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Snails head for the potholes
SPRING is just around the corner in the vineyard and it’s very evident – the crows are busily conducting renovations to their nests. The pigeons…
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Greg’s on target – against the odds
KIM LE and ANDREW MOLE IT took a long time, almost a lifetime, but Greg Hipwell finally made it – first to the Grand American…
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Thieves, vandals, rats and beer
RATS! I was perplexed as to why, in a dairy with grain so readily available, as much as a rodent could ever want, they insist…
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Get around these blokes
Two of Australia’s gun utility dog trial superstars – Adam James and Gary White – will be the headline acts at the 2023 Victorian Utility…
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Clock ticks in VFF coup bid
The Victorian Farmers Federation is formally on notice – it has been served with valid resolutions calling for an extraordinary general meeting of members to…
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Urea shortage critical
MILDURA Ag Supplies broadacre commercial manager Geoff Morris says global forces have impacted on the supply of urea, leaving local broadacre producers critically short as…
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Birchip move a success for spare parts manager
Josh Hamilton – Horsham born and bred – was happily minding his own business working in spare parts with a local agricultural supplies company. When…
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Grain growers launch fresh VFF coup bid
THE grain grower revolution is ready to stage its second assault on the Victorian Farmers Federation to remove president Emma Germano from her role and…
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GRDC sinks $1 billion into research, development and extension
One of Australia’s leading research investors, the Grains Research and Development Corporation, has announced it will invest more than $1 billion in the next five…
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The Minters at Red Cliffs did not have all their eggs in the one basket – farming asparagus, citrus and almonds.
The Minter family at Red Cliffs have not relied on one crop – they are farming asparagus, citrus and almonds. But the rise of Mexican…
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Knowledge on farm expansion
FARM expansion is on the cards in the next five years for Tandarra farmer James Taylor, “but we don’t know what that looks like yet”,…
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Wheat can weather disease risk
The immediate news might not be the best you have heard lately, but with a normal spring it will all quickly fade away. However, Agriculture…
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