Farming and Environment
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Labor restores 450GL target
WATER and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has committed to returning 450GL of water per year to the environment and to deliver the Murray Darling Basin…
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Gauging a community’s fortunes
Sea Lake rainfall facts Rainfall records at the Sea Lake post office date back to July 1896. The wettest year on record was 1973, when…
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GrainGrowers seeks talks with new minister
STRENGTHENING critical input supply chains, securing and sustaining market access growth and overhauling Australia’s freight and logistics system will be key priorities for GrainGrowers when…
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Worker drought stunting farm growth
WOOD Wood organic vegetable growers Adam and Kellie Farley have two sons – Tao, 11, and Nyran, 5 – and four foster children. Adam can’t…
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Finding good homes for ‘fugly’ food
SYDNEY social enterprise Good & Fugly has delivered a lifeline to a Swan Hill farmer whose produce is being rejected by supermarket giants for failing…
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$5.5m fund supports future farmers
CREATING capable farmers of the future has become a priority of the Victorian Government, announcing the Secondary Schools Agriculture Fund (SSAF) last week with the…
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Pelicans set for our skies
YOUNG pelicans may soon test out their wings and visit north-west Victoria following a huge breeding surge in regional NSW. About 30,000 pelicans recently gathered…
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$6bn growth tip for water rights
THE market value of water entitlements in NSW could increase by more than $6 billion in the next five years, according to a report commissioned…
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Time to take back Yanga
THE NSW Government’s shocking neglect of Yanga National Park is a great loss for our region. The Park once housed a glorious pastoral station, with…
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Landfill turned into composting site
THE former Ultima landfill site will be transformed into a unique composting facility under a Swan Hill Council-led trial. Engineering strategic projects manager Peter Ross…
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