North West Farmer

  • Wool info and training continues

    Wool info and training continues

    NORTH-west Victoria’s sheep industry has a new state-based woolgrower extension network – but it all seems very familiar and very effective. It is the same…

  • Keep dry soils productive

    Keep dry soils productive

    MALLEE farmers are encouraged to take advantage of Agriculture Victoria’s new online resources and paddock walks to learn how to reduce erosion and make their…

  • Good news amid export gloom

    Good news amid export gloom

    THE wine grape harvest has been fast and furious, and February was flat out, with the white varieties coming in with a rush – and…

  • Farming advocate honoured

    Farming advocate honoured

    PAULA Gordon has been a trailblazer in the Mallee’s agricultural sector for much of her life – and now she has achieved another first in…

  • Researcher drives grassroots change

    Researcher drives grassroots change

    Mallee Sustainable Farming’s new research manager, Dr Penny Roberts, says she embraces innovative research that can help growers evolve. ANDREW MOLE reports. AGRICULTURAL research scientist…

  • Birchip Cropping Group Honors Lifetime Service

    Birchip Cropping Group Honors Lifetime Service

    LIFE membership has that ring of service about it, but when just two couples can contribute a combined 128 years to a single organisation, you…

  • Birchip Cropping Group Honours Long-Time Members with Life Memberships

    Birchip Cropping Group Honours Long-Time Members with Life Memberships

    LIFE membership has that ring of service about it, but when just two couples can contribute a combined 128 years to a single organisation, you…

  • Fed-up farmers switch off forecasts

    Fed-up farmers switch off forecasts

    The Bureau of Meteorology has flatly denied that its forecasts are unreliable. But local cropping farmers whose livelihoods rely on accurate outlooks say the bureau…

  • NWF Calendar competition February Submissions

    NWF Calendar competition February Submissions

    NWF Calendar  February entries

  • Almond sales bounce back

    Almond sales bounce back

    THE Australian almond industry looks set to crack a big year after some subdued recent seasons with sales still tracking 5 per cent better than…

  • Red alert hits Riverland

    Red alert hits Riverland

    YEARS of reality checks and persistent communications by Murray Valley Winegrowers have prepared the region’s wine grape growers for the price collapse that this week…

  • Water markets brace for impact

    Water markets brace for impact

    THE Water Amendment (Restoring our Rivers) Bill is likely to have a significant impact on the water markets now and into the future, according to…

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