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Farming and Environment
Farming and Environment

Keep saleyards running

WOODWARD Foods, which operates northwest Victoria’s last large-scale abattoir, has gone public in what it believes is a fight for the future of the Swan Hill Livestock Exchange. The company has as many as 300 staff on its payroll – plus seasonal...

28 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Crop density controls weeds

CROP competition is one of the cheapest and most broad-spectrum weed control tactics broadacre grain growers can deploy without compromising yield. There are six ways to give the crop a competitive edge – the easiest and often the cheapest is to...

28 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Bird breeding boom signals lakes health

A MAJOR bird breeding event underway at two lakes near Robinvale has been described at “unprecedented” by the head of a regional environmental water authority. The event, taking place at lakes Powell and Carpul, about five...

23 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Open call to offer best practices

IF any meat producers in northwest Victoria or southwest New South Wales want to run a local project to improve their enterprises, they have until May 12 to apply for producer demonstration sites (PDS) funding. The PDS open call – for projects to...

20 Apr 2025
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13 Feb 2020
Farming and Environment

Tariffs could be nuts to almond growers

CALIFORNIA’S dreaming if it thinks Donald Trump’s savage wave of tariffs, threatened tariffs and paused tariffs is going to keep the Sunraysia’s almond growers out of its traditional markets. Especially China, where its 25 per cent...

20 Apr 2025
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Farming and Environment

Nominations open for new Field Days award

THE Australian dried fruit industry is calling for nominations to recognise the individuals who have built and progressed the industry. The industry’s peak body, Dried Fruits Australia (DFA), will introduce a new award – the Industry Contribution...

20 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Skills training about life on the land

WOMEN way out west in New South Wales – somewhere beyond the crossroads of mainstream communities – have been given an intensive leadership skills training program targeting farming women in the Wentworth-Pooncarie districts. Beyond...

14 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Bugs getting the chop

FOR leading Australian citrus grower and exporter Darren Minter of Iraak’s Minter Magic, several months of complete pest control ensures his export pack-out consistently meets China’s strict first-grade protocol. The...

13 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Campfire ignites creativity

MALLEE Conservation staff will host an event in the bush next month with the aim of allowing people to participate in creative and environmental activities. Nature Connect will be held at Raakajlim, a property managed by Mallee Conservation, located...

11 Apr 2025
News

High tech gate allows wetland recovery

LAKE Gol Gol has received an environmental lifeline, as water is now flowing into it from Gol Gol North Creek. A newly installed telemetric flume gate was used for the first time on March 17, and has pushed 250 megalitres of water into the wetlands...

11 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Tree planting effort good to grow

SIX streets in Mildura and Red Cliffs will have new trees planted on their nature strips in the coming months as part of a municipal initiative. Known as the Cool It Street Program, Mildura Rural City Council officers are aiming to improve...

10 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Citrus tariffs leave a sour taste

THE peak industry body looking after the citrus sector has expressed disappointment at a recent decision by the US Government to place a 10 per cent tariff on most Australian exports. Citrus Australia CEO Nathan Hancock said the move impacts years of...

08 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Hydrogen plant backers call for action

PROPONENTS of a proposed hydrogen production facility in Sunraysia say the future is “looking bright” for the region in becoming a hub of clean energy innovation. BlueGas Technologies is aiming to become Australia’s premier energy-from-waste...

12 Mar 2025
Farming and Environment

Farmers frustrated at federal decisions

FARMERS in northwest Victoria are ricocheting from the Federal Budget to the Federal Election – and not too many of them are happy about how either one is going. Issues such as the instant asset write-off, diesel rebate, and transport and energy...

06 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Government app allows stock feed comparison

THE New South Wales Government have advised livestock producers across the Far West region to make use of the Drought Feed Calculator app to ensure they are purchasing the most cost-effective feed options for their stock. A spokesperson from Local...

06 Apr 2025
Farming and Environment

Hook, line and stocking

FISHERMEN across New South Wales have been encouraged to have a say on where they’d like to see their favourite freshwater fish stocked. As part of the effort, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development staff are seeking feedback...

04 Apr 2025