Farming and Environment
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Red alert hits Riverland
YEARS of reality checks and persistent communications by Murray Valley Winegrowers have prepared the region’s wine grape growers for the price collapse that this week…
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NSW spruiks water-saving plans
THE NSW Government on Thursday released the NSW Alternatives to Buybacks Plan, hoping to minimise the impact of voluntary water buybacks on Murray-Darling Basin communities.…
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Doubts raised on buybacks success
WHILE the Federal Government was pleased to announce the recovery of environmental water for the first time in years, a local irrigator and MP have…
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Ag leader plans US farmers’ visit
THE next generation of the world’s farmers are likely to play a big part in saving it, Ed Kee believes. The former agriculture secretary of…
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Drought prep plan on show
A REGIONAL drought resilience plan has been put before Wentworth and Balranald shire residents for a second round of consultation. Advisory and program management representatives…
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Levy too heavy, farmers say
MALLEE farmers have joined a national campaign to tell Canberra politicians about their strong opposition to the proposed biosecurity levy. From July 1, the levy…
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Floodplain a no-flow zone
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have rejoiced at the news that a proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan water-saving project has been rejected, but irrigators are concerned about the impact the…
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Farms want no slugs
BIOSECURITY at our borders is the big news, but one leading researcher says there are problems just as big at the next property – or…
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Fruit-fly alert for gardeners
HOME gardeners have been urged to take extra steps in summer to protect their produce from Queensland fruit fly. Agriculture Victoria statewide fruit fly coordinator…
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Farmers reject basin ‘farce’
IRRIGATORS have labelled the draft Restoring Our Rivers Act framework as “incompetent” and a “farce”, arguing that it will destroy rural communities. The Federal Government…
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Oxin: The Autonomous Farmhand Revolutionizing Vineyards
THERE’S an overnight success story almost a decade in the making that is quietly working its way through the Duxton vineyards near Balranald. In layman’s…
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Farmers back food pricing inquiry
FARMERS have welcomed an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission inquiry into Australia’s supermarket sector, wanting to see “a whole-of-supply-chain investigation” conducted. Last week, the Federal…
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