Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts
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Fiery warning about the harvest
FARMERS in – or heading into – harvest, cutting crops and hay, got a seriously expensive warning about the fire season potential when more than…
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Filling the feed gap
FILLING the late-summer and early-autumn feed gap is a constant challenge for woolgrowers in dryland farming regions such as the Mallee, north-west Victoria and south-west…
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Woolgrowers aim for $25m sale
MOULAMEIN’S Shippen family, one of Australia’s largest woolgrowers, is culling as much as $25 million worth of blue-ribbon Western District land from its portfolio. The…
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Growers can fight frost risk
NORTHERN Victorian grain growers have a suite of new resources to help them prepare for late frosts and a potential dry finish to the growing…
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Nudges can boost carbon farming uptake
RESEARCHERS examining the economic and psychological influences on decision-making have found that just a handful of shared success stories about carbon farming would convince many…
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Almond map’s crucial insights
SPATIAL mapping has been used to identify every almond orchard in Australia. The new planting data features in the Almond Board of Australia’s annual Almond…
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Calls for wine support as China tariffs deadline looms
By Dominic Giannini AUSTRALIA’S wine industry is in desperate need of financial support even if China moves to strip punitive tariffs, the opposition says. The…
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Farmland Market Insights: A Tightening Grip on Land Ownership and Blue-Ribbon Prices
By Liv Casben FARMLAND is held more tightly than it has been for a generation, and prospective buyers are carefully reassessing purchasing decisions, but when…
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Citrus trending up again after dip
SUNRAYSIA’S citrus industry might not yet have turned the corner but, according to Citrus Australia chief executive Nathan Hancock, it definitely has its blinker on.…
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Citrus costs still high, driven by labour
AS IF its running battle with bad weather isn’t enough, the citrus industry’s costs remain high as the sector has to contend with rising production…
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Citrus concern over buybacks
CITRUS Australia chief executive Nathan Hancock says the peak industry body and its growers are “deeply concerned” about the buyback strategy announced for the Murray-Darling…
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Varroa mite eradication effort abandoned
AUSTRALIA’S biosecurity experts have run up the white flag and surrendered all plans of eradicating varroa mite from the national bee population. The move came…
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