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Biological practices boast double-win with higher yields and carbon credit potential

By Ashley Walmsley, 2 September 2023

The carbon offset theme dovetailed in with the field day's host, Multikraft Probiotics Australia, which develops crop and livestock nutrition products using multi-step fermentation, which results in robust and adaptive microbial consortiums.

Bundaberg farm supplies Multikraft liquid probiotics

By Megan Dean, 10 August 2019

Bundaberg is home to the Asia Pacific headquarters of international company Multikraft Probiotics which is producing liquid probiotics for growers throughout Australia.

From its showcase farm located in Welcome Creek its range of products are developed in conjunction with blueberry, mango and macadamia farming.

Multikraft ready for bumper blueberry season

By Megan Dean, 7 August 2019

A Bundaberg farm is in the midst of its first blueberry season, aiming to produce 100,000 punnets of the fruit this year.

Multikraft Australian Biotech Agricultural Centre of Excellence part owner Jilli O’Brien said she had 7500 blueberry plants on their showcase farm that were currently fruiting, including four different varieties.

Hi-tech rescue delivers long-term benefits

By Logan City Council Magazine, April 2018

A Bundaberg farm is in the midst of its first blueberry season, aiming to produce 100,000 punnets of the fruit this year.

Multikraft Australian Biotech Agricultural Centre of Excellence part owner Jilli O’Brien said she had 7500 blueberry plants on their showcase farm that were currently fruiting, including four different varieties.

Multikraft Probiotics sets up base in Bundaberg, QLD

By Good Fruit & Vegetables, 21 December 2015

BRANCHING OUT: Multikraft Probiotics Australia chief executive officer Conor O’Brien inspects mangoes at the new national headquarters, the Multikraft Australian Biotech Agricultural Centre of Excellence (BACE) in Bundaberg, Qld.

Biological soil improvement company Multikraft Probiotics Australia has established a new facility in the horticulture hub of Bundaberg, Queensland.

Soil-healing properties of microbes trialled in Queensland

By Kallee Buchanan, 10 November 2015

A European expert has teamed up with Queensland farmers to trial using microbes to improve soil health on Australian farms. Twenty years ago Lukas Hader’s family developed a range of probiotics in Austria to make bio-dynamic fertiliser, which he said could reduce inputs and improve yields.

Getting the Good Soil

By Jamie Brown, 20 March 2015

Faced with a portion of his macadamia trees in a declining state, Pacific Farms’ managing director David MacRae considered advice from outside the square.

So he sourced an organic microbial elixir that promised to restore vitality. Sounds like snake oil, doesn’t it?

Greener focus stays a step ahead

By Ashley Walmsley, 6 March 2015

A LIKELY increase in the protection of the Great Barrier Reef will put greater focus on greener farming methods.

The new Queensland Labor Government has appointed Member for Mount Coot-tha Steven Miles as Minister for the Great Barrier Reef, a move that suggests it will adhere to its pre-election promise to spending some $100 million over five years to reduce damage to the Great Barrier Reef.