4Farmers...For Farmers
4Farmers core business is importing and distributing direct to farmers a wide range of quality agricultural chemicals. It aims to do this as efficiently as possible with low overheads and tight margins to ensure you get a fair and competitively priced product. Find out more information about the Company
4Farmers Media and Resource Library
Media Articles 2 of 60 entries see all…- 4farmers Advertisement 05 February 2010
STOP PRESS!
OPEN PDF - Farm Weekly 03 February 2010
Which Glyphosate's Are Best Value? OPEN PDF
- Efficacy Of Weed Control Practices 03 February 2010
A Compilation of field trial results describing weed control achieved from various individual practices OPEN PDF - Managerial Practices To Control Wild Oats 03 February 2010 OPEN PDF
Farming News
Farm Weekly - Front Page
- Lack of water data puts northern food bowl on hold 09-02-2010
SAFE drinking water should be secured for people across northern Australia before the nation tries to turn the Top End into the food bowl of Asia, a taskforce has told the Federal Government. - Turnbull slams Abbott's carbon plan 09-02-2010
THE former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has labelled Tony Abbott's climate change policy as ''a recipe for fiscal recklessness on a grand scale'' that would increase taxes and fail to reduce emissions. - Kangatarians the latest niche in green food market 09-02-2010
THERE'S a new semi-vegetarian movement emerging in Australia: people who exclude all meat except kangaroo on environmental, ecological and humanitarian grounds. They call themselves kangatarians and are slowly growing in numbers. - Polaris on a roll over Swiss engine deal 08-02-2010
EXPERTISE from a Swiss-based engine company will enhance noted US off-road vehicle specialist Polaris's technology credentials and broaden its geographic reach. - Animals Australia's new campaign targets 'factory farming' 08-02-2010
EXTREMIST animal liberal group Animals Australia has launched a new advertising campaign targeting what it calls the 'factory farming' practices of piggeries and caged egg operations. - Aussies lead vineyard innovation 08-02-2010
AUSTRALIA has a proud history of vineyard innovation, from the development of the first half-row unit mounted mechanical grape harvester to the latest state-of-the-art equipment. - Budget help available through GRDC guide 08-02-2010
Many Western Australian farmers face tight budgets for 2010 due to relatively low grain prices, recent high input costs and some disappointing crop yields in 2009. - Wellard eyes northern properties 08-02-2010
MAJOR live exporter and shipping owner Wellard has confirmed its interest in land acquisitions in northern Australia, but says these would not be used for breeding purposes under any significant move into vertically integrated cattle supply. - Photos from Bassendean Library historical launch 08-02-2010
Photos from the official launch of the Bassendean Library Historical Booth. - AWI pushes global interior wool use 08-02-2010
THE interior furnishing industry is the latest target market designed to boost sales of Australian wool on a global scale. - WA drought 'could be worst for 750 years' 08-02-2010
IF you thought the drought affecting south-west WA since the 1970s was extreme, you were right. - Farmers say see ewe later to crop 08-02-2010
A COMBINATION of low commodity prices, a lack of rotational options and the booming sheep meat industry has meant Australian farmers are likely to cut cropping acreage this season in favour of increasing livestock numbers. - Barnaby Joyce 'could be another Black Jack' 08-02-2010
TONY Abbott thinks his finance spokesman, Barnaby Joyce, could become another ''Black Jack'' McEwen, the Country Party leader who wielded enormous power in the 1950s and '60s. - Farming for lifestyle despite the challenges 08-02-2010
FARMING comes with plenty of challenges, but as far as lifestyle goes, it can't be beaten according to South Kuminin farmers John, Bev and Ben Hunter. - Analysis reveals value in USW concept 08-02-2010
THE principal conclusion of a new economic analysis of wheat export promotion, released by the US Wheat Associates (USW) last week, has indicated US wheat producers invested an average of about $10 million (US) per year to promote their products overseas between 2000 and 2007, and received $23 back in increased net revenue for each dollar spent.
