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Citrus congress is sweet

NEXT month’s Australian Citrus Congress is all about delivering tangible takeaways for growers. Citrus Australia chief executive Nathan Hancock said the nation’s citrus growers and industry leaders will receive a hands-on approach, with a sharp...

21 Feb 2025

Business

Hefty fine after farm workers death

A FARM tragedy played out its final scene in Mildura Magistrates’ Court, when labour hire business AH Vision Pty Ltd was sentenced ex parte after being found guilty of two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The company was fined...

20 Feb 2025

Farming and Environment

Hard to resist BCG trial day

GROWERS will be provided with the latest research-backed strategies to manage disease while maximising profitability by Astute Ag senior consultant Dr Grant Hollaway at Birchip Cropping Group’s members-only trials review day on Friday, February...

17 Feb 2025

Farming and Environment

Exciting times ahead for almond industry

By Almond Board of Australia chief executive Tim JacksonA DELEGATION from the Almond Board of Australia attended the annual California Almond Conference in Sacramento, California, last week. As the industry emerges from three years of pricing which...

01 Jan 2025

Farming and Environment

Check machines for fire risk

FOLLOWING 45 header fires during harvest season in the far north-west of Victoria, fire authorities are reminding grain growers to make machinery maintenance and hygiene a priority. While fires in cropping paddocks during harvest have long been part...

10 Aug 2024

Farming and Environment

Winter planting up with wheat favoured

FARMERS are expected to plant 23.55 million hectares to winter crops this year – up more than 3 per cent on 2023 – despite a mixed start to the season, Rabobank reports in its 2024/25 Australian Winter Crop Outlook. The specialist agribusiness...

13 Jun 2024

Farming and Environment

SunRice backs anti-vesting bill

RICE manufacturers have welcomed the draft legislation that is expected to end statutory rice export marketing, or vesting, by July 2025. Statutory marketing boards act as a single-desk buyer for agricultural products, as well as the...

08 Jun 2024

Farming and Environment

Deposit deadline looms

PRIMARY producers are being encouraged by NAB to mark 28 June as a critical date if they’re considering, or already using, farm management deposits as part of their tax planning this financial year. The FMD scheme is designed to enable...

11 May 2024

News

Plan to strike out blowflies

EVERY sheep producer in north-west Victoria will have their eyes on a project releasing millions of sterile male blowflies on Kangaroo Island to see whether it will suppress the blowfly reproduction rate and population – and by default...

19 Apr 2024

Farming and Environment

Buybacks ‘a risk for grape growers’

MURRAY Valley wine grape growers face “serious economic risks” from water buybacks, Member for Mallee Anne Webster told Federal Parliament this week. “The looming threats of forced exits, water buybacks and widespread vineyard abandonment pose not...

29 Mar 2024

Politics

Biosecurity levy plea

FARMERS are urging politicians to “do the right thing” as debate on the controversial Biosecurity Protection Levy begins in the Senate last week. From July 1, the levy would collect an amount equal to 10 per cent of farmer’s existing industry-led...

29 Mar 2024

Farming and Environment

Rain gives cotton a boost

COTTON growers have an extra spring in their step following recent rain, which is expected to boost crop yields. Cotton Australia general manager Michael Murray said the rain came just at the right time for some dryland cotton growers who otherwise...

16 Dec 2023