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AGRICULTURE & FOOD PRODUCTION
Home > Latest News > Agriculture & Food Production Wine forum presents to industry 10 Nov 2006
A two day wine industry event on Monday 13 and Tuesday, 14 November at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus will bring together researchers, winemakers and representatives of the peak wine research and funding bodies. Together, they will discuss the future of winemaking and winegrowing in New South Wales. News alert: CSU expert commentators on drought in regional Australia 08 Nov 2006
Leading inland higher education provider Charles Sturt University has specialist researchers available for comment on drought issues such as agricultural production and water use, access to services and impacts on families, regional businesses and communities. CSU commentator on water flows in the Murray Darling Basin 07 Nov 2006
In light of the national emergency summit on the current poor state of water storage in the Murray Darling Basin to be held today, Tuesday 7 November in Canberra, Charles Sturt University has researchers who can comment on the problems facing irrigators and communities in the region. Hunter winemaker toasted for industry contribution 03 Nov 2006
Hunter Valley winemaker and NSW wine industry award winner Phil Ryan described studying at Charles Sturt University in the late 1970s as an exciting period in the evolution of the Australian wine industry. Leading national research for problems of regional and rural Australia 27 Oct 2006
Leading Charles Sturt University research ranging from addressing the scourge of cereal cropping in southern Australia - annual ryegrass - to developing a computer game to simulate a major national crisis has won major funding in the latest round of Federal Government grants. Researchers find the good oil in olive waste 26 Oct 2006
New research by Charles Sturt University and the Heart Research Institute in Sydney suggests a beneficial new use of ‘waste’ from the production of olive oil that could be good for heart health. What has happened to the pollen count? 16 Oct 2006
"Frankly, it’s been so low this whole season so far, that we haven’t started reporting it yet!" says Dr George Car of CSU’s School of Biomedical Sciences. He says the pollen count is the lowest ever in the ten years he has been monitoring it in the Wagga Wagga area. "In previous years, the grass pollen count would have been well into the moderate or even into the high range by mid-October." Cooperative agricultural research showcased during Cambodian Prime Minister’s Wagga Wagga visit 13 Oct 2006
Cooperative agricultural research projects between the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Charles Sturt University (CSU) was a feature of the Cambodian Prime Minister’s visit to Wagga Wagga yesterday (Thursday 12 October). CSU’s greater collaboration with Chile 25 Sep 2006
"South America has been neglected at large by Australia," says Charles Sturt University (CSU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter. Australia and Chile in particular will build closer ties this week when the Chilean Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Mr Jose Luis Balmaceda, visits the Wagga Wagga Campus of CSU (Tuesday 26 September). CSU is part of the Orange community 05 Sep 2006
Charles Sturt University’s academic excellence and work within the Orange community will be celebrated and highlighted this week with a series of events culminating at a special Community Day to be held at the University’s new Orange Campus on Saturday 9 September. |
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