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Andrew Mole

SOLD! Almonds are hot property right now

THE new almond selling season is only just beginning, but it’s off to a great start after two successful overseas trade missions. Sales estimated at more than $100 million were made by almond marketers at MEWA in India and Gulfood in the United...

25 Apr 2025

Opinion

Why the need for US trade?

The old Whacker is feeling pretty ancient as you read this, looking for my normal dose of inspiration and rock-solid advice. There’s this thing about American presidents and how they do things, rightly or (mostly) wrongly, which will have both...

25 Apr 2025

Wine Grapes

Harvest a slightly happier affair in 2025

The winegrape harvest has, as always, been hectic. Following this, our last full-on week, we hope to catch our breath a bit and work through our last few varieties and the last blocks of contract harvesting during the next few weeks, and at a much...

25 Apr 2025

Dryland Farming

Frosty start to farming career

Baden Gray graduated from Marcus Oldham in 2023 and headed home to his future on the farm just in time to see a year’s hard work smashed by frost and belted by rain at harvest. But he’s adamant farming’s where he wants to go – it’s been his...

25 Apr 2025

News

PDS strategy is paying dividends

AGRICULTURE Victoria producer demonstration sites (PDS) in the northern Mallee have been working to increase lambs weaned by five to 10 per cent using strategies such as pregnancy scanning, nutrition management, optimising joining length, and...

25 Apr 2025

Livestock

Open call to offer best practices

IF any meat producers in northwest Victoria or southwest New South Wales want to run a local project to improve their enterprises, they have until May 12 to apply for producer demonstration sites (PDS) funding. The PDS open call – for projects to...

25 Apr 2025

North West Farmer

Look often for pests

AS a grower, you’ve probably seen and controlled more pests than me, your agronomist and your rural supplier combined. Our job is to offer insights and details on reducing losses while increasing your production of very desirable citrus fruit. My...

25 Apr 2025

Machinery

Poultry Pro ready to roll

YOU could buy a lot of Easter eggs with Dieci’s industry leading $5000 cashback on its Poultry Pro 30.7 telehandler. But it’s for a very limited time – you’ve only got until April 30 to get your order in (and you can check it all out at...

25 Apr 2025

Livestock

How to get the most out of your ewe

WITH demand for mutton across northwest Victoria going through the roof, AWI extension specialist James Tyson is pointing at reproductive performance as the cornerstone of long-term performance and profitability. Mr Tyson told North West Farmer...

25 Apr 2025

Opinion

Preserving the Anzac’s legacy

IT’S Easter again. Seems like Christmas was only last week. But more importantly, for me, next week it’s also Anzac Day. And before you put your foot right in it, please don’t tell me how excited you are to have so many public holidays running back...

25 Apr 2025

North West Farmer

AgVic urges for animal health

OWNERS and/or people in charge of livestock have a responsibility for ensuring the health and welfare needs of their livestock and animals are met. And recent seizures on properties across rural Victoria show the message still isn’t being clearly...

25 Apr 2025

North West Farmer

Farmers call to abandon levy

IT’S a sad reality Victorian farmers, families, and small business owners are once again in the firing line of another poorly conceived government tax proposal, this time the proposed expansion of the emergency services...

18 Apr 2025