Farming and Environment
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MDBA look at ways to open up the Choke
THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is investigating ways to remove a “sand slug” that continues to reduce the volume of water getting through the Barmah–Millewa…
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Fears AdBlue supply could be exhausted
DIESEL additive AdBlue is currently undergoing a supply crisis, with some predictions that the national supply could be exhausted as early as February next year.…
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Better freight roads needed for harvest
MANANGATANG farmer and Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) grains councillor for Northern Mallee Chris Plant is concerned about roads not being gazetted, even while the harvest…
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A HUNDRED YEARS OF HERITAGE: The Murphy family celebrates a century of farming
THE Murphy family at Kooloonong, one of the last remaining fourth generation dryland farming families in the region, is celebrating 100 years of being on…
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No pain in growing grain
THE GrainCorp network recorded its biggest week of receivals of the season so far, surpassing eight million tonnes, as growers harvest their biggest crops on…
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Extension on mouse bait rebates until 2022
MICE bait rebates for farmers, small businesses and households have been extended into 2022, the NSW Government has announced. Primary producers will also now be…
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Calder chuffed with results
LOCAL business Calder Permaculture has been giving back to the environment, long before the most recent Glasgow Climate Change Summit. Synonymous with carbon cycling, the…
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Sustained rain needed in Mallee
VICTORIA’S storages are at the highest levels they have been in nine years thanks to good falls across the state. However, after another year of…
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Seedlings ready to grow
THE Swan Hill Library is planting the seed for future green thumbs in the region with their new seed borrowing section. Councillors Bill Moar and…
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Caring for Country with ancient knowledge
The team from the Barapa Land & Water Council have been very busy of late continuing to rejuvenate local land and pass on Indigenous knowledge…
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