Farming and Environment
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Moisture drives silage choice
THE prospect of a wet spring has urged many farmers to consider silage production over hay this year. Lake Boga hay contractor Adam Taylor said…
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Art of improvisation
A SMALL Campaspe Shire town has cemented its place on the tourism map, and it’s all thanks to a creative hay bale initiative. In 2020,…
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All your agriculture needs
WITH over 100 years’ customer service between the team and 150 years of born and bred locals, AG Warehouse Cohuna is the place to go…
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Bad bales a fire risk
WITH hay season fast approaching, the CFA is urging farmers to exercise caution and not cut corners when it comes to baling hay. Above-average rainfall…
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Recycle your solar panels
RESIDENTS wanting to recycle their exhausted solar panels can now do so via Gannawarra Shire Council’s transfer stations. Council has partnered with Solar Recovery Corporation…
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‘Urgent’ action to raise funds to buy vital wetland
A CRITICAL countdown has begun in the race to save and restore a “vital” wetland habitat in northern Victoria, home to the nationally threatened Growling…
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Season’s vetch ‘one of the best’
THIS year’s hay season is shaping up to be one of the best on record, according to Mallee farmer Gordon Trigg. The fourth-generation farmer, based…
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Pitching permission from farmers
CAMPERS would need permission from lessee farmers to pitch a tent on Crown lands by the Murray, under a Victorian Liberal Party election promise to…
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Finish MDBA water reform
THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) mid-year report card on the roll-out of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan shines a light on the unfinished business of the…
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Wetlands prepare for a bumper spring
IT is looking like being a bumper spring for the catchment’s fish, frogs, platypuses, rakalis, waterbirds, and turtles. But there’s just one ingredient missing in…
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Experts to speak at water recovery forum
WATER yet to be recovered for the environment under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan will be the subject of discussion at an upcoming forum. Federal Environment…
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Wet and warm weeks ahead
IT was a wet end to winter, with close to 40mm falling across Kerang in August. With two days before spring, and signs of warmer…
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