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🍊 Citrus Australia welcomes Dr Sahar Eid as its new Biosecurity Manager. With a PhD in plant pathology and extensive experience in biosecurity education and research, Sahar is looking forward to working closely with growers and helping strengthen the industry's biosecurity preparedness. Welcome to the team, Sahar! 👏🌱 🍊🚜🌿

Sahar Eid joins Citrus Australia Citrus Australia welcomes Sahar Eid as its new biosecurity manager to replace Jess Lye who finishes with Citrus Australia to take up a new role in Agriculture Victoria.

📢 ADAMA Australia has appointed Scott Wallace as its new NSW market development manager.🌾🚜 🌱🇦🇺

Scott Wallace joins ADAMA as NSW market development manager A lifelong connection to agriculture and a career spanning agronomy, livestock production and grain supply chain development, are set to strengthen ADAMA Australia’s support for growers and resellers across NSW, with Scott Wallace appointed the state’s market development manager.

📢 Envu has appointed Dave Ross as its new head of commercial operations – ANZ.

With extensive industry experience across Envu and Bayer, Dave will lead the ANZ team through its next phase of growth. 🚜🌱 📈🇦🇺

Envu announces new head Envu is pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Ross as the company's new head of commercial operations – ANZ, based in Melbourne.

🚜💡 Thinking about investing in spot-spraying technology?

A new WeedSmart boomspray decision tool helps growers compare the costs and benefits of w**d detection systems, cameras, drones and autonomous robots before making a major machinery investment. 🌱📊

Does w**d detection and spot-spraying machinery pay off? Spraying technology is expensive. A new boomspray decision tool from WeedSmart is now available to test real-world spot-spraying technology options before spending any money.

💡📈 Being busy doesn’t always mean being effective.

Leadership expert Chris Power says many leaders are caught in a cycle of constant activity, leaving little time for strategic thinking, innovation and long-term planning. 💼📊

Busy is not leadership: why doing less is the only way through complexity There’s a saying I’ve found myself sharing in coaching conversations with senior leaders lately – just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

🌾📢 Grain Producers Australia has appointed Duncan Bremner as its new chief executive.

With more than 20 years’ experience across agriculture, industry advocacy and business leadership, Duncan is set to lead GPA’s work representing grain growers and advancing key industry priorities. 🚜 🌾🇦🇺

GPA announces new chief executive Grain Producers Australia (GPA) has announced Duncan Bremner as its new chief executive.

🌾📈 Global fertiliser markets are facing ongoing pressure, with supply disruptions, rising prices and affordability concerns expected to continue through 2026.

Fertiliser market facing prolonged strain from Middle East fight The global fertiliser market faces a prolonged period of tight supply, weak affordability and heightened price risk and, even if current geopolitical tensions ease soon, “normalisation will be slow”, according to a recently-released industry report.

🌱🫘 A major boost for Australia’s faba bean industry! A new $9.5 million national breeding program aims to deliver higher yields, improved disease resistance and better-adapted varieties for growers across the country. 🚜📈 🌾🇦🇺

Renewed effort to supercharge faba bean breeding and expansion A new national faba bean breeding program will provide growers with improved higher-yielding varieties of faba beans with better disease resistance, quality traits and adaptation across Australian growing regions.

Great to see the doors open on the Trade Show at Hort Connections 2026 in Adelaide.
We spent time catching up with industry leaders, suppliers and growers, while exploring the latest innovations and technologies shaping Australian horticulture.
Among the exhibitors visited were familiar industry names including Syngenta, Corteva and John Deere, all showcasing products and solutions designed to support the future of horticulture.
The energy around the event has been fantastic, with strong attendance and plenty of opportunities for networking and knowledge sharing.
If you're attending Hort Connections this week, we'd love to hear what has caught your eye on the trade show floor.

🐭🌾 Grain growers in WA and SA are being urged to report mouse activity and baiting results to support an emergency permit application for higher-strength ZP50 mouse bait. 🚜🌱🐭

Report mouse pressure and support emergency permit application Grain growers in South Australia and Western Australia are being urged to provide on-ground evidence of mouse activity after applying ZP25 mouse bait to assist an emergency permit application for use of ZP50 mouse bait.