Farmers in and around the Big Rivers Region of the Northern Territory (NT) and Kununurra in Western Australia (WA) are invited to learn about incorporating sesame into broadacre rotations in Northern Australia at a series of field days in June. During the field days, trial sites showcasing high-value, multi-purpose crops, [...]
Spice Sector: Trialling herb and spice crops in northern Australia Most herbs and spices used in Australia are imported. Several crops, including sesame, are being trialled in northern Australia. Watch the story here. ABC Journalist, Megan Hughes Posted 2 June 2024 CRCNA project A.2.2122016 Great Northern Spices Program [...]
More than 100 growers and agronomists will see first-hand what a successful cropping trial looks like, when a Far North Queensland field day gets underway this week. The developing an oilseed industry for Northern Australia project is one of three Queensland cropping projects with co-investment from the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing [...]
The largest Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) research collaboration to date, could deliver a boon for new broadacre cropping developments across the Northern Territory. The two-year, $2.1 million potential for broadacre cropping in the Northern Territory project is being co-funded by the CRCNA, the Grains Research and Development Corporation [...]
Central Queensland farmers have the opportunity to inspect the performance of high-value spice crops in broadacre growing conditions at a field day to be held outside of Rockhampton on February 19. The field day and crop inspection forms part of a three-year project being led by CQUniversity and Agriventis Technologies, [...]
More than $4.5 million dollars in investment will support the development of a northern Australian broadacre cropping industry, following a new agreement between the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) announced today in far north Queensland. Under the agreement, the [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) is seeking a suitably qualified organisation, individual or group of organisations to undertake a situational analysis study of the northern Australian broadacre cropping sector, including grains, oil and fodder products. The purpose of the study is to identify key challenges and [...]