Wheat breeding in Western Australia has just received a boost with a molecular breeding expert from South Africa recently joining specialist seed breeding company LongReach Plant Breeders. WA farmers produce 15 per cent or $8.6 billion of Australia’s $59b agricultural production according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) with 65pc of…

A farmer near Ballarat has grown a huge crop of canola weighing in at 3.6 tonnes per hectare. Graeme Ford, who farms ‘Braemanya’ at Blowhard, harvested the impressive crop of Hyola 970CL in January.  It also produced an oil content of 48 per cent. “It was the best yielding crop of canola I have ever…

A farmer near Clunes has grown a monster crop of canola weighing in at 3.75 tonnes per hectare. Steve Kinnersly, who farms ‘Boovando’ at Tourello, harvested the impressive crop of Hyola 970CL in late-December. Mr Kinnersly, who mainly grows wheat and canola in rotation for weed management and profitability, said it was his first time…