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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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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