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High tech bee research aims for sweet success

<p>We owe a lot to the humble honey bee. Much of the food on our tables and the profits from our agricultural industries depend on the pollination services of honey bees, but worldwide honey bees are in trouble. Their numbers are declining and no-one knows exactly why.</p>

Alex Paul
High tech bee research aims for sweet success

  What began as a small CSIRO study last year has now grown into a global collaboration seeking to understand why bees are in strife and what may be done to help them. The initial study fitted radio...

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

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

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Research Report: High Horsepower Tractors (05/2024)

Kondinin Group has rounded up some real broadacre muscle in this Research Report - looking at 447kW (600hp)-plus tractors.

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Research Report: Sheds (04/2024)

Sheds play a vital role in farming, offering shelter and protection for people, machinery, livestock and valuable inputs like chemicals and fertiliser.

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Research Report: Self-Propelled Sprayers (03/20204)

In this month’s Research Report, the Kondinin Group research team of Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli present the results of the latest round of self-propelled sprayer testing. The team traversed several states to round up six of the latest sprayers, which can cost upwards of $1 million each.

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Research Report: Battery-powered grease guns (02/2024)

Battery-powered grease guns have been something of a revelation for farmers, with some likening them to having a ‘spare set of hands.’ Let’s face it, the easier you make maintenance tasks, the more likely you are to do them. This certainly applies to greasing farm machinery. In this month's Research Report, Kondinin Group engineers Josh Giumelli and Ben White put battery grease guns to the test.