Rural - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- Qld prepared for mining boom says Bligh 09-02-2010
Premier Anna Bligh says regional Queensland will be better prepared for the coming mining boom. - Meatworks shutdown shocks community 09-02-2010
A mayor on southern Queensland's Darling Downs says his community is shocked by the closure of a meatworks and the standing down of hundreds of workers. - NSW wine production overtakes SA 09-02-2010
Bureau of Statistics says NSW has overtaken SA as the country's largest wine-producing state. - Cattle industry urges beefed up roads investment 09-02-2010
Beef transporters say massive investment is needed to carry Queensland's meat around Australia. - Temporary layoffs announced at Darling Downs meat processor 08-02-2010
More than 200 workers at a meat processing company on the southern Darling Downs west of Toowoomba in southern Queensland have been stood down for the rest of the week. - Farmers dig for parties' policies 08-02-2010
Tasmania's farmers lobby group is urging the state's three political parties to reveal their pre-election agricultural policies. - Government 'happy' with water discharges from mines 08-02-2010
The Queensland Government says it is happy with the level of water discharges from coal mines in the state's central region during last week's heavy rain. - Bligh welcomes explosives plant in Moranbah 08-02-2010
Premier Anna Bligh has welcomed the planned resumption of work on an explosives plant in the central highlands of Queensland in May. - Lack of water sends vegetable growers broke 08-02-2010
Vegetable growers at Bacchus Marsh, north west of Melbourne, fear they will go broke if the State Government does not secure an emergency water supply. - Olive processing factory shuts 08-02-2010
The New England Olive Processors production plant in Inverell has closed. - Western NSW records drenching 08-02-2010
Farmers in parts of the western New South Wales region have recorded some of their best rainfall in years during the weekend. - Preserve the wilderness: Greens 08-02-2010
Green groups say a report concluding that northern Australia will not be the nation's next food bowl should spell the end of plans to dam any more of the region's rivers. - Grape growers avoid rain damage 08-02-2010
Table-grape growers say a cool southerly breeze on Saturday appears to have prevented any rain damage to crops around Mildura and Robinvale. - No food bowl but Ord investment worthwhile 08-02-2010
Western Australia's Regional Development Minister, Brendon Grylls, says the government's multi-million dollar investment in the second stage of the Ord River scheme is still warranted. - Spotlight falls on rural training boost 08-02-2010
The Australian Agricultural College Corporation says it will trial new ways of delivering rural training in an effort to entice more young people to study. - Cattle fever hits calves 08-02-2010
A cattle group from Gympie in south-east Queensland says there have been reports of the crippling bovine ephemeral fever affecting newborn calves. - Woolgrowers getting older 08-02-2010
A study shows the average Australian woolgrower is getting older and is now 53 years of age. - Report kills northern food bowl dream 08-02-2010
A Federal Government report has effectively killed the dream of establishing a northern Australian food bowl. - Mealy bug 'turmoil' sparks cotton crop fears 05-02-2010
The Queensland Opposition says Central Highland cotton growers are the losers in the delayed response to an outbreak of mealy bugs. - Tourist operators more confident about future 05-02-2010
Queensland tourism operators are feeling more confident about the outlook for the industry this year, than they have in the past two years. - Axed cheese workers offered lifeline 05-02-2010
The Victorian Government will provide retraining and other support to workers affected by the closure of Murray Goulburn's Leitchville cheese factory. - Union calls for timber strategy 05-02-2010
The South Australian Forestry Union says a separate stakeholder group needs to be established to develop a strategy to help the troubled timber industry. - Reservoir not a health risk: SA Water 05-02-2010
SA Water again asked about chemicals in what was once Port Lincoln's main reservoir. - Rain brings rural confidence 05-02-2010
Primary producers across western Queensland are reporting their best start to a year in decades after big rain in the past two months.
ABC News: Top Stories
- Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty to manslaughter 09-02-2010
Michael Jackson's former doctor Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death last year. - ABC dismisses 'ludicrous' China pressure claim 09-02-2010
ABC managing director Mark Scott says suggestions that the ABC decided not to screen a controversial film about Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer because of pressure from China are "ludicrous". - Warne plays down India security threat 09-02-2010
Shane Warne has urged his fellow Australians to play in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) despite threats from an Indian political party. - Conroy under fire over mate's top job 09-02-2010
The Federal Opposition says Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has been caught out using his influence to help a Labor figure win a plum government job. - Rudd wants drinking age lifted to 21 09-02-2010
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he would personally like the drinking age to be raised to 21 in Australia. - Loss of Rock Eisteddfod 'disgrace' 09-02-2010
The annual schools' Rock Eisteddfod Challenge has been cancelled across Australia due to a lack of sponsorship and support. - Smoking banned in Melbourne shopping strips 09-02-2010
A Melbourne council is launching a new crackdown on cigarettes, banning smoking in three outdoor shopping strips. - Pearson tells Aborigines to follow Jewish lead 09-02-2010
Prominent Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson has called on Aborigines to draw on the experience of Jewish people in never forgetting their history, while striving to overcome injustice and racism. - Waitress's suicide puts focus on media 09-02-2010
Youth mental health expert Professor Patrick McGorry says media guidelines that restrict reporting on suicide are too conservative. - Driver saves children after wheels fall off bus 09-02-2010
A Hunter Valley bus driver is being praised for averting a potential disaster after wheels came off the school bus he was driving yesterday afternoon. - Australian activist released on bail in Israel 09-02-2010
Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the release of an Australian woman who was arrested during a pre-dawn military raid in the West Bank. - Sri Lanka's beaten presidential candidate arrested 09-02-2010
The main opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's recent presidential election is reportedly facing charges of plotting to overthrow the government after being arrested overnight. - Research pints to beer's health benefits 09-02-2010
New research suggests drinking beer can be good for bones and may help prevent osteoporosis, a condition where bones become thin and weak.
About 4FARMERS
Affordability
4Farmers was established due to the concern of WA farmers over the high cost
of farm chemicals, and in particular the industry practice at the time of pricing
according to the principal of “what the market will bear”, or more
accurately “what
the big suppliers thought farmers could bear”.
This practice enabled 4Farmers to import and supply Chlorsulfuron from China
in 1995 for half the price of other suppliers at the time. Similarly, the fungicide
Triadimefon that was sold for over $1000/20L now sells for around $110.
Thanks to the efforts of 4Farmers to provide low cost chemicals, farmers throughout
Australia have been able to adopt a whole new range of crop protection strategies
that were previously too costly to contemplate.
Innovation and Experience
With a management, distribution and support team that includes farmers, ex farmers
and scientists, 4Farmers has a unique blend of practical experience and technical
skills. Our information sheets provide not only product information, but in
some cases practical advice on application and usage.
Local Knowledge and Community Support
Through our widespread network of over sixty local agents and distribution locations
throughout W.A, S.A and Victoria, 4Farmers offers convenient and prompt service
along with indispensable knowledge of local conditions.
As part of our commitment to rural communities, 4Farmers actively supports local
sporting clubs and community groups throughout Australia.
Right Product, Right Price, Right Time
With a broad product range, a widespread distribution network of
local agents and small, flexible management team, 4Farmers is well
equipped to get the right product to the right place at the right time.