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A worker has died on a farm in Victoria while operating a tractor during harvest.
AGRIBUSINESS

Victorian farm worker dies in tractor-related incident

The 65-year-old was fatally crushed during harvesting operations.

17 December 2025

WA storms sparked fires across the state and left thousands of homes and businesses cut off from essential services.
AGRIBUSINESS

WA storms spark widespread power outages and fires

Dozens of fires are still burning across WA after Sunday's storms.

17 December 2025

Sunday's storm tore apart a two-year-old machinery shed on the Hagboom's farm in Dowerin.
AGRIBUSINESS

WA farm suffers extensive storm damage

Dowerin farmer shares the aftermath of Sunday's storm.

17 December 2025

Case IH's new Farmall C series tractors have several key upgrades including a GVM of 7000kg.
MACHINERY

New Farmall tractors released by Case IH

New Farmall C tractors have increased GVM and improved hydraulics.

17 December 2025

Research Report - December 2025 - Mobile Phones
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Research Report - December 2025 - Mobile Phones

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16 December 2025

Farming Ahead eMagazine: December 2025
ISSUES

Farming Ahead eMagazine: December 2025

Read this issue of Farming Ahead's Research Report in your web browser using our eMagazine reader

16 December 2025

ASF chief executive officer Katherine Delbridge is hopeful that the campaign will help make simple seed-quality checks a routine part of on-farm decision making.
PASTURES & SOILS

New campaign urges farmers to double-check seed before sowing

Seed is often overlooked despite being the starting point of every crop.

15 December 2025

Some of Ford's Ranger ute models have been recalled.
MACHINERY

Ford Ranger ute listed among recalled vehicles

Some of Ford’s most popular vehicles have been recalled due to the risk of catching fire.

15 December 2025

A trial underway in northern Victoria will help determine whether feed additives can meaningfully reduce sheep methane emissions, without compromising productivity or meat quality.
SHEEP

Study trials feed additives to cut sheep methane emissions

The study on emissions reduction in livestock kicked off in January.

15 December 2025

Research on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, is tackling flystrike by releasing sterile male blowflies.
SHEEP

Sterile blowfly project scales up on Kangaroo Island

The program takes a biological approach to the flystrike problem.

15 December 2025

PARTNER CONTENT

Building a Resilient Digital Ecosystem for all Australians

Telstra is committed to creating a resilient digital ecosystem that benefits all Australians, with a particular focus on enhancing regional connectivity and leveraging advanced technologies.

PARTNER CONTENT

Drought, Fires, and Floods Haven't Stopped WA-Based Business Expansion

CW Imports continues to expand its reach across Australia

PARTNER CONTENT

Utrisha N: The new biostimulant boosting broadacre yield potential

Extensive trials conducted across Australia show boosted yields in a wide range of

PARTNER CONTENT

Maximise your nitrogen use efficiency

Losing nitrogen to the environment can be costly.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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Research Report: Mobile Phones (December 2025)

With the closure of Telstra’s 3G network, Kondinin Group engineers Josh Giumelli and Ben White put several popular 4G phones to the test to see how they stacked up. Our standard test protocol applied over the past two decades was maintained as each handset was measured by the maximum distance a two-way call could be made from a phone tower.

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Research Report: Side-by-side Vehicles (November 2025)

Kondinin Group’s research team dives into the side-by-side market for this report, looking at popular diesel models, a few petrol versions and a couple of electric vehicles.

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Research Report: Farming Inputs (October 2025)

Inputs are unavoidable in any farming system. This Research Report focuses on several key farming inputs with a view to maximising outputs, production and profit.

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Research Report: Self-Propelled Sprayer Testing (September 2025)

Kondinin Group’s Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli have rounded up five of the latest self-propelled sprayers to cast a discerning eye over them for this month’s Research Report. The sprayers were run over our regular test track and thoroughly inspected to see what makes these million-dollar machines tick.