Farming and Environment

RURAL residents in the Gannawarra Shire have been reminded to secure all livestock on their properties following several recent collisions between roaming animals and vehicles.…

WATER advocacy group Speak Up has renewed calls for more action to address the environmental damage caused by European carp. Speak Up deputy chair Lloyd…

O’CONNORS has scooped the pool at the annual Case IH awards for excellence at the presentation of the Dealer of the Year awards. The farm…

MEMBERS of the Victorian Farmers Federation Grains Group are ­demanding more clarity in how their membership fees are being distributed. After a business forum last…

DESCRIBING the sight of hundreds of thousands of dead fish at Kangaroo Lake as “emotional”, VRFish chair Rob Loats wants to ensure something like this…

THERE are renewed calls to unleash the carp herpes virus, as floodwaters create ideal spawning conditions for the pest in western NSW. After six years…

RESIDENTS and visitors of Kangaroo Lake, between Kerang and Swan Hill, are in shock after more than 200,000 dead fish blanketed the shoreline over the…

THE annual fox and wild dog bounty reopened this week. Foxes and wild dogs are declared established pest animals in Victoria. Their eradication from the…

GRAINGrowers is asking growers to have their say on the issues impacting their farm by completing this year’s Annual Policy Survey. The survey covers topics…

WHILE foot and mouth disease dominated Australian agricultural industry discussion in the latter half of 2022, it seemingly dropped off the radar in the new…

JEFF Long’s $2.5 million investment in a processing facility is about to start paying dividends at his Tragowel emu property. The delayed completion of the…

THE North Central Catchment Management Authority is putting the call out for a member of the community from the region’s west to be part of…