Top end excitement around alternative crops in Australia

Researchers continue to be upbeat about trial work with two novel crops in northern Australia. Both industrial hemp and sesame are showing good adaptability throughout tropical northern Australia. With this in mind farmers around the Big Rivers region, around Katherine in the Northern Territory and the Kununurra region in far northern Western Australia are being invited to field days to see whether incorporating the two crops would be a good fit for their farm businesses. The two field days, to be held on 18 June at Katherine and 20 June at Kununurra will look at the agronomics around the pair of high value crops. The events will be hosted by AgriFutures Australia, supported by the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) for the Kununurra event and the Northern Territory Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (NT DITT) at Katherine. The two industrial hemp variety trial (IHVT) sites at the Katherine Research Station, NT and the Frank Wise Institute ...