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Getting into the swing of the season
GRAPEVINES are liking the recent dry weather; most varieties have completed the flowering process and are at the setting stage. Obviously if we have a…
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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…
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Barham micro abattoir set to open
BARHAM’S long-awaited multi-species micro abattoir is expected to be operational within months, if not weeks. Producer driven to fill a glaring gap in the processing…
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Super changes to hit farmers with assets in SMSF
FARMERS are on the warpath over Canberra’s proposed superannuation changes. And they are joining forces with the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia with dire…
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Nangiloc new frontline in Varroa mite fight
AGRICULTURE Victoria staff have announced the European honeybee parasite known as varroa mite has been detected for the first time in Victoria at a hive…
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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…
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Silo attention urged
A RECENT series of high-risk incidents involving the collapse of on-farm silos has put an urgent focus on grain growers to assess, and either maintain…
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Bird flu battle goes high tech
VICTORIAN authorities has turned to hi-tech in a bid to contain its avian flu outbreak, which has impacted on close to 8 per cent of…
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Pest free area status to go
THE Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area, established in 2006 to help protect local horticultural industries from Queensland fruit fly and enhance market opportunities, is to…
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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…
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Project to deck the hall at Carwarp
THE Carwarp Hall is set to receive some much-needed renovations after the awarding of a State Government grant. The Carwarp Mechanics Institute recently received just…
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Crays homeward bound
LOCALS are invited to get hands-on to release crayfish back into the Murray River in Swan Hill this Friday afternoon, July 5. OzFish and its…
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