AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING | Award finalist focuses on irrigation ‘hot spots’
A fascination with water leaks in irrigation channels has earned a NSW Department of Primary Industries irrigation engineer, Saud Akbar, a place on a research team selected as finalists in the 2007 Eureka Prizes.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/eureka-award-finalist

FORESTRY SCIENCES | Measuring nectar production from eucalypts
The effect of logging on canopy nectar production in tall forest trees has been investigated by NSW DPI researchers for the first time.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/measuring-nectar-from-eucalypts

FISHERIES SCIENCE | Testing the force of a shark's bite
A three dimensional computer model to test the ‘bite force’ of the Great White shark is being developed using data from a shark caught off the NSW Central Coast.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/sharks-bite

DAIRY | Pasture-based automated milking system making good progress
Research into the new pasture-based automated milking system at Camden indicates the system is working well.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/camden-farm-performance

IMMUNOLOGY | Investigating antibiotic use in acute care patients
Pigs could be the key to understanding how antibiotic resistant bacteria persist in Intensive Care Units in hospitals.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/antibiotic-in-acute-care

ANIMAL PRODUCTION | Trust your eyes when selecting sheep
Sheep selection has come the full circle. New research suggests that visual traits should be incorporated into modern sheep selection strategies.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/selecting-sheep

HORTICULTURE | Custard apples the new 'ugly duckling'
Like any "ugly duckling", there’s often something unique and interesting under the surface. So it is with custard apples, a sub-tropical deciduous fruit grown on the NSW north coast.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/ugly-duckling

PASTURE PRODUCTION | Profit boost with new approach to native pastures
An ambitious project which aims to improve environmental outcomes and increase the profitability of livestock enterprises by 50 per cent through the management of native pastures has begun on trial sites in NSW and Victoria.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/ambitious-project

PASTURE PRODUCTION | Tropical grass secrets unearthed
Barriers to wider adoption of tropical grasses as a reliable forage source are being tackled in new research by NSW Department of Primary Industries at Tamworth.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/tropical-grasses-studied

VETERINARY SCIENCES | Dorper flock screened for skin disease
Dorper sheep breeders and owners have opted for a mass flock screening program in the hope of eradicating a genetic disorder which causes a lethal skin condition
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/fragile-skin

COTTON | PhD studies target Fusarium wilt
New research into seedling diseases of cotton is expected to shed new light on management of the devastating disease known as Fusarium wilt.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/research/updates/issues/july-2007/studies-target-fusarium