CO2 Emissions Reduced by 14%
By employing Just In Time (JIT) arrival, containerships can save their fuel usage and carbon dioxide emissions by 14% per voyage. It's the world's...
Frozen vs. Fresh: What are Consumers Choosing?
If you choose frozen fruit and veggies over fresh, you may discover that you have a little extra money in your bank account after...
Veracruz Almonds Goes for Blockchain Traceability
Following the use of blockchain at their award-winning plantations in Idanha-a-Nova and Fundo, Portugal, Veracruz Almonds is leading the way in food traceability. This...
Gisborne Growers Attempt to Bring Local Bananas Home
As one drives across the country, one thing becomes clear: there's a lot of farmland in the country. Animals such as cows, sheep, deer,...
Exports in Turmoil Due to Lack of Equipment
Premium Fresh, a Tasmanian farmer, finished harvesting onions at the end of March. Jim Ertler, Managing Director, stated at the start of the year...
Rising Fertiliser Prices Shift Focus to Soil Health
As synthetic fertiliser costs continue to rise, farmers throughout the country are exploring for other alternatives. However, some farmers have abandoned chemical fertilisers in favour...
Aussie Dried Fruit Industry to be Fully Mechanised
Sultana and currant production has advanced significantly in recent decades, but there is still one aspect of the process that must be done by...
Genetically Modified Wheat Finally Approved for Sale
Although farmers cannot grow it, a new form of genetically engineered wheat has been allowed for sale in Australia for the first time. Trigall...
App Helps Australia Battle Stink Bug Pests
CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, is developing an app to help keep brown marmorated stink bugs out of the country, an invasive species that...
Tasmanian Beef Producers Attempt to Tackle Carbon Positive Farming
The red meat sector in Australia has set a lofty target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Sam and Steph Trethewey, graziers from Tasmania,...