North West Farmer

  • Tiny ants could’ve been big trouble

    Tiny ants could’ve been big trouble

    EXOTIC-looking tiny red ants found living inside a northern Victorian man’s water meter could’ve been big trouble for Agriculture Victoria’s biosecurity officers. Luckily, the man’s…

  • Bee Friendly Farming’s popular tree grants are now

    Bee Friendly Farming’s popular tree grants are now

    BEE Friendly Farming’s popular tree grants are now open, with farmers across the country being supported to join the pledge to plant 100,000 trees for…

  • Gauging a community’s fortunes

    Gauging a community’s fortunes

    Sea Lake rainfall facts Rainfall records at the Sea Lake post office date back to July 1896. The wettest year on record was 1973, when…

  • GrainGrowers seeks talks with new minister

    GrainGrowers seeks talks with new minister

    STRENGTHENING critical input supply chains, securing and sustaining market access growth and overhauling Australia’s freight and logistics system will be key priorities for GrainGrowers when…

  • New environment minister invited to NSW Murray region

    New environment minister invited to NSW Murray region

    THE Murray Regional Strategy Group (MRSG) says it wants to work closely with new federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek to deliver the “most effective” Murray-Darling…

  • Farming of the future

    Farming of the future

    AT Kerang Technical High School, learning about paddock to plate is already compulsory for some students. The schools runs a compulsory unit in Year 8,…

  • Open season on crays

    Open season on crays

    VICTORIANS can now try their hand at catching some tasty Murray spiny freshwater crayfish to cook over a camp fire or take home for the…

  • ‘Call out’ for water plans

    ‘Call out’ for water plans

    HALF the Murray-Darling Basin’s water take can’t be properly monitored because the NSW Government has failed to submit water management plans, a former deputy premier…

  • Open rivers are a fish’s friend

    Open rivers are a fish’s friend

    ABOUT 150 Murray Darling rainbowfish were released into the Mildura Riverfront Endangered Fish Nursery on Sunday, World Environment Day. Hardy Sunraysia locals braved the cold…

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