North West Farmer
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Almond conference signals lifting world profile
A RECORD crowd of 600 attended the Australian Almond Conference at the Adelaide Convention Centre this month for the biennial industry opportunity for networking and…
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When an upgrade is on-brand perfection
YOU can’t beat it. Get a key piece of farm machinery and use it successfully, season in and season out. Then realise if you upgrade…
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Less could be more when feeding the world
MOTTI Levin isn’t pulling any punches about the future of farming – from here in the Mallee to anywhere in the world. He hasn’t got…
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Jury reaches verdict with horticulture career
A THIRD generation local from Robinvale is forging a national career in the horticulture industry, just six years after graduating from Melbourne University. Will Jury,…
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Win some, lose some weather-wise
DRY weather is bad for crops – but very good for calving cows. We have had a bit of both lately so, effectively, by lying…
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New direction so good, you could bottle it
ANDREW MOLE FOR a guy who wasn’t even interested in looking at Karadoc Winery when it came on the market – its sudden sale by…
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Hosking stands for VFF president
QUAMBATOOK grain and livestock farmer Brett Hosking has thrown his hat into the ring for president of the Victorian Farmers Federation. A former vice president…
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Machine leaders Grizzly do it again
YOU can’t be too Grizzly when you are literally the cutting edge of the ag machinery business. Especially when that’s not just your opinion, or…
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Having a grape time down on the farm
THE warmer weather is great for the grapevines and hopefully the chance of further frosts has now passed, and we can dodge the summer storms…
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Riding right off the pages of history
THERE would be few scenes more rustic and reminiscent of the earliest days of Australian exploration and opening up vast agricultural areas: slowly picking their…
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SHC’s Mr Mango helping growers
DARWIN might seem a far-flung address for a Swan Hill Chemicals branch but since Brett Eade joined the team there in November last year his…
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Starick first woman to chair GRDC
IN what will be a new leadership era for GRDC, South Australian grain grower Sharon Starick has been announced as its new chair. Sharon Starick…