October 2010
Below is a selection of articles from the October 2010 edition of Agriculture Today.
Review the Top 20 from the AgToday online archives (480Kb PDF)
Main stories
- Locust assault underway
- Cowra lambs top health benefits list
- Helping make better fertiliser decisions
- Modernising irrigation systems a winner
- Suburban surveillance secures farms
- DNA barcodes lift plant biosecurity
- Preg scanning helps improve weaning rates
- Community benefits from pilot irrigation project
- Investing in irrigation infrastructure reduces losses by 40 per cent
- Overhead irrigation on rise in Riverina
- Rice shows flexibility in farm system
- New controls for onion thrips
- Rock-hard shell a breeze for tiny fruit spotting bug
- Watch out for Silverleaf whitefly in Riverina
- Keeping tilapia out of the Murray Darling
- Pesticides under the microscope
- Myrtle Rust moves with plants
- Saleyard workers to get online training
- Organic industry growth on show at Sydney Expo
Regular columns
- MINISTER'S MESSAGE - STEVE WHANLocust war continues
- ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURE - REBECCA LINES-KELLYFood production report a fascinating read
- BEYOND THE KITCHEN TABLE - SONIA MUIRWe can all play a role in reducing the nation's 'Hidden Toll'
- WHAT IN THE HEAVENS - CLINTON RAKICHState of the climate: a snapshot
