The art of wine-making will be given an innovative boost at the opening of the $1.73 million Stage III of the CD Blake Experimental Winery at the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre at CSU Wagga Wagga.

One of CSU Winery’s sparkling wines has taken out the trophy for best sparkling in the prestigious 2009 NSW Wine Awards.

Australian agriculture was always going to be excluded from any carbon trading scheme, according to CSU expert Professor Kevin Parton.

Agricultural productivity is slowing down as is agricultural research and Australian governments and agricultural industries should be concerned, according to an award winning agricultural economist and researcher with CSU.

A CSU academic believes many mistakes seen when applying unproven products and methods on modern Australian farms could have been avoided by asking a simple question, "so how do you know that?".

Progress with the development of perennial grain crops in Australia and overseas is one of the projects occupying the mind of Strategic Research Professor in Agronomy at CSU, Len Wade.

A senior CSU business researcher says the release of the Guide to the Murray Darling Basin MDB Plan marks the “start of a process by which we can put things right in the Basin”.

A recommendation by the Productivity Commission that the Federal Government no longer match the research levy paid by farmers is a risky experiment based on little evidence, says a respected economist with CSU.

What happens to the excavated waste rock at one of Australia’s significant mine sites when the mine closes? This topic isn’t being taken lightly by Newcrest Mining at Cadia Valley, 20 kilometres southwest of the city of Orange in NSW where PhD student in Charles Sturt University's (CSU) School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Mr Allan Adams is investigating a sustainable solution.