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SmartFarm to showcase careers
MILDURA SmartFarm will be one of the hosts to the next AgSTEM program. Launched as part of this week’s National Science Week and coming out…
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Rice farming runs in the family
WHEN you’ve been growing rice for nigh on half a century, you pretty well have the importance of performance and business planning down pat. Take…
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Bee parasite creeping past outbreak
AGRICULTURE charity Rural Aid is urging beekeepers and primary producers to seek help in light of the latest confirmed outbreak of Varroa mite. The parasitic…
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Its crunch time for farmers and your voice matters
IF you ask a farmer what’s keeping them up at night, odds are you’ll likely hear one of the following answers: * Our devastating drought.…
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New directors bring scientific and on-farm expertise
BIRCHIP Cropping Group (BCG) has announced the appointment of Dr Marisa Collins and Giles Cunningham to its board, bringing deep scientific, educational, and on-ground production…
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Drought support extended statewide: Premier to lead task force
THE Victorian Government has announced its drought support package has been extended to farmers across the state. Revealed on Friday, the package was previously restricted…
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Mice the target of rodent study
WALPEUP in the heart Mallee has become the frontline in the rodent wars – and Victoria’s only benchmark and rapid assessment site. Making it part…
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PDS strategy is paying dividends
AGRICULTURE Victoria producer demonstration sites (PDS) in the northern Mallee have been working to increase lambs weaned by five to 10 per cent using strategies…
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Guard against mice this sowing season
Northwest Victorian farmers are being urged to check paddocks for increased mouse numbers in the lead up to sowing. The latest meeting of the National…
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Roughage still needed
WITH the escalating price of hay and the availability of other feed, supplements producers might be asking themselves if they really need to feed roughage…
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Seemingly never-ending farmer cost burdens must end
Brett Hosking President, Victorian Farmers Federation VICTORIA’S farmers are being squeezed from every direction. Drought conditions, soaring input costs and volatile global markets have already…
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Farming families look to future
DAIRY farmers with a new direction – Paul Monigatti, and his wife Katrina, and brother Bryan and his wife Bev – today run Rich River…
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It’s all about the soils says research team
Katherine Dunsford is a research scientist with Agriculture Victoria based at Horsham. She completed her PhD in understanding the causes of poor grain yield responses…
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Veggie org adds to compliance conversation
AUSVEG, the peak industry body for Australia’s vegetable industry, has weighed into the compliance controversy which has targeted the Sunraysia as one of the worst…
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The NPG wants you and you
THE National Policy Group is looking for southern region representatives covering southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. Applications open later this year and you…
