Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts
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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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Putting squeeze on seeds
A PRIVATE orchard in Red Cliffs is vying to introduce a new variety of seedless lemon and seedless late-season mandarin trees to the market. Business…
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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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Growers deal with avocado market dips and rises
IT’S not exactly bringing home the bacon, but Barham avocado growers Katrina and Tim Myers have started harvesting their Bacon trees ahead of the serious…
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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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Alarm bells on crop threats
THIS month, Josh Fanning started seeing all the wrong things, way too soon, in pulse crops around the Mallee and Wimmera – especially botrytis. Dr…
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