North West Farmer
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Tractors have plenty of pull
DENSE black clouds of diesel exhaust, roaring engines and thousands of onlookers turned Easter into a celebration of the tractor – and showed the farm…
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Basin’s science of the future
A RESEARCH hub is being established in Mildura to support Australia’s irrigation regions to be the most productive, resilient and sustainable in the world. The…
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Help to join on-farm emissions project
THE On-Farm Emissions Action Plan Pilot program will be open to the industry through a webinar next month. Titled Farmers Perspective – taking action to…
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Innovation push for spraying
AFTER two years of trials, AGCO and Bosch BASF Smart Farming have moved forward with Bosch’s Smart Spraying Solution. The companies say the “innovative” solution…
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Tom is up to the challenge
Tom Farmer would seem to be the perfect choice to head up a major agricultural investment enterprise at Lake Boga. Handed 9000ha owned by goFARM…
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Harvest moves to later varieties
THE possibly-not-happening, never-starting and now never-finishing grape harvest is still with us. The later varieties are struggling to ripen due to the cool weather, short…
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Does anyone know what Dan was up to?
I’VE seen politicians cut from every cloth of incompetence do their best to stuff things up for the farmer. And by and large they are…
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Lost in space
PRECISION farming across much of Australia came to a temporary halt this week, after the unexpected failure of a satellite. British company Inmarsat’s I-4 F1…
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Bridge work starts
GOULBURN-Murray Water has started work to replace the Hayes Road Bridge at Lake Boga. The works will replace the existing single-lane bridge with a dual-lane…
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Reducing carbon impact
NUTRIEN Ag Solutions and Cargill are working with croppers across southern NSW in an effort to reduce on-farm emissions in the region’s burgeoning canola production.…
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New leaders for MSF
MALLEE Sustainable Farming has named Steve Burt as its new independent chair. Mr Burt will be joined on the board by specialist director David Campbell.…
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GRDC NVT Harvest Reports aid NW Victoria grain variety selection.
Growers and advisers across northwest Victoria can now use the latest results on the performance of different grain varieties – incorporating results from the 2022-23…