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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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Government calls time on labour solutions
BASED in Mildura, MADEC Australia says the agricultural and horticultural industries needing a steady supply of seasonal and/or short-term labour are about to hit a…
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Help available for subsoil decisions
GRAIN growers across north-west Victoria who might be considering subsoil amelioration on their farms can now go to Agriculture Victoria’s new dedicated webpage and support…
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Mallee growth spurt to flatten out
A decade of unprecedented and unbroken growth in the value of farmland across northwest Victoria – and the rest of the country – is running…
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Inside our farm: Lachy McClelland
Despite being flat out sowing at the time of this interview, Birchip Cropping Group member, and fifth-generation farmer, Lachy McClelland still took time out to…
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Dangers of FMD never far away
Although Australia is currently free from foot and mouth disease (FMD), it is considered one of our greatest biosecurity risks and an incursion would have…
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Wanted: farmers wanting wives (or husbands)
The Farmer Wants a Wife wants five farmers who, well, want wives. Or husbands. For the 2025 show. Eureka Productions, the company behind the hit…
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