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Inside our farm: Lachy McClelland
Despite being flat out sowing at the time of this interview, Birchip Cropping Group member, and fifth-generation farmer, Lachy McClelland still took time out to…
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Dangers of FMD never far away
Although Australia is currently free from foot and mouth disease (FMD), it is considered one of our greatest biosecurity risks and an incursion would have…
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Wanted: farmers wanting wives (or husbands)
The Farmer Wants a Wife wants five farmers who, well, want wives. Or husbands. For the 2025 show. Eureka Productions, the company behind the hit…
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Funds for threatened birds
A SUCCESSFUL funding application will allow a project that aims to educate people on the conservation of the Mallee emu-wren and other threatened native birds…
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Pulling handbrake on frost damage
A THREE-year program managed by Mallee Sustainable Farming to help growers offset the impact of frost has provided new tools, strategies and support networks to…
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Plant industries united against biosec levy
Citrus Australia chief executive and Plant Industry Forum chair Nathan Hancock has unreservedly condemned the proposed federal Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL) as a flawed process…
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Grants to fight pests
COMMUNITY groups have been awarded grants to help protect their farms and local environment from the threat of weeds and pest. Victorian Agriculture Minister Ros…
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China reversal welcome but not a quick fix
IT’S unanimous, according to the Australian wine industry. But where we go from here is anyone’s guess. Because China’s decision late last month to suddenly…
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Solar the solution at AFS
AUSTRALIAN Farming Services (AFS) might be growing lots of almonds, but it’s also harvesting the sun to drive operations at its Cadell and Canally orchards,…
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Workshops in drip monitoring and interpreting soil moisture
Northwest Victorian farmers can make the most of the water on their properties thanks to two education courses. A drip monitoring and maintenance course will…
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Farmer now wants resilience
SOMEWHERE in the Mallee between Berriwillock and Culgoa, Will Simpson has been a headline sensation in The Guardian for the past two years as one of…
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Peter Coady’s roar talents
GROWING up as a kid on a farm, we didn’t get a lot of visitors, so it was always a red-letter day when the stock…
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