Bayer CropScience launches Sakura®
Bayer CropScience is pleased to announce the registration of its pre-emergent herbicide Sakura, in good time for the 2012 season. more
Powdery mildew on barley - no soft touch for fungicides
The welcome arrival of a better season across most of the Western Australia grain belt has brought with it the challenge of a return to more intense disease pressure. Growers in the Esperance Port Zone in particular have taken a ‘hard hit’ from powdery mildew in barley, with the 2011 infection beginning in early tillering. Yield losses from uncontrolled early infection can be as high as 50% due to tiller abortion. more
Families clash on climate change - 1 in 3 families disagree on the importance of climate change
AUSTRALIAN kids are clashing with their parents on the importance of climate change, a new survey has found. The debate on pricing carbon and protecting the environment may reach parliament house next week but new research shows the environmental debate is also running hot in homes around the country. more
Theodore local wins prestigious 2011 cotton award
Melbourne, 11 August 2011 – The president of Dawson Valley’s Cotton Growers’ Association (CGA), Fleur Anderson, last night was announced as the winner of the prestigious Bayer CropScience Chris Lehmann Trust Young Achiever of the Year Award for 2011, at the Cotton Industry Awards held at Narrabri. more
Narrabi CSIRO Scientist a finalist for prestigious national award
Melbourne, 28 July 2011 – A scientist working for the CSIRO Plant Industry and the Cotton Catchment Communities CRC at the Australian Cotton Research Institute in Narrabri, Dr Rose Brodrick, has been nominated as one of three finalists in the prestigious Chris Lehmann Trust Young Achiever of the Year Award 2011, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. more
President of Dawson Valley's cotton growers association a finalist for prestigious national award
Melbourne, 28 July 2011 – The president of Dawson Valley’s Cotton Growers Association (CGA), Fleur Anderson, has been nominated as one of three finalists in the prestigious Chris Lehmann Trust Young Achiever of the Year Award 2011, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. more
Moree agronomist a finalist for prestigious national award
Melbourne, 28 July 2011 – One of Moree’s rising stars, agronomist and cotton farm General Manager Nick Gillingham, has been nominated as one of three finalists in the prestigious Chris Lehmann Trust Young Achiever of the Year Award 2011, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. more
New Territory Sales Manager at Bayer CropScience
Melbourne, 16 June 2011 – Leading innovative crop science company, Bayer, has appointed Lore Saupp-Saunders as Territory Sales Manager based in Bundaberg, Queensland. more
Reliable and effective brome grass management
Melbourne, 10 June 2011 – Recent rains have brought with them the challenge of in-crop weeds and one of the most difficult to control can be brome grass. Brome grass is highly competitive. Research reveals just 100 plants per square metre competing early in wheat crops can reduce yields by as much as 50%. more
New weed registrations for Velocity and Precept herbicides
Melbourne, 10 June 2011 – New weed registrations for the Bayer CropScience selective herbicides, Precept® and Velocity®, will provide growers with more confidence and more flexibility to control a wide range of broadleaf weeds. more
Sakura® reaches the next phase of development
Melbourne, 18 May 2011 – Bayer CropScience has received a research permit from the APVMA allowing large-scale evaluation trials to be conducted this season. more
DEEDI scientist wins AUSVEG Researcher of the Year Award
Melbourne, 13 May 2011 – Denis Persley, Principal Plant Pathologist at the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) in Brisbane is the winner of this year’s AUSVEG Researcher of the Year Award, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. The award was presented at the 2011 AUSVEG National Convention in Brisbane. more
New Precept weed registrations welcomed
Bayer CropScience has added a list of important weeds to the Precept® label for 2011 and according to Jamie Taylor, Branch Manager and Agronomist for Landmark Dubbo, the label extensions will be welcomed by growers. more
Chickpea success is in the Balance
Low wheat prices at planting in 2010 further fuelled the surge in chickpea popularity in New South Wales and southern Queensland. Many growers consider this pulse crop to be an extremely valuable part of their overall crop rotation, despite 2010 being a very difficult disease year. more
Bayer supports Summer Student Program and careers in science – Perth student finds appeal in grain genetics future
Melbourne, 4 April 2011 – UWA student Michelle Reinders was one of 17 of Australia’s top science and engineering students given the opportunity to work alongside leading Australian scientists this year as part of the CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student Program, supported by Bayer CropScience and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). more
Bayer supports Summer Student Program and careers in science – Melbourne student seeks to grow a more sustainable future
Melbourne, 4 April 2011 – Monash University student Sarah Fitzpatrick was one of 17 of Australia’s top science and engineering students given the opportunity to work alongside leading Australian scientists this year as part of the CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student Program, supported by Bayer CropScience and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). more
Bayer supports Summer Student Program and careers in science – Adelaide student tastes the future of stress free wine
Melbourne, 4 April 2011 – University of Adelaide student Anthony Pearce was one of 17 of Australia’s top science and engineering students given the opportunity to work alongside leading Australian scientists this year as part of the CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student Program, supported by Bayer CropScience and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). more
Bayer supports Summer Student Program and careers in science – Sydney student finds a future in food security
Melbourne, 4 April 2011 – University of Sydney student Amanda Huen was one of 17 of Australia’s top science and engineering students given the opportunity to work alongside leading Australian scientists this year as part of the CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student Program, supported by Bayer CropScience and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). more
Bayer CropScience supports young Australian scientists under the 2010 CSIRO Summer Student Program
Melbourne, 4 April 2011 – Seventeen of Australia’s top science and engineering students were supported by Bayer CropScience to participate in the 2010 Summer Student Program of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) as part of the company’s commitment to science and education. more
Bayer CropScience new member of the Sustainable Agricultural Initiative Platform Australia
18 March 2011 – Bayer CropScience, Australia is pleased to announce that it has become a full member of the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform Australia Inc., an independent association operating across the agriculture, food and beverage value chain that aims to change practices to improve sustainability outcomes. The organisation believes that a common food and agricultural industry platform can promote sustainable agriculture at a global level. more
Sparking a passion for agriculture
18 March 2011 – Schools improve carbon footprint – Australian CarbonKids program expands under Bayer sponsorship – New module on sustainable agriculture more
Movento® in cotton helping farmers to reach new levels of defence against aphids and silverleaf whitefly
Melbourne, 1 March 2011 – The recent registration of Movento insecticide in cotton has provided Australian growers with an even more effective tool to combat aphids and silverleaf whitefly and, at the same time, addresses chemical resistance which is a growing concern in the control of these pests. more
Bayer CropScience offers advice on managing defoliation
Melbourne, 1 March 2011 – Australian cotton growers may need to adjust harvest aids for crops this season as the climate patterns have caused variation of cotton within fields which has the potential to play havoc with timing, product and rate choice for defoliation. more
Bayer Helps Those Affected by Floods in Australia
Bayer Helps Those Affected by Floods in Australia more