Farmer on a quad bike with his dog herds a flock of sheep up a roadway. Farmland and trees in the background.

A sheep farmer moving his stock.

Rural Press inserts: CSIRO supporting rural industry

CSIRO produces stories with Rural Press for the diverse rural audiences. This page holds past issues and relevant content.

  • 26 September 2011 | Updated 16 May 2013

CSIRO researchers are working with industries and communities across Australia and internationally to raise agricultural productivity; preserve land, water and biodiversity assets for the long term; and improve livelihoods for rural communities.

Rural Press magazine inserts

16 May 2013 [2 pages, 4.20MB]

  • Defending ag from disease
  • Perfect Fitt for new research flagship
  • Weed control takes flight
  • Better biosecurity in the palm of our hand
  • Hendra vaccine success
  • Biocontrol agents with penthouse views
  • Pests scrutinised at genetic level

11 April 2013 [2 pages, 3.68MB]

  • Trial by fire
  • Making the most of a changing climate
  • Sweet-as climate-ready sugarcane
  • Seasonal forecasts for irrigators
  • Real options for wheatbelt future
  • Flexibility for future profit

7 March 2013 [2 pages, 3.10MB]

  • Irrigation investigation joins the dots
  • Ruthless efficiency for water use
  • Tapping into water future
  • Just add recycled water
  • Setting the standard
  • A model system
  • SA breaking free of rain-dependent water sources

17 January 2013 [2 pages, 3.25MB]

  • SoilMapp: facts at your fingertips
  • More grape news for growers
  • Premium prawns
  • Getting our lamb flavour 'just right'
  • BARLEYmax™ success continues
  • Selective grape harvesting – a winner

22 November 2012 [2 pages, 3.33MB]

  • Methane research more than hot air
  • Heat stress – what’s gut got to do with it?
  • Boost for FMD tests and response
  • Livestock and crop mix offers many benefits
  • Who’s ya daddy?
  • Hendra vaccine ready but vigilance needed
  • Livestock bulk-up on supplements
  • Sucking secrets from mozzies
  • Future farming in focus at MCG

October 2012 [2 pages, 3.75MB]

  • Understanding the role of insect taste receptors in food security
  • Making every drop count
  • Food security challenge
  • So much land, what about water?
  • The sweet taste of saltbush success
  • Eat, grow, harvest more
  • Can’t handle the heat? Then stay out of the crops

27 September 2012 [2 pages, 4.52MB]

  • Report taps low water future
  • Tunnelling to future cereals
  • Crash cow tests new SaferGate
  • Who cares? We do!
  • Kikuyu over carbon
  • Soil carbon latest
  • Taking an in-depth look at life downunder

23 August 2012 [2 pages, 2.31MB]

  • Taking the bull by the horns
  • ACCESSing finer forecasts
  • Identifying better breeders
  • Building a sustainable cotton industry
  • Preventing algal blooms
  • Smart farm of the future
  • High-tech eye on the farm at Narrabri
  • Pasture information from outer space
  • X-ray vision for farmers

12 July 2012 [2 pages, PDF 3.52MB]

  • Good soil on carbon
  • Buying into bochar
  • Tiwi fires up for CFI
  • Science of carbon
  • Taking livestock to 2030
  • Gasbusters - Methane Cluster
  • Carbon forest opportunities

31 May 2012 [2 pages, PDF 3.81MB]

  • Hatching bird flu resistance
  • Fire blight 'wargamed'
  • Biting into insect threat
  • They've dung it again
  • Spotlight on bat 'viral radar'
  • Biosecurity boost
  • Following snail trail to pest cure
  • Rabbit control boost

25 April 2012 [2 pages, PDF 8.83MB]

  • Natives help to guard crops
  • Revitalising woodlands
  • Back to the future in climate battle
  • Help save our Yellow Box
  • Exploring basin benefits
  • Investing in future plant science
  • Living world at your fingertips

22 March 2012 [2 pages, PDF 3.97MB]

  • Improving long-range forecasts
  • Sharing knowledge for farming change
  • Wine industry adapting to climate change
  • Grapes on early ripening trend
  • Climate change continues
  • Regional climate change research
  • Planet under pressure

23 February 2012 [2 pages, PDF 5.66MB]

  • New wheats to tap into water potential
  • Farmers sow into food future
  • Cattle footprint is heavy on carbon
  • Biosecurity measures up
  • Feeding the world
  • Urgent call to action

15 December 2011 [2 pages, PDF 4.66MB]

  • Reef and beef on northern menu
  • 'Perfect' prawn boosts aquaculture
  • Good science vital to Murray-Darling Basin future
  • Beefed-up carbon benefits
  • Breeding boost for north
  • Improving beef in the long-term
  • Crazy ants outed

8 December 2011 [1 page, PDF 1.83MB]

  • IrriSATisfaction the goal
  • 'Wet' your appetite with CSIRO's water book
  • Forecasting streamflow for water management
  • New forest water tool
  • Satellites help rainfall estimates
  • Water savvy wineries
  • Tanks for saving us

27 October 2011 [1 page, PDF 4.06MB]

  • Summer weed control pays
  • Conservation ag in focus
  • Closer look at forest sinks
  • New ways to disinfest fruit
  • FMD vaccine trials

June 2011 [2 pages, PDF 249KB]

  • Beefing up the carbon footprint focus
  • Zeroing in on livestock methane emissions
  • Forest sinks offer long-term potential
  • Savanna burning opportunity
  • Soil study in full swing

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