Science and Research Updates - Agricultural economics

Productivity growth has made agriculture the best performing industry in all sectors of the Australian economy, despite the drought.

The EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation is developing an agronomic package to help organic grain producers optimise quality and yields of the specialty grain, spelt.

A recent study by NSW Department of Primary Industries’ economists shows a farm business investment in sowing salt land pastures to combat salinity can provide a positive return.

Spending money on research into weeds pays off handsomely in the long term, especially if channelled through a Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).

Australian farmers continue to reap enormous benefits from collaborations with international agricultural research agencies, set up in the 1960s to alleviate world food shortages.