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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

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Farming and Environment
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Water report tells deeper story

A REPORT prepared with the aim of better understanding climate-related risks at Margooya Lagoon in the Robinvale Plains bioregion has combined First Nations knowledge and hydrological analysis. The Tati Tati Purinya Kaiejin Marnmarnepu Report (Tati...

24 Nov 2024
Business

Elders eyeing a Delta deal

THE Mallee and north-west Victoria’s leading agricultural agency business is about to go through its biggest shake-up in decades. Adelaide-based Elders only needs an ACCC rubber stamp early next year to formalise its $475 million...

24 Nov 2024
Farming and Environment

Keep up fruit fly fight, urge growers

FRUIT growers in northern Victoria will meet the agriculture minister next week to urge the government to continue funding the fight against Queensland fruit fly. Representatives from Fruit Growers Victoria will discuss the future of combating the...

20 Nov 2024
News

Ire at wild dog decision

CEASING of the dingo unprotection order in north west Victoria in March continues to threaten the livelihoods of livestock producers, according to the National Wild Dog Action Plan Coordination Committee. There have been several reports of producers...

17 Nov 2024
Farming and Environment

Warning as harvest heats up

WITH harvest season in full swing in some parts of the state, Victorian Country Fire Authority members are calling on farmers to be aware of the risk of conflagration in combine headers. Jack Hewitt is a hay, cereal and sheep farmer, and also a Group...

16 Nov 2024
Farming and Environment

Growers shouldn’t be made to pay

FRUIT Fly Murray Valley has conceded there was no guarantee of ongoing government funding but said growers shouldn’t pick up the bill. The Fruit Fly Murray Valley Advisory Group, made up of industry and local government representatives, has been...

14 Nov 2024
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Farming and Environment

Doubt over future fruit fly controls

EFFORTS to combat Queensland fruit fly in the region remain uncertain after the Victorian Government’s decision to terminate funding for managing the pest from June next year. A spokesperson for Agriculture Victoria said the government had invested...

13 Nov 2024
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VFF vice-president Cucinotta aims for top job

North West Farmer has profiled VFF presidential candidate Danyel Cucinotta in the second part of our coverage of this year’s elections. VICTORIAN Farmers’ Federation vice-president Danyel Cucinotta believes her four years in the role...

10 Nov 2024
Farming and Environment

Strong quality harvest underway

THE grain harvest is underway across the Swan Hill region as GrainCorp releases its third harvest update. Victorian receival sites have recorded 41,300 tonnes as of November 4.“In Victoria, deliveries are largely coming in across the northern Mallee...

10 Nov 2024
News

Crop destroyed in suspicious fire

A CROP fire at Blackwire Road on Saturday, November 2 is the latest to have occurred on the outskirts of Swan Hill since Monday, October 28. CFA District 18 Assistant Chief Fire Officer Gavin Wright said the fire spread rapidly through the standing...

08 Nov 2024
News

Hosking wants the VFF job to get farmers back on the national stage

With the election for VFF president hotting up, North West farmer is talking to the candidates. This week we meet with Brett Hosking. QUAMBATOOK mixed farmer and industry leader Brett Hosking is running for president of the VFF in a bid to...

03 Nov 2024
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VFF fears crucial soils at risk

THE Victorian Farmers Federation is urging the State Government to safeguard the state’s most strategically significant agricultural land from renewable energy development. President Emma Germano said the transition to renewable energy can’t come...

30 Oct 2024
Farming and Environment

Only line on map

PETER BANNANTHE way Quambatook farmer Brett Hosking will look to the horizon in the future is “up in the air”.A line on a map is literally all he has seen as he prepares for the inevitability of transmission powerlines stretching across his land...

27 Oct 2024
Farming and Environment

Less than ideal rain slows hay baling

FARMERS across the region have described last week’s rain as “a little bit more than ideal”, with falls of up to 98mm recorded around the region just weeks out from the start of harvest. Quambatook farmer Brett Hosking said this year’s growing...

22 Oct 2024
Farming and Environment

Hosking stands for VFF president

QUAMBATOOK grain and livestock farmer Brett Hosking has thrown his hat into the ring for president of the Victorian Farmers Federation. A former vice president of the peak farm body and respected agriculture leader and advocate, Mr...

21 Oct 2024
Farming and Environment

Grain handlers dispute escalates

THIS year’s Victorian harvest could be thrown into disarray as grain handlers at GrainCorp sites in NSW vote on whether to down tools over a pay dispute. Australian Workers’ Union said industrial action was at play after negotiations broke down...

21 Oct 2024
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Bee part of strategy

THE quest for a national pollination strategy for Australia has taken a significant step forward with the announcement of a $1 million grant from The Ian Potter Foundation. The grant has been awarded to a collaboration led by the Wheen Bee...

20 Oct 2024