northern NSW will soon have a simpler, more effective, environmentally superior way to control their number one insect pest – the female Queensland fruit fly.
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| | Planting Cane Without Effective Grub Control A Waste of Time and Money
| With the price of sugar on the rise, Burdekin canegrower Robert Rossiter is keen to maximise cane yields during the predicted high-price years ahead.
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| | Protecting Apples From Sun Damage This Summer
| In this summer’s extreme conditions, protecting fruit and trees from heat and moisture stress has become a practical consideration for all tree-fruit growers.
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| | WA Growers Try Liquid Plant Sunscreen
| Even though WA fruit and vegetable growers have had a milder summer than their eastern counterparts, the potential to protect fruit and vegetable quality and yield through summer has prompted some WA growers to test a new plant sunscreen.
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| | Turn Up The Heat: How To Cope With Heat Stress And High Temps This Season
| The summer period is already upon us, and according to outlook predictions from the Bureau of Metrology in November, we will be seeing a warmer than average season for 2008/2009.
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| | Tackling Sun Damage to Australia’s Nut Harvest
| Nut growers in the Bundaberg and Childers area will take part in trials this season to quantify the impact of sun damage on the macadamia harvest, and the potential returns from using a liquid sunscreen to reduce the damage.
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| | Dealing with Sun Damage in Lychees
| Sun damage to lychee trees and lowered fruit yield can be an issue for growers using stressing techniques to induce lychee trees to flower.
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| | Pineapples and Sun Damage Solutions
| Queensland pineapple growers are urgently looking for ways to minimise the proportion of their crop that is downgraded to low-value juicing fruit. A major cause of fruit quality loss is damage from the sun.
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| | Tackling Sun Damage in Australian Fruit and Vegetable Crops
| Just as Australian growers face the reality of higher temperatures and reduced water availability, a liquid sunscreen is showing promise for reducing sun damage and helping to reduce the rate of crop transpiration.
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| | Limiting Sun Damage in Wine Grapes
| Sun damage can have a major impact on wine grape yield and quality. Damage can range from the complete loss of bunches – with all berries shrivelled by the sun – to more subtle effects on the quality of grape juice and subsequent wine.
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| | Potential to Manipulate Flowering Time
| In a very high-chill year – and with the coldest August in 57 years in southwest NSW – scientists have managed to stimulate apricot trees to flower earlier.
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| | Reducing Sun Stress and Damage in Avocados
| Sun-damaged fruit and sun-stressed trees are an increasing problem for avocado growers – with an estimated 30 to 40% loss of saleable fruit, and increased water consumption by trees.
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| | Facing Climate Change - Australian Horticulture
| Ignoring climate change is not an option for Australian fruit and vegetable growers. The yield and quality of produce is at risk with weather extremes, including high temperatures and persistent drought.
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| | Adapting to Climate Change
| Australia's climate is changing, but there is already a technology available to help support growers and minimize the potential negative impacts.
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| | Dedicated Development Manager for Parasol Sunscreen for Produce
| It’s not often the opportunity arises to promote an agricultural product that can help to improve produce quality and the efficiency of water use in a range of crops.
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| | Helicopter Application of Parasol Liquid Sunscreen
| Orchardists attending the recent AFFCO/IHD Expo at Shepparton saw first-hand the ease and effectiveness of applying Parasol liquid sunscreen to an orchard by helicopter.
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| | Crop Care Adapting And Innovating With Australian Farmers
| With a national outlook strongly favouring a wetter than normal April to June quarter over the eastern half of Queensland and NSW, and a 50/50 chance of a wetter than normal season in Australia’s remaining agricultural areas, the prospect for recovery for many farm businesses is promising in 2007-08.
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| | Parasol – Protecting Fruit And Vegetables From The Fierce Australian Sun
| Since its introduction to the Australian market in November 2007, Parasol - the USA-developed liquid sun protection for fruit, vegetables and seedlings – has proved its worth through a very hot, unforgiving Australian summer.
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| | Planting Cane Without Effective Grub Control is a Waste of Time and Money
| Planting and growing sugarcane is an expensive process when you take into account the cost of planting, fertiliser, weed control and irrigation.
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| | New Product Manager Amanda Marwood for Crop Care Horticulture and Cotton
| Crop Care's new product manager for horticulture and cotton Amanda Marwood will draw on her background in agronomy, business development and management across eastern Australia to help provide solutions to growers struggling with weed and insect resistance.
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| | Horticulture With More Than The Slip, Slop, Slap Approach
| With so many things out there that ruin crops, probably the last one you would think of is the sun.
