Farming and Environment

A QUICK-thinking traveller has averted a potential stink bug attack in Australia. Melbourne woman Eleanor Rigg had returned home to Victoria via Italy after a…

THE Federal Government has so far failed to sign up a single country to the agricultural workers visa that it heralded as a solution to…

IN just a handful of years, North West Aquaculture has gone from breeding 4000 Murray cod a year to a quarter of a million. The…

MILDURA Rural City Council has pointed to cuts in fuel, electricity and water use, and a drastic reduction in the amount of organic waste going…

MENINDEE has barely had a chance to enjoy the return of Darling River water to its long-parched lakes system, and now the little town is…

Farms businesses in the Millewa-Carwarp area may soon have access to up to $3000 to assist in drought restoration and land management. A new partnership…

THE Darling River and Anabranch are about to take a “deep breath” as increased water flows from Menindee Lakes head downstream to reconnect billabongs and…

PEOPLE who trespass on farms in the name of animal activism could be fined more than $10,000 under new legislation introduced to Victorian Parliament this…

FISHING enthusiasts have been waiting eagerly with their rods and bait for cod season to officially begin. The Murray River is expected to be “booming”…

IT will definitely rain in Mildura on Thursday, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, which has taken the rare step of predicting a 100 per…

RSPCA Australia has welcomed a new funding commitment from the wool industry for initiatives aimed at breeding flystrike-resistant sheep – a move that may eliminate…

BIRCHIP Cropping Group (BCG) will host several social networking events to build young farmers and community resilience to drought after receiving $49,500 in funding from…