Environment
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Fox and wild dog bounty open
THE annual fox and wild dog bounty reopened this week. Foxes and wild dogs are declared established pest animals in Victoria. Their eradication from the…
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Biosecurity is everyone’s business
MILDURA has hosted the latest workshop in the ongoing process of developing Victoria’s new biosecurity strategy. The strategy will outline the priorities for improving how…
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Insights into crop nutrition
NUTRITION guru Rob Norton will tell the Birchip Cropping Group this month why there’s no such thing as a free lunch in farming. The associate…
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Dung beetle losses to impact producers
AS floodwaters have receded and pastures started to dry out along the Murray – from Kerang to the South Australian border – producers will be…
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Managing carbon made easier
TWO new carbon-management modules are now available on Meat and Livestock Australia’s free eLearning platform, The Toolbox. Packed with practical advice, the training modules focus…
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Plague locust numbers on rise
AUSTRALIAN plague locust numbers are expected to increase across the Mallee in coming weeks. Agriculture Victoria says there has been medium to high densities of…
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NSW grass growth ‘prolific’, says Rural Fire Service
NSW’s rural fire authority has warned residents in the lower western part of the state not to be complacent as the region records grass growth…
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Put fishing on hold
SUNRAYSIA’S fishing community has been urged to avoid taking fish from the Murray River for the next month due to the threat of contaminated waters.…
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Delay to release of carp herpes virus
IT could be several years before a carp herpes virus is released into waterways after a report found more research is required. The long-awaited National…
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A land of droughts and flooding rains
If anyone has a direct line upstairs, would you please put the word out that whilst we appreciate the rain, enough already! Some warm weather…
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Grim warning on park ahead of key ministers’ meeting
CENTURIES-old river red gums in Nyah Vinifera Park are benefiting from recent overbank flooding, but environmentalists and scientists fear such flows may be too little, too…
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Plibersek approves water plan
THE monitoring of water compliance in the NSW Murray-Darling Basin received a boost this week after Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek approved the first water…
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