Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

  • What AWI does for our woolgrowers

    What AWI does for our woolgrowers

    AWI chief executive John Roberts provides an overview of how it is undertaking R&D and marketing to address some of the key issues faced by…

  • Farmers toast tales of the land

    Farmers toast tales of the land

    FARMERS involved in a series of weekly interviews compiled in the publication Over the Fence were invited to celebrate its launch at the Birchip Cropping…

  • New citrus meet’s profit motive

    New citrus meet’s profit motive

    CITRUS Australia chief executive Nathan Hancock is planning to take his industry in a new direction in the new year. The first Australian Citrus Congress,…

  • Rain gives cotton a boost

    Rain gives cotton a boost

    COTTON growers have an extra spring in their step following recent rain, which is expected to boost crop yields. Cotton Australia general manager Michael Murray…

  • VFF war widens after dairyfarmers fight erupts

    VFF war widens after dairyfarmers fight erupts

    THE besieged Victorian Farmers Federation is now under attack on the dairy front. Federal Court Justice Jonathan Beach is expected to hand down his ruling…

  • Almond board ‘disappointed’

    Almond board ‘disappointed’

    THE Almond Board of Australia has gone public with its “extreme disappointment” after the Senate voted to support the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill,…

  • Making good time with belief, learning

    Making good time with belief, learning

    THE one thing farmers can’t produce is time. Barham’s Lauren Mathers often wakes up and wonders where the past seven years have gone. She has…

  • Orange benefits spruiked nationally

    Orange benefits spruiked nationally

    A SUNRAYSIA citrus grower appeared on national television to help launch Hort Innovation’s new campaign for fresh oranges. Tim Vandenberg of Timmel Ridge Estate was…

  • When rural goes wrong, Rural Aid is there

    When rural goes wrong, Rural Aid is there

    BORN from the 2015 El Nino declaration, Rural Aid started with the Buy A Bale campaign to aid drought-stricken producers. Eight years later, Rural Aid…

  • Striving for excellence

    Striving for excellence

      By Tim Jackson Almond Board of Australia chief executive THE Almond Board of Australia has this week officially taken ownership of the Almond Centre…

  • Barham abbatoir set for April start

    Barham abbatoir set for April start

    BARHAM livestock producer and advocate Lauren Mathers has returned to the board of the Murray Plains Meat Co-op, six months after standing down as its…

  • Cash in on true value of carbon

    Cash in on true value of carbon

    A LACK of professional guidance has been blamed for farms with carbon projects being mistakenly discounted in land valuations. Research by the Carbon Market Institute,…

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