News
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Birchip move a success for spare parts manager
Josh Hamilton – Horsham born and bred – was happily minding his own business working in spare parts with a local agricultural supplies company. When…
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Grain growers launch fresh VFF coup bid
THE grain grower revolution is ready to stage its second assault on the Victorian Farmers Federation to remove president Emma Germano from her role and…
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GRDC sinks $1 billion into research, development and extension
One of Australia’s leading research investors, the Grains Research and Development Corporation, has announced it will invest more than $1 billion in the next five…
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The Minters at Red Cliffs did not have all their eggs in the one basket – farming asparagus, citrus and almonds.
The Minter family at Red Cliffs have not relied on one crop – they are farming asparagus, citrus and almonds. But the rise of Mexican…
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Knowledge on farm expansion
FARM expansion is on the cards in the next five years for Tandarra farmer James Taylor, “but we don’t know what that looks like yet”,…
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Wheat can weather disease risk
The immediate news might not be the best you have heard lately, but with a normal spring it will all quickly fade away. However, Agriculture…
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Alarm bells on crop threats
THIS month, Josh Fanning started seeing all the wrong things, way too soon, in pulse crops around the Mallee and Wimmera – especially botrytis. Dr…
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VR fruit picking training next step
Artificial intelligence might not have taken over the horticultural industry just yet, but Sunraysia fruit pickers (and wannabe pickers) will soon be facing a new…
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AI data processing set to boost yields, trim labour costs
As the horticultural technologist for Fresh Produce Group (FPG), based at its Treviso Vineyards property in Red Cliffs, Tristan Smith understands how important it is…
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Worker housing gets nod
A LAKE Boga horticulturist will have conditions imposed on seasonal worker accommodation despite the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruling that the proposal wouldn’t need…
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Watching out for drier times
WITH more than 40mm falling this week to midnight Wednesday, increased warnings of El Nino affecting the cropping season might seem a little premature. But…
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GRDC goes digital with its updates
Realising the busy schedules of growers and agronomists, The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) will again offer their popular Grains Research Updates straight to…
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