Farming and Environment
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Winery heading for crushing win
PEACE and quiet are the last things to be found find at Andrew Peace Wines between now and early May. Starting with a 200-tonne crush…
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Duck hunt survey is quackery
THE Sporting Shooters Association of Australia has slammed animal rights and welfare organisations for using “crude” data that “falsely infers that banning duck hunting would…
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Dalton to test SA waters
MEMBER for Murray Helen Dalton is heading to South Australia on a “fact-finding mission”, wanting to investigate some of the controversies surrounding the Murray-Darling Basin…
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VFF pan mine process
THE Victorian Farmers Federation says farming communities are being prevented from participating in the process for assessing the environmental risk of mining and energy projects,…
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Farmers face price hit
FARMERS are considering leaving the industry, according to a survey by industry body AusVeg. Last year, 34 per cent of Australian vegetable growers were considering…
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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…
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Grassland observers help to keep Victorians safe
THE Country Fire Authority is calling on residents in north-west Victoria to become “citizen scientists” to help contribute critical information about the state’s fire risk.…
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Planning helps drought adaptation, says report
DROUGHT should be considered a constant feature of farming in north-west Victoria, according to a Mallee consultation report. The Mallee Regional Innovation Centre recently launched…
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VFF numbers on the decline
VICTORIAN Farmers Federation membership has collapsed by almost 25 per cent in just two years according to figures contained in the peak agricultural body’s annual…
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VFF rebels’ court bit fails
THE Federal Court has finally handed down its decision on whether a rebel group of former Victorian Farmers Federation grains group presidents can force an…
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