Farming and Environment
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More land to protect declining species
NORTHERN Victorian landholders are helping stop the decline of threatened species, including the critically endangered Plains-wanderer. Trust for Nature reported more than 27,000 hectares of…
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New fish on the block
A LODDON Vale constructed wetland has some new inhabitants, after the addition of 400 juvenile purple spotted gudgeon. The purple spotted gudgeon was recently discovered…
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Breakfast with birds returns to Lake Murphy
NORTH Central Catchment Management Authority’s Breakfast with the Birds is back for another year. The popular event in the northern part of the catchment is…
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‘Cant put a price on it’
THE team from Barapa Land and Water have been winning the battle against invasive weeds at the Bael Bael Grassland Reserve. Operations manager Rodney Amalfi…
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Landholders urged to help eradicate rabbits
LANDHOLDERS around the Kerang Lakes are again urged to take part in the Loddon Plains Landcare Network’s (LPLN) one-for-one rabbit baiting program, now in its…
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In a flap over broiler farm objection
GANNAWARRA Council has approved the development of a broiler farm in Kerang East, with a farm capacity of 800,000 birds. Council approved a planning application…
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Zoning in on fly pest at national scale
THE National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) has secured funding from Hort Innovation for phase four of the project that will co-ordinate fruit fly management in…
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Water authority probes ways to remove “sand slug”
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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Spillway gates used to release water
THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is trialling a different method of water releases from Hume Dam using the spillway gates in a bid to improve…
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Harvest day to return to Quambatook
AFTER two cancelled years due to COVID-19, the Quambatook Heritage Machinery Association will hold a one-day event on Saturday. The club’s latest acquisition is a…
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Moves to prepare for disease outbreak
NEW portable sample testing and mobile incident centres are among a suite of work that the Victorian Government is delivering to bolster the state’s response…
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Truckload of trouble Rail network a ‘shambles’
FEARS have been raised about the safety of country road users, with tens of thousands of trucks expected to carry grain between Mallee grain fields…
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