Farming and Environment
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Balancing act of a bumper season
HAUESLERS Mildura-based group general manager Justin MacFarlane says broadacre farmers are looking at what could be the best season in recent memory. Justin says several…
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Grim warning on park ahead of key ministers’ meeting
CENTURIES-old river red gums in Nyah Vinifera Park are benefiting from recent overbank flooding, but environmentalists and scientists fear such flows may be too little, too…
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Weed control funding
STOPPING the spread of invasive weeds and pests on local roadsides is being supported by the Victorian Government. Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp announced…
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Grape growers toast hub
THE new accommodation hub in Mildura could attract more seasonal workers to Sunraysia, according to the chief executive of Australia’s peak body of table grape…
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Plibersek approves water plan
THE monitoring of water compliance in the NSW Murray-Darling Basin received a boost this week after Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek approved the first water…
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Be alert for minor flooding
VICTORIAN and NSW emergency authorities have issued minor flood alerts for the Murray River as far as Wentworth, as Sunraysia residents begin weeks of water-watching.…
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Floodplain harvesting voted down
IT was the finest of margins, but a coalition of NSW MPs for the fourth time in two years successfully voted down the state government’s…
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Subsidy backs disease testing
By Jeff Cave* VICTORIA’S livestock industries are fortunate to be free of most of the serious diseases that affect animals in other parts of the…
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Wet, cool end to the year forecast
THE Mallee faces a high chance of above average rainfall in the final three months of this year, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s long-range…
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Harvest looking strong
BENEFICIAL rain during August has improved the chances of another very good winter crop. National wheat production is estimated at 32 to 33 million tonnes,…
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NSW bee surveillance tightens
STATEWIDE surveillance will be strengthened to ensure NSW beekeepers have greater flexibility to continue their operations, through a new varroa mite emergency order. NSW Minister…
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Action on floodplain restoration projects
A SINGLE Environment Effects Statement is required for the Belsar-Yungera and Hattah Lakes North Floodplain Restoration Projects, the Victorian Planning Minister has determined. The EES…
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