Farming and Environment
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Fishways helping recovery
GOVERNMENT agencies are collaborating to revitalise native fish populations in the wake of last year’s floods. North Central Catchment Management Authority native fish recovery plan…
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Sowing trials spread wide
BIRCHIP Cropping Group’s main research site this year will be at Kinnabulla, 25km north-west of Birchip, on the Kinnabulla West Road. On the property of…
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Scientist explores bug link
SPANISH scientist Clara Lago, whose fascination with spittlebugs has led her from Madrid to Victoria, has been collaborating with Agriculture Victoria to research how bugs…
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Duck season debate hots up
THE 2023 duck hunting season is one week in and already both sides of the recreational activity have fired shots at each other. Hunting organisation…
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Ag land prices keep rising
THREE years of good financial performance for Australia’s farm sector is poised to fuel double-digit percentage growth in land prices for the year ahead, according…
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Hope for tariff win
QUAMBATOOK farmer Brett Hosking is hopeful that tariffs on Australian barley may soon be removed as the Australian and Chinese governments seek a resolution to…
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Water flows to lift bird life in Gunbower Forest
DID you know some juvenile waterbirds need to eat the equivalent of almost one hamburger a day when they leave the nest to survive to…
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Strong to the finish – olive perchlet returns to wetlands
IN 1929, Popeye the Sailor made his comic debut in America. That was the same year populations of a small native Australian fish with a…
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Water prices set to stay low
WATER allocation prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin are likely to remain low for a fourth consecutive year, according to the latest ABARES Water Market…
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Crop disease guides go online
THE newest editions of cereal and pulse disease guides are now available to download as mobile-friendly e-books from Agriculture Victoria’s website. The 2023 Cereal Disease…
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Grain reports to aid with choice
Growers and advisers across northwest Victoria can now use the latest results on the performance of different grain varieties – incorporating results from the 2022-23…
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Planting the seed at home
Nufarm chief executive GREG HUNT talks to North West Farmer about the challenges and opportunities on the horizon for Australian cropping. He says Nufarm is…
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