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From earth goddess to blokes who bathe, from mums and bubs to feet and hands - this Christmas is all packed and ready to go with Burt’s Bees.

The earth friendly natural personal care company has released limited editions of a range of beautifully packaged gift sets for all ages and price ranges. And you know it’s good for you and for the environment, because it’s from Burt’s Bees.

Burt’s Bees products are available from Terry White Pharmacies and David Jones stores nationally, or phone 1300 855 478 for stockist information. (more…)

Key points:

• Growers must observe pesticide withholding periods
• PestFacts advisory service keeps growers informed as season finishes sharply

With windrowing and harvest fast approaching, South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) entomologist Ken Henry urges growers to be mindful of withholding periods for pesticide applications made late in the season.

The latest edition of PestFacts SA and western Victoria, a service provided by the National Invertebrate Pest Initiative (NIPI), supported by growers and the Australian Government through the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), contains information about pesticide withholding periods. (more…)

Key points:

• GRDC-funded project delivers new sources of rust resistance to breeders
• Diversity in resistance sources critical to providing robust defence against emerging rust pathotypes
• Australia in ‘excellent’ position to defend against stem, leaf rust

 

University of Adelaide researchers have identified new sources of stem and leaf rust resistance in wild grass relatives of wheat sourced mostly from the ‘fertile crescent’ of the Middle East.

The research project, supported by growers and the Australian Government through the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), has helped position the Australian grains industry to better defend against emerging rust races such as the virulent Ug99 stem rust pathogen, which scientists believe may pose a serious threat to global wheat supplies. (more…)

Ongoing volatility in international grain markets and deregulation of Australia’s bulk wheat export system had created challenges but also new opportunities for growers to maximise profitability according to an Australian grain marketing business today.

“Grain markets are as volatile as ever,” Elders Toepfer Grain General Manager Mark Thiele said. “We’re coming off some record high prices, and like the share market, these prices will continue to fluctuate.

“This new environment presents Australian growers with the opportunity to take greater control of their individual marketing efforts than ever before. (more…)