News
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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…
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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…
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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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Grants to fight pests
COMMUNITY groups have been awarded grants to help protect their farms and local environment from the threat of weeds and pest. Victorian Agriculture Minister Ros…
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China reversal welcome but not a quick fix
IT’S unanimous, according to the Australian wine industry. But where we go from here is anyone’s guess. Because China’s decision late last month to suddenly…
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Solar the solution at AFS
AUSTRALIAN Farming Services (AFS) might be growing lots of almonds, but it’s also harvesting the sun to drive operations at its Cadell and Canally orchards,…
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Workshops in drip monitoring and interpreting soil moisture
Northwest Victorian farmers can make the most of the water on their properties thanks to two education courses. A drip monitoring and maintenance course will…
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Farmer now wants resilience
SOMEWHERE in the Mallee between Berriwillock and Culgoa, Will Simpson has been a headline sensation in The Guardian for the past two years as one of…
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Peter Coady’s roar talents
GROWING up as a kid on a farm, we didn’t get a lot of visitors, so it was always a red-letter day when the stock…
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Neale Bennett: From Dried Fruits to Almonds – A Story of Adaptation and Resilience
MERBEIN almond grower Neale Bennett reckons he is ahead of schedule in this year’s harvest. And he’s not just talking about the two, 21-acre blocks…
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Truck tax a ‘cash grab’ – VFF
THE Victorian Farmers Federation says a Victorian Government tax reportedly proposed for truck movements at the Port of Melbourne would be a “blatant cash-grab”. President…
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Beating the olive bug
By Ion Staunton Entomologist, Pestech Australia AS a grower, I reckon you have good reason to be happy if your olive grove is way out…
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