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:: A G R I C U L T U R E ::
- Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre
The Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre is involved in the research and design of machinery associated with the agricultural and food processing industries.
Agronomic Acumen
Agronomic Acumen is a consultancy firm that specialises in agronomy based in Albany, southern Western Australia.
AA provides various services that include regular paddock/field inspections, development of paddock plans, one off farm visits for advice, talking to groups, and giving seminars and also publish a monthly newsletter.
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
ACIAR is an Australian Government authority that operates within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It was established in June 1982 to assist and encourage Australia's agricultural scientists to use their skills for the benefit of developing countries, and at the same time work to resolve Australia's own agricultural problems.
- Avondale Research & Discovery Farm - Beverley WA
Avondale is a good example of sustainable agriculture in action. You will be able to see. hear, smell and feel the farm whatever time of the year you vist Avondale Discovery Farm (operated by the Dept of Agriculture WA)
- AWB Grower Consultative
AWB Limited is Australia's largest agribusiness and one of the world's largest wheat marketing and management companies.
- Birchip Cropping Group
A group of farmers, agribusiness and government representatives who have banded together to undertake independent trial work and communicate better farming practices to the wider community. The Group was established in 1993 when farmers in the Victorian Southern Mallee saw the need of applied and practical agronomic research in their area. The organisation now provides a strong link between farmers and Departmental and Agribusiness research and extension in Victoria and Interstate.
- Bureau of Resource Sciences (BRS)
BRS provides first-class scientific research and advice on Grains and Agricultural systems.
[Published by: BRS, DPIE, Australia]
- CLIMA
CLIMA is the Cooperative Research Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture and was established in 1992. CLIMA's mission is to increase the profitability of Australian Mediterranean agriculture in prospect by at least five times the total research expenditure.
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- CSIRO - Textile & Fibre Technology
CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology is Australia's pre-eminent textile, fibre and leather research centre, with a long history of innovation in textiles and leather. We invent, develop and commercialise technologies for new and improved products and processes, quality control, and environmental safety at every stage of the wool, cotton, textile and leather processing pipelines.
- Research in the Field Crops Sector is aimed at the development of profitable and sustainable farming systems.
The challenge is to achieve reliable and sustainable productivity growth in clean products and at the same time maintain Australia's valuable soil and water resources. The Sector encompasses all broad-acre crops, including wheat, barley, sugar, cotton, oilseeds, grain legumes, rice and coarse grains (oats, triticale, maize, sorghum).
- Stored Grain Research Laboratory
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- CRC Quality Wheat
The Co-operative Research Centre for Quality Wheat Products and Processes (Quality Wheat CRC Ltd) has a vision of profitable, high-technology and sustainable Australian wheat and wheat-based food industries focused on quality products, processes and services for world markets.
- CRC Weed Management Systems
The CRC for Weed Management Systems is committed to increasing the sustainability of agriculture and protecting the natural environment by developing ecologically sound, cost effective weed management systems.
- Grain
Legume Advisory Committee
The Committee monitors and where necessary coordinates legume research to the particular advantage of Western Australian legume producers.
- Grains Research & Development Corporation
Grains information, hot grains sites, grains research publications, information about grain varieties, and details of research support arrangements by the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
- Natural Resources and Environment Victoria
Cropping pages - research, extension and legislation.
- New South Wales Agriculture
Cereal Crops pages.
- Queensland Department of Primary Industries
QDPI extension and research notes.
- Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation
Our vision is for an innovative, efficient and profitable Australian rural sector producing and marketing quality, differentiated products from ecologically sustainable production systems into discerning world markets; and for RIRDC to be recognised as a leading manager of research and development.
- South Australian Research and Development Institute - SARDI
To develop improved crop varieties and technologies which enable highand sustainable on-farm productivity and the capacity to meet increasinglystringent grain market product specifications.
- University of Queensland, Australian New Crops Project
We recognise that new crops must be developed within a whole industry framework and therefore we welcome inputs from people in a wide range of disciplines.
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