Farming and Environment
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With eye on the sky going forward with sowing
JOHN Ferrier reckons if you can’t read a book by its cover, you can’t always judge a paddock by its topsoil either. Which is why…
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Farmers unconvinced by mine claims
NOLA Bennett’s family has been farming at Lalbert for more than 130 years but she fears the family tradition will soon come to an end…
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Cultivating futures: Free mentor program for young farmers!
Young farmers are encouraged to register for Agriculture Victoria’s ‘Cultivating Futures in Farming’ Mentor Program. Agriculture recovery officer Tanya Dobrijevic said the free program will…
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Funding flows back to Vic
IRRIGATORS and farmers have been pleased to hear the announcement from the federal government that it will reinstate funding for key water engineering projects along…
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Concern over closure of Goulburn Murray Water’s Swan Hill depot
SWAN Hill dairy farmer Lindsay Rogers is concerned the closure of Goulburn Murray Water’s Swan Hill depot will result in the further decline of the…
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Cattle prices on the rise
A QUALITY yarding attracted strong demand at the most recent Swan Hill cattle market, where all prices rose due to competition. Eyes were on Thursday’s…
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Farmer now wants resilience
SOMEWHERE in the Mallee between Berriwillock and Culgoa, Will Simpson has been a headline sensation in The Guardian for the past two years as one…
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‘Realism’ on tariff win
CHINA has ended the punitive 200 per cent tariff on Australian wines which has crippled the grapegrowing and winemaking industry for the past three years.…
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Voices silenced on Basin facts
A LACK of balance in media reporting may have harmed public perception of environmental water allocations in the Murray-Darling – and Indigenous custodians barely get…
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Firewood season open until July
FIREWOOD can be collected for personal use in state forests until June 30. Domestic firewood supply in state forests is provided from fallen trees and…
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