Farming and Environment
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Hay Plains’ role in energy transition
THE Hay Plains is proving to be an important and emerging region for growth in the Australia’s wind farm industry, with the Wilan Energy Park…
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Return of La Nina now at alert level
THE likelihood of La Niña returning in spring will increase to around three times the normal risk, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The Bureau…
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Moves to prepare for disease outbreak
NEW portable sample testing and mobile incident centres are among a suite of work that the Victorian Government is delivering to bolster the state’s response…
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Studs ready to be showed
THE Swan Hill District Agricultural and Pastoral Society will host their inaugural cattle show this weekend, in a move away from tradition. Some of Victoria’s…
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High flows, wet outlook drive water strategies
FULL water storages combined with a 50 per cent chance of another La Nina in 2022-23 are driving management strategies in the River Murray System…
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Parks fishing ban bid rejected
VICTORIAN Fishing Minister Sonya Kilkenny has been forced to back-pedal on a proposal giving government bureaucrats the power to ban recreational fishing in Kerang Regional…
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Fruit fly fight starts now
PEOPLE are being urged to put up their traps now to avoid a rise in Queensland fruit fly numbers when spring arrives. Fruit Fly Murray…
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New partners keep pace with innovative farmers
ADVERTORIAL WITH a combined 108 years of experience in the farm machinery game, machinery dealer group O’Connors and sprayer manufacturer Croplands share a passion for…
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Shed protects stock and business’s future
THEY are the future of the business and underpin profitability for years to come. So, it’s no surprise that one Swan Hill dairy farmer has…
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Harvesting rules’dire for Lakes’
THE NSW Government has approved water-sharing plans that will license floodplain harvesting in the northern Murray-Darling Basin, but an ecologist has warned of dire consequences…










