Farming and Environment

A NEW research and development project is under way to develop products to help growers map their soil constraints in three dimensions across the paddock.…

FLOOD-affected farmers can apply for a $10,000 grant to kickstart their clean-up efforts. The Primary Producer Flood Relief Program is available to primary producers directly…

RURAL water supplier Lower Murray Water has warned customers that it’s focused on water compliance and will penalise water theft. In addition to managing the…

MILDURA could get another spring soaking this week with as much as 54mm tipped to fall across the already sodden region. The Bureau of Meteorology…

FEDERAL Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says meeting water recovery targets before the June 2024 deadline of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan may be difficult, but any…

GROWERS have three weeks to offload their plastics for free and save money on landfill costs, says the project manager of a pilot recycling program…

MALLEE residents have been urged to do what they can around their homes to prepare for a deluge of rain over the next two days.…

RIVER levels continue to rise in Sunraysia and minor flood level is expected to be reached in the Boundary Bend area this weekend. But locals…

A SOLAR farm north of Ouyen is set to expand, with the second stage of the Kiamal Solar Farm securing funding. It will be among…

AN environmental advocate has called on the Victorian government to get serious about its Basin Plan commitments and to avoid pushing for any extension to…

It never rains but it pours – and isn’t the citrus industry, along with the rest of the wider agricultural industries, loving every drop that…

A MINOR flood warning has been issued for the Murray River downstream of Barham to Wentworth, as the impact of relentless rain continues to mount.…