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Dryland Farming
North West Farmer

When it comes to carbon, not all soils are the soils you think

MALLEE Sustainable Farming has been funded for a project to promote action to optimise or increase soil carbon in southwest NSW. Soil carbon is a hot topic in agriculture, but what does it really mean for farmers in low-rainfall areas such as...

22 Nov 2024
Dryland Farming

Dont get wild about oats, get their measure

WIDESPREAD across most of Victoria, wild oats are a common weed of cereal crops, pastures, roadsides and waste places, including the margins of swamps, lakes and streams. The Mallee – like most Victorian cropping areas – is confronted with weed...

21 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Why Wyndham Station is no carbon copy of a pipedream

People are pretty pragmatic out in the pastoral country. It’s big country which can have big problems – but also big rewards. Where no day, season or year is ever the same. Right now at Wyndham Station, on the anabranch, north of Wentworth, it’s...

20 Nov 2024
Dryland Farming

Free spray day for Mallee farmers

NATIONAL peak industry body GrainGrowers are teaming up with the Birchip Cropping Group to stage a free spray application for Mallee producers on Tuesday. The workshop will be headed by Craig Day from Spray Safe & Save, who has been running spray...

09 Nov 2024
Dryland Farming

Farming a fair-dinkum balancing business

THERE was a critical message for participants at the 2024 Birchip Cropping Group’s Main Field Day at Nullawil, south of Robinvale, this week. Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre chief economist Professor Ross Kingwell told them “the most...

19 Oct 2024
News

Grain handlers dispute escalates

THIS year’s Victorian harvest could be thrown into disarray as grain handlers at GrainCorp sites in NSW vote on whether to down tools over a pay dispute. Australian Workers’ Union said industrial action was at play after negotiations broke down...

19 Oct 2024
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Get set for harvest

IT’S almost time for ready, set, harvest, across the Mallee and there’s a golden opportunity just around the corner to make sure you don’t miss a single grain this season. A Birchip Cropping Group pre-harvest workshop on October 15...

05 Oct 2024
North West Farmer

Trial visits a ripping time

MALLEE Sustainable Farming has picked a very good time for its current trials on strategies to get crops through a dry year. Because by and large, that’s exactly what it got in large slabs of its footprint. Ouyen’s long-term average rainfall is...

20 Sep 2024
Dryland Farming

Nip crop rust in the bud

IF you thought rust decisions were all about rain in your crop, think again. Heat is just as big a problem. Industry guru Dr Grant Holloway will be explaining where it can all go wrong when he attends the annual Birchip Cropping Group Main Field Day...

06 Sep 2024
North West Farmer

Growers talk grain opportunities

MALLEE graingrowers and agronomists this week got the chance to deliver their message to the industry’s biggest investor in research and development. The Grains Research and Development Corporation staged one of its grower network forums at...

23 Aug 2024
North West Farmer

Mallee, Wimmera buck poor sales trend

THE Mallee and Wimmera are the only shining light in Victorian farm values at the moment, according to the latest Elders Rural Property Report. It states prices across Victoria took a step backwards during the first part of 2024 as seasonal...

22 Aug 2024
Dryland Farming

Everything you need to know about hay or silage contract

IF you need a contractor to make your hay or silage, getting the job done right has never been more important. The Australian Fodder Industry Association has produced, in consultation with its members, including several contractors, a guide to...

21 Aug 2024
North West Farmer

CCDM makes advances in detecting fungicide resistence

MALLEE graingrowers will welcome news researchers at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management have developed a new method for detecting fungicide resistance, enabling them to identify multiple mutations, both known and novel, in just one test. For...

17 Aug 2024
News

Rising rates an issue for broadacre farmers

MILDURA-based agribusiness financial specialist Janine McLean has said a recent Regional Investment Corporation (RIC) announcement of another rate rise is hardly likely to be greeted with open arms by the region’s primary producers. The Agri Plus...

10 Aug 2024
Machinery

Check machines for fire risk

NORTH WEST FARMERFOLLOWING 45 header fires during harvest season in the far north-west of Victoria, fire authorities are reminding grain growers to make machinery maintenance and hygiene a priority. While fires in cropping paddocks during harvest...

10 Aug 2024
Farming and Environment

MSF lands a big hitter

MALLEE Sustainable Farming has just added one of agricultural Australia’s heavy hitters to its board, but no-one is sure who was the most ­surprised. Dr Sean Mason when he was invited, or MSF when he accepted. Recognised as one of the country’s...

21 Jul 2024
News

Low rain not yet dire on the plains

ERRATIC rainfalls across the northwest of Victoria are still below long-term rainfall averages but local croppers are not hitting the panic button just yet. Mildura’s average July rainfall is 24.5mm with only 3.6mm recorded so far. It was 7mm down...

12 Jul 2024