Farmacist Pty Ltd

05/11/2026

Spray windows differ by product, application method and rate. If you need a hand understanding how to use any of your farm chemicals for compliance or efficacy give one our agronomists a call.

05/11/2026

Getting the most out of your pesticide applications: 🌿🐛🌱🪳

Applied under the wrong conditions, pesticides can be lost to the environment due to deep drainage, run-off, wind or inversion layers, ending up in ground water, rivers, roofs, and water tanks.
Best practice options include reading and understanding the product label, ensuring you have the right equipment set-up to achieve correct droplet size and product placement, and closely monitoring the weather for your specific location.
If your farm is located in the Mackay region between North Eton and Marian, accessing current and forecasted weather conditions has now been made a little bit easier.
Funded under the Queensland Government's DETSI Fine Scale Water Quality Monitoring Project, Farmacist Mackay has installed an Incyt weather station and Inversion monitoring tower to assist growers with their spraying decisions.
The Incyt tower and weather station provides both current weather conditions and a seven-day spray advisory forecast allowing growers to plan for the best time to apply pesticides, reducing the risk of loss to the environment with a subsequent improvement in pesticide efficacy.
It’s free and available on both computers and mobile phones. Please contact Nick Hill in the Mackay office on 0428 422 997 to find out how you can access this service.

The Fine Scale Water Quality Monitoring Project delivered by Farmacist is part of the Fine Scale Water Quality Monitoring Program funded through the Queensland Government’s Queensland Reef Water Quality Program.

09/10/2026

Not sure which ag tech is worth your time? AgValuate can help.

The Farmacist FNQ team is working with the to deliver the AgValuate program.

Agvaluate was developed by the Drought Hub in collaboration with farmers to help make sense of the wide world of ag technology and figure out the best fits for each farm business. Whether you are just beginning to explore digital technologies or looking to enhance existing tech, AgValuate provides insights that matter to your operation.

Once you finish the AgValuate online survey, you get a report that sorts opportunities into Quick Wins and Longer Term options based on your readiness to adopt technology and your own interests and priorities.

You don’t have to do it alone. Our team can sit with you while you complete the survey, work through your report afterwards and support you to connect with suppliers or other organisations based on your priorities.

👉 Take the survey: https://tnq-hub.web.app/Home
👉 Learn more about the program: https://tnqdroughthub.com.au/program-innovation-and-commercialisation/agvaluate/

Want a hand? Email [email protected], drop us a comment below or send us a DM.

This program received funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.

29/07/2026

Join us for a pre-season mungbean grower update! We’ll be presenting the results of the previous Spring and Summer trials at 9am on Wednesday August 5th at the Burdekin Office (178 Queen Street) - come along a hear about our variety demonstration sites, plant population work with Brolga and the trial plan for the upcoming season!

Morning tea provided, please RSVP to Billie or Evan.

10/07/2026

Don’t forget about the Great Burdekin Zucchini Slice Bake Off happening on Monday! Get into Nutrien Ag Solutions - Burdekin between 1-4 today to grab your free zucchinis and drop your entry off to the Farmacist office (178 Queen street, Ayr) before 4pm on Monday for judging! Great prizes and bragging rights are on the line - all funds raised are going to CORES 😊

We’re teaming up with Nutrien Ag Solutions - Burdekin to host The Great Burdekin Zucchini Slice Bake Off! If you think you have what it takes to win bragging rights for the best sweet or savoury zucchini slice, pick up your free zucchinis and entry number from Nutrien Ayr on Friday afternoon (1-4pm) and drop off your slice(s) to the Farmacist office before 4pm on Monday. FMC have generously sponsored the prizes for both the sweet and savoury sections!

All proceeds from the entry fees will go to support the amazing work by CORES 😊

01/07/2026

We’re teaming up with Nutrien Ag Solutions - Burdekin to host The Great Burdekin Zucchini Slice Bake Off! If you think you have what it takes to win bragging rights for the best sweet or savoury zucchini slice, pick up your free zucchinis and entry number from Nutrien Ayr on Friday afternoon (1-4pm) and drop off your slice(s) to the Farmacist office before 4pm on Monday. FMC have generously sponsored the prizes for both the sweet and savoury sections!

All proceeds from the entry fees will go to support the amazing work by CORES 😊

30/06/2026

Could Solar Radiation Be Playing a Bigger Role Than We Realise?
There has been plenty of discussion around the district in recent weeks about yields feeling a bit lighter than expected for this time of year. Whenever this happens, it's natural to look at the things we can influence – nutrition, irrigation, varieties, pests and soil constraints. All of these factors are important. However, one of the fundamental drivers of crop production is something we have absolutely no control over – sunlight.
Sugarcane is often described as a solar-powered crop. As a C4 plant, it is exceptionally efficient at converting sunlight into biomass and sugar. Simply put, solar radiation is the energy source that drives photosynthesis. Without it, the crop cannot manufacture tonnes, regardless of how well other parts of the system are managed.
When reviewing Bureau of Meteorology solar radiation data for the Burdekin, we noticed that the district experienced a period of below-average solar radiation from December through to February compared with the 10-year average. This timing caught our attention because it coincides with a period when cane is actively accumulating biomass and building yield potential.
Does this explain every paddock and every yield result this season? Certainly not. Farming systems are complex, and crop performance is always the result of many interacting factors. However, the data is a useful reminder that environmental conditions can influence production in ways that are sometimes easy to overlook. As harvest progresses, it raises an interesting question: How much does seasonal variation in sunlight contribute to the differences we see in crop performance from year to year?

09/06/2026

Join our FNQ team for a Peer-to-Peer grower group update this Friday, 12 JUNE 12 - 3pm.
First up lunch, followed by
Updates on
• Alternative cropping
• Biostimulant trials
• Sugar increaser trials
• Mapping comparison: EM, Soil Optics (Gamma) & drone with Agremo software

PLUS: Find out how to access Peer to Peer resources available to growers:
• Jang precision seeder
• Rice mill and thresher
• Sugar juicer
• Drone variability mapping
• Crop ripener application

Where: Farmacist Office, 105 Norman Street Gordonvale
RSVP: Belinda to help us with catering

01/06/2026

Welcome Jose Marra to our FNQ team! Jose studied agriculture in Brazil and has worked in Australian agriculture in South Australia, Victoria and Far North Queensland. Jose enjoys spatial agronomy and working with farmers to improve productivity. Since joining the team he has helped with implementing and bio-massing trials, been out and about soil sampling, and is learning how to update nutrient plans with farmers. It takes time to get to the know a region and it's farmers, so if you see Jose around, say hello!

26/05/2026

Are you considering any cover crops this year? 🪵🌱

If you’re looking to improve soil structure or keep the ground covered, its never to early to start locking in your seed.

A lot of growers don't realize that Farmacist offers a full "seed-to-soil" service:

- We can source and supply custom seed mixes and inoculants.
- We have a fleet of hire equipment (view on website link below)

It’s one less thing for you to coordinate. Check out the website links below to find out more.

https://www.farmacist.com.au/services/seed-and-innoculant-services
https://www.farmacist.com.au/services/equipment-hire