North West Farmer
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Deep ripping is paying off
ONE of the region’s farmers who has turned to deep ripping for improved production is Carwarp’s Clay Gowers. He says this is his third season…
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Growers can get ahead of dust storm risk
MAJOR Mildura players in the citrus industry – including the Costa Group and Mildura Fruit Company – have played a key role in a project…
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Rocky Lamattina & Sons named AusVeg Victoria’s vegetable farm of the year
One of Australia’s most successful carrot growing businesses Rocky Lamattina & Sons has been named AusVeg Victoria’s vegetable farm of the year. The enterprise, based…
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Leadership program ‘next gen’s nursery’
MALLEE Sustainable Farming is expanding from being an industry-leading organisation to becoming the nursery of agriculture’s next generations of leaders. Targeting people aged 18-30, MSF’s…
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Updated guides for disease management
FARMERS can now download the 2024 editions of the cereal and pulse disease guides to help make informed decisions around disease management. Agriculture Victoria’s plant…
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VFF committees’ leadership set
MURRABIT’S Andrew Leahy and Lake Boga’s Nathan Free are part of the team of industry leaders now responsible for the Victorian Farmers Federation’s cross-industry policy…
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From marginal to mainstream: sustainable farming to the fore
TOO many times, like too many Mallee farmers, Ron Hards stood staring out his front window or was hunkered down in the machinery shed, watching…
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Young blood flocks to speaker events
YOUNG blood – and, even better, new blood – is adding some serious oomph to the Birchip Cropping Group’s Young Farmer Network. And BCG’s senior…
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Use of diazinon set to be restricted
THE use of diazinon as an insecticide and acaricide would be dramatically restricted under proposals by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority. Its move…
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Check paddocks for mice ahead of winter crop
NORTH-WEST Victorian grain growers are being urged to check paddocks for mouse numbers and record mouse activity as part of a national campaign aimed at…
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Research fills ‘clear gap’ in industry, Nuseed claims
CANOLA has become ‘the’ crop when it comes to cropping rotations – but it is not necessarily all smooth sailing. Pod shatter poses plenty of…
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Telling stories authentically
CARWARP-based Tegan Buckley is determined to give the Mallee’s agricultural industries a new voice to tell its stories. Tegan says everyone has a story, a…
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