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| | Spray-on Shade Saves Produce
| It's not every day that Australian farmers are presented with a product like Parasol that is easy to use, environmentally and food-friendly, and with the potential to greatly increase crop market value.
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| | Parasol - Liquid Sunscreen For Fruit & Vegetables
| Parasol from Crop Care - a new thin particle film to reduce sun damage to Australian fruit, vegetables and seedlings.
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| | New Business Manager, Chris Ramsey - Focussing On Affordable New Rural Technology
| Introducing new technology to help farmers optimise yields and returns in tough times will be Chris Ramsey’s focus as new Business Manager for Crop Care seed treatments and crop-protection products for rice and pastures.
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| | Regional Internet Uptake Transforms Rep's Working Lives
| Rapid uptake of email and internet services by regional business in recent years has transformed the working and family lives of the rural-focussed technical sales rep.
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| | Opportunities Despite Difficult Seasons
| Despite the failed promise of an above-average winter season, many farmers and the agribusiness people that support them remain optimistic.
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| | Fungicide Program for Grapevines
| The spray program for warm dry climates is designed to give you the best options for disease control throughout the season in districts such as Barossa, Riverland, Sunraysia, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA), Hunter Valley and Inland Queensland grape growing regions.
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| | Fungicide Program for Pomefruit
| This program is designed to give you the best options for disease control at strategic times throughout the season in all pomefruit growing regions.
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| | Fungicide Program for Potatoes
| These spray programs for potatoes are designed to give you the most cost effective options for disease control at strategic times throughout the season in all potato growing regions.
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| | Fungicide Program for Stonefruit
| This spray program for stonefruit is designed to give you the best options for disease control at strategic times throughout the season in all stonefruit growing regions.
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| | Apple & Pear Product Guide
| Crop Care has an extensive range of products for Australian apple and pear growers. The following products are part of the range of solutions Crop Care can offer to help you win the battle against both apple and pear diseases, pests and weeds.
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| | Horticulture Products In The Pipeline
| Crop Care’s Amulet Cue-Lure has been on the market for a year but is currently only registered for citrus, table grapes and stone fruit. An extension to all crops is expected later this year. Several other new products are also in the pipeline for fruit and vegetable growers in 2007/2008.
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| | Barrack Betterstick Launch
| Recently Crop Care has taken Barrack to another level and registered Barrack Betterstick, a new formulation that offers improved performance.
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| | Longer Grub Control From One Planting Treatment Is Good Economics
| At today’s low cane prices, it makes very good sense to protect the precious plant cane crop and as many ratoons as possible from cane grub attack – and to use the minimum number of applications.
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| | | Affinity Media Release
| One hit control of marshmallow and bifora in your cereals with Affinity.
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| | Fusion Super Media Release
| Tackling resistant annual ryegrass in broadleaf winter crops with Fusion Super.
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| | | | Achieve Media Release
| Achieve - still the number one choice in Australia for post-emergent control of annual ryegrass, wild oats and phalaris in wheat, barley, triticale and cereal rye.
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| | Dormex 2007 Product Update
| Whether you are growing wine grapes or table grapes, you can trust the quality formulation of Dormex.
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| | suSCon Maxi New Trial Results for 2007
| Results of 10 years of trials provide confidence that suSCon Maxi consistently controls greyback canegrubs in plant and first ratoon crops, which then results in increased cane and sugar yields.
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| | Betamite Media Release
| Two leading edge products with unique formulations , new to the Crop Care Australasia portfolio are Betamite, the new WG formulation of propargite for long lasting mite control, and Amulet Cue-Lure, the latest tool for managing Queensland Fruit Fly.
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| | Stroby Trial Result Update
| Recent results from a trial conducted by horticulture research, Stephen Tancred at Pozieres near Stanthorpe in Queensland has reinforced the value of Stroby WG for control of powdery mildew in apples.
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| | Crop Care Fungicides and IPM Systems
| It is now widely recognised that beneficial arthropods can play a very important role in the management of insect and mite pests of orchards and vineyards.
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| | Barrack Betterstick New Formulation From Crop Care
| Barrack Betterstick is an excellent new formulation of Chlorthalonil developed by Crop Care that has been shown to provide long lasting residual protection for control of a wide range of plant diseases. Registration expected soon.
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| | Primabuff Water Quality Variations at Spray Time
| Primabuff is the fastest and easiest way to assess and correct water quality at the time of spraying.
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| | Primabuff Buffers Your Investment
| Primabuff gives you a valuable safety margin on the money you have invested in farm chemicals.
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