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A good spraygets results
Alison MacGregor has been giving grape growers across the Sunraysia a bit of a spray lately. And it’s necessary, according to the Australian Table Grape…
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Fears bank customers will be cut off by climate
The Nationals federal leader David Littleproud says Australia’s banks will be able to cut off capital for Australian farmers if they haven’t reduced their emissions…
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Region drenched during record October
From Mildura to Kerang, towns have recorded their wettest Octobers on record. Yet as floods surged through the Murray, Loddon, Goulburn and Campaspe rivers, and…
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Nangiloc on alert as river rises
NANGILOC General Store & Tavern manager Mick Kelly commutes to work every day, but knowing locals pretty well, he has “a bit of emotion” attached…
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Emma Germano gives no confirmation on VFF run
VICTORIAN Farmers Federation president Emma Germano is leaving her supporters – and challengers – in the dark over whether she will stand again when her…
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Research focus on soil constraints
A NEW research and development project is under way to develop products to help growers map their soil constraints in three dimensions across the paddock.…
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Following the industry’s growth
It seems everyone wants – or has wanted – a piece of the Swan Hill Chemicals action. Back in the 1960s multinational Shell loved it…
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Online tool to help prepare for climate risks
Farming communities have been dealing with drought, floods, fires and other changes in the climate for a long time. But with extreme weather predicted to…
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Mallee hay hopes diminish after rain
THE region’s high hopes of a record hay season have diminished, with farmers unable to catch a break in the weather to bale crops. The…
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Working in harmony with your stock
Considering Grahame Rees had spent much of his life in the open, endless spaces of western NSW around Ivanhoe, it’s amazing how much of his…
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Prime Mallee lots for sale
Why put your foot in the door when you can have not one, but two, prime Mallee lots in the one go, through BR&C Agents…
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Born for a life on the land
Harrison Gurnett loves life on the land – and the 11-year-old primary school student isn’t just running a few chooks and the house cow. Instead…