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Friday, November 22, 2024

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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...

22 hours ago
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
North West Farmer

App pins down pesticide resistance

A new data visualisation tool can display the distribution and severity of pesticide resistance across Australia, enabling growers and agronomists to make better, data-driven crop management decisions relevant to their region. The Pesticide...

20 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

There are very few who are busier

When it comes to Sunraysia horticulture, no matter how big the business, much of it is incredibly reliant on one of the smallest inputs available. The bee. More precisely, the incredibly efficient and effective European honeybee (Apis mellifera).Which...

18 Nov 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Poh, Murray add almonds glitz

NEW Australian Almonds ambassador Poh Ling Yeow will add an element of glitz as the industry pushes hard to increase its market share this year. The Almond Board of Australia has gone nuts about her appointment and the high-profile celebrity chef...

18 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Look out for grain trains

ROAD users during harvest are advised to exercise caution at level crossings and while sharing the road with trucks and heavy vehicles. During this year’s harvest, four return grain services will run per week on the Murray Basin line from...

18 Nov 2024
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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
North West Farmer

Citrus growers renew sweet deal

KEY industry representation and lobby group, Citrus Australia, has announced an extended deal with a multi-national food technology company. Confirmed mid-last week, TOMRA Food will continue as a major corporate partner with the...

09 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Mobiles guide to pest reporting

PLANT Health Australia has launched its revamped Growers Guide to Pest Reporting and Responses course on the Biosecurity Online Training platform. This newly updated, mobile-friendly course is designed to fit seamlessly into the busy lives of...

09 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Keeping your finger on pulses

ANYONE in the Mallee growing pulses and wanting to get a bigger bang for their buck will want to be at the pulse field day being held at Rupanyup on Wednesday next weekAgriculture Victoria, Frontier Farming Systems and Grains Research &...

09 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Watering down growth practices

DESPITE all the progress across the generations, the search continues for a better way to maximise the use of water and cereal yield potential in low and medium-rainfall zones, such as the Mallee, to help grain growers in these regions achieve new...

20 Oct 2024
North West Farmer

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, the only son of Robinvale growers Trevor and Clare Jury was promoted...

20 Oct 2024
Innovation

Why tracking data is the pathway to growth

ANDREW MOLEINSERO founder Greg Guyette is another technology provider who believes one of agriculture’s biggest challenges continues to be change. The US-based precision agriculture advocate was in Australia for the Australian Almond Conference in...

20 Oct 2024
North West Farmer

Almond conference signals lifting world profile

TIM JACKSONChief executiveAlmond Board of AustraliaA RECORD crowd of 600 attended the Australian Almond Conference at the Adelaide Convention Centre this month for the biennial industry opportunity for networking and industry education. Our...

20 Oct 2024
News

Bee part of strategy

THE quest for a national pollination strategy for Australia has taken a significant step forward with the announcement of a $1 million grant from The Ian Potter Foundation. The grant has been awarded to a collaboration led by the Wheen Bee...

20 Oct 2024
Livestock

Kerang group dominates prime lamb competition

THE annual Swan Hill Show Prime Lamb Hoof & Hook competition has unveiled one championship success story, but the final results will not be available until next week. Kerang’s D.I. Gitsham grabbed the prizes in the Heavy Prime and...

20 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