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King Rat

Some people run screaming into the night if they run into a rat, but Heath Verhey is seeing rodents in a whole new light – he has started farming them. You might have a few rats in your backyard, from time to time, but Heath has thousands and...

22 hours ago
Livestock

The need for correct feed is real

WHEN sourcing supplementary feed for your livestock, there are two key issues to consider before purchasing a seemingly cheaper feed: feed testing and commodity declarations. You need to know exactly what you are getting. This will ensure that the...

22 hours ago
North West Farmer

Making hay when the sun shines - too much

LOW rainfall in winter and spring in many districts across northwest Victoria, and in the southern Mallee, has made it harder to produce good quality hay this season. However, once it has been made it’s important to store it to minimise yield and...

22 Dec 2024
North West Farmer

Understanding the complexity of simple, traditional farming

North West Farmer caught up with a globetrotting farmer turned writer who has been Down Under this month on holiday, on a book promotion, exploring our farming systems – and giving an interview to us. IT’S so thick, you could cut the Cumbrian...

22 Dec 2024
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Grinches have put the boots in early this Christmas

AS we try and look towards a quiet day or two over the festive period, we grapegrowers are reminded of the Grinches of the wine industry, who have waited until the money has been spent on growing a crop before just now releasing the low prices which...

21 Dec 2024
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Mature fleabane control a focus at BCG Trials Review Day

MATURE fleabane will go under the industry microscope at the Birchip Cropping Group early next year. The peak research group will stage a trial review day on Friday, February 21, at the Birchip Community Leisure Centre. When BCG research agronomist...

21 Dec 2024
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Dryland Farming

Spray warnings - get the drift

GRAIN Producers Australia is urging growers to be alert, vigilant and proactive, to maintain high standards for pesticide application, and protect crops from spray drift damage. GPA’s timely warning comes after Cotton Australia recently raised...

21 Dec 2024
Dairy

Life is, or might be, coming up chocolates or tea towels

HOW is the new Coles supermarket deal going? It’s too early to tell, but what I do know is we probably, in fact definitely, were not ready to mix it with the big boys. So we will fake it ’til we make it (but please just keep that under your hat...

21 Dec 2024
Environment

Experts chuffed about chaff research

CONCERNS chaff lines generated by harvest weed seed control programs might increase the risk of crop damage from pests have been allayed through new research. Researchers investigated the diversity of invertebrate populations in southern region...

21 Dec 2024
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Hosking takes top job at VFF

QUAMBATOOK mixed farmer and industry leader Brett Hosking is the new president of the Victorian Farmers Federation while Peter Star – who has been the VFF Livestock vice-president since 2022 – has been elected as deputy. The current...

20 Dec 2024
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Harvest 2024: it never rains but it pours

LIKE many other graingrowers, Victorian Farmers Federation grains council president and Millewa broadacre cropper Craig Henderson admits this harvest could have been a lot worse. But it certainly could have been a lot better. And he said looking...

20 Dec 2024
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Free water analysis to maximise herbicide performance

AS fast as croppers across northwest Victoria have been getting headers off paddocks in the past week, they have been bringing out the spray rigs to try and clean up paddocks. With spectacular unseasonal rainfalls through October and November – in...

20 Dec 2024
North West Farmer

Key bee team hits the road

A NATIONWIDE effort to manage varroa mite in beehives has entered a new phase with with authorities building on a move from a strategy of eradication to control of the pest. The increased effort comes after the mite was detected in June 2022 vi...

20 Dec 2024
Dryland Farming

Wheat falling number may improve after storage

GRAINGROWERS generally experience anxiety when the falling number test machine comes out at harvest, but new preliminary research findings suggest wheat falling number test results could improve with time in storage. This research explored the...

20 Dec 2024
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Nationals condemn soaring fire services levy

TREASURER Tim Pallas’ announcement of significant increases in the emergency services and volunteers fund (ESVF) have been condemned by the opposition parties as a blatant tax grab. Last week Mr Pallas said from July 1 next year the ESVF would...

20 Dec 2024
North West Farmer

Focus on learning drought’s lessons

A SMALL army of the scientists and researchers who will help drive the agricultural future of the Mallee brought a focus on drought when they recently visited the region. The visit was part of the launch of the latest Mallee Regional Innovation...

16 Dec 2024
North West Farmer

Elders eyeing a Delta deal

THE Mallee and north-west Victoria’s leading agricultural agency business is about to go through its biggest shake-up in decades. Adelaide-based Elders only needs an ACCC rubber stamp early next year to formalise its $475 million...

26 Nov 2024