Farming and Environment
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Algae alert for stock water
RECENT flooding, combined with warmer weather conditions, has produced favourable conditions for blue-green algae to thrive in farm water supplies and standing floodwaters. Agriculture Victoria…
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Be mindful of harvest fire risk
THE Country Fire Authority has warned farmers to take care with their upcoming harvesting, especially after significant rain this year. While rainfall and flooding activity…
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River risk at start of Murray Cod season
THE fishing community may need to hit the road to participate in the re-opening of Murray Cod season. Murray Cod season is closed between September…
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Labour, housing action needed
WITH rental properties in Mildura scarce and labour hard to recruit, Citrus Australia has asked Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to appoint a Commissioner of Horticultural…
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Budget money for ‘environmental targets’ spark buyback fears
IRRIGATORS are concerned the Federal Government has taken another step toward water buybacks after it allocated undisclosed funding for “environmental targets”. The unspecified sum was…
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Methane pledge ‘won’t hit herd sizes’
THE federal Agriculture Minister says farmers will not be subject to taxes to reduce livestock emissions after the Commonwealth Government signed the global pledge to…
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Team effort to save fish in blackwater
THE Swan Hill district is taking matters into its own hands and pockets by raising funds to build aerators to save oxygen-starved fish and crays…
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Ag visa harvest ‘relief’
THE Federal Government will reportedly honour the Agriculture Visa agreement with Vietnam, paving the way for farmers to hire ahead of harvest. A Senate Estimates…
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Contending with flood and rain
WAKOOL ricegrower Michael Chalmers planned 600 hectares of rice this season – and reckons he has done well to get 320ha sown. He also has…
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‘Line in the sand’ for water recovery
MURRAY-Darling Basin water ministers must “draw a line in the sand” and return water by “proven methods”, says the chief executive of Environment Victoria, after…
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