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  • Low rain not yet dire on the plains

    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…

  • Project to deck the hall at Carwarp

    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…

  • Crays homeward bound

    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…

  • Government calls time on labour solutions

    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…

  • Help available for subsoil decisions

    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…

  • Mallee growth spurt to flatten out

    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…

  • Inside our farm: Lachy McClelland

    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…

  • Dangers of FMD never far away

    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…

  • Wanted: farmers wanting wives (or husbands)

    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…

  • Funds for threatened birds

    Funds for threatened birds

    A SUCCESSFUL funding application will allow a project that aims to educate people on the conservation of the Mallee emu-wren and other threatened native birds…

  • Pulling handbrake on frost damage

    Pulling handbrake on frost damage

    A THREE-year program managed by Mallee Sustainable Farming to help growers offset the impact of frost has provided new tools, strategies and support networks to…

  • Plant industries united against biosec levy

    Plant industries united against biosec levy

    Citrus Australia chief executive and Plant Industry Forum chair Nathan Hancock has unreservedly condemned the proposed federal Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL) as a flawed process…

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