| 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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