Farming and Environment
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Water recovery target ‘hard’
FEDERAL Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says meeting water recovery targets before the June 2024 deadline of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan may be difficult, but any…
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Push back against water theft
RURAL water supplier Lower Murray Water has warned customers that it’s focused on water compliance and will penalise water theft. In addition to managing the…
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On track for near-record harvest
AUSTRALIA is on track to harvest a near-record winter grain crop of 61.9 million tonnes, according to Rabobank’s 2022/23 Australian Winter Crop Forecast. But what…
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Flow tracker 18-10-2022
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Weeks of floods
THE Murray River could experience flooding into late November, Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner has warned. Andrew Crisp told ABC Radio yesterday morning that floodwaters were…
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Mallee hay hopes diminish after rain
THE region’s high hopes of a record hay season have diminished, with farmers unable to catch a break in the weather to bale crops. The…
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Delays ‘risk river’s future’
AN ENVIRONMENTAL advocate has called on the Victorian Government to get serious about its Basin Plan commitments and avoid pushing for any extension to the…
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Recycle pilot in last weeks
GROWERS have two weeks to offload their plastics for free and save money on landfill costs, says the project manager of a pilot recycling program…
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Stay on alert for wet weather
DESPITE a tornado warning and 35mm of rainfall last week, Swan Hill SES unit controller Darren Barnes said they had no calls for help or…
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New flood warning as rain toll mounts
A MINOR flood warning has been issued for the Murray River downstream of Barham to Wentworth, as the impact of relentless rain continues to mount.…
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