Melissa Marino is a Reporter/Anchor at WFLA NBC covering Tampa, Florida. She specializes in agriculture and farming, with a focus on farm management and organic farming. Melissa's work has been featured in numerous outlets, including FOX 2 Now, KRON-TV, and Yahoo News.
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Melissa's coverage focuses on local news in Florida, particularly Tampa Bay. She has a strong emphasis on government announcements and evolving stories, as well as breaking news related to government and politics, crime, laws, car accidents, and safety.
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By: Melissa Marino
South Australian Mallee grower Jock McNeil has been using deep ripping, ploughing and spading to ameliorate his sandy soils. His strategic, long-term approach has delivered yield gains and improved crop establishment in harsh seasons.
By: Melissa Marino
After a season marked by low rainfall and relentless winds, South Australian Mallee grower Jock McNeil shares how innovations in soil amelioration, no-till and precision agriculture helped maintain crop establishment and yield.
By: Melissa Marino
Collaboration between growers, advisers and researchers is the hallmark of the GRDC’s Sandy Soils investments. It’s a participatory model shaping research to guide amelioration decisions and improve sandy soil productivity.
By: Melissa Marino
Despite dry conditions, early findings from hyper-yielding lentil research in mid and high-rainfall areas of South Australia and Victoria highlight how sowing time, plant density and variety contribute to converting biomass to yield.
By: Melissa Marino
A ‘new norm’ of green peach aphid resistance is undermining canola seed treatments, reducing protection against turnip yellows virus, field trials by Cesar Australia have found.
By: Deborah Hill, Melissa Marino, Nicole Baxter
The 2026 Grower Series features 6 growers from around the country and the challenges and wins across the year with their cropping programs.
By: Melissa Marino
/ -- As global fascination with Elon Musk reaches unprecedented levels, the producers of the new biopic ELON released the first official trailer for the upcoming feature film dramatizing the extraordinary early years of Tesla and the relentless founder behind it. The film is slated for a limited theatrical release this fall with broader distribution discussions underway with streaming and digital platforms
By: Melissa Marino
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By: Melissa Marino
GRDC-supported trials in South Australia and Victoria are comparing how crop rotation systems can increase profitability, resilience and sustainability across varying rainfall zones.
By: Melissa Marino
Triple mutant NFNB fungicide resistance is spreading in Australian barley regions, reducing efficacy and highlighting the importance of integrated disease management, variety choice and targeted fungicide to protect yields and profitability.
