Farming and Environment

THE first changes as part of reform to water trading in the Murray-Darling Basin are expected to be announced next month. Seven months after the…

A MILDURA research facility hoping to redesign the almond tree has just received $1 million in upgrades. The Mildura SmartFarm, which aims to develop an…

EXPERIENCED seasonal workers in Mildura are “breathing a sigh of relief” after the Fair Work Commission ruled last week that workers must be paid at…

COLD and wet weather in Mildura may have city residents feeling like winter is back, but graziers north of town are warming to the prospect…

BULOKE Shire Council will integrate climate into its operations, reduce landfill emissions and invest in greener transport as it takes action on climate change. The…

VICTORIAN residents along key transport routes are urged to keep a close watch on fruits and vegetables in their gardens this year following detections of…

IT was half-past four in the morning when Andrew Willsmore’s hand got caught in barbed wire on his Underbool property. The grain grower was alone…

VICTORIA’s sentinel chickens are retiring after nearly half a century on the front lines of the Murray River after the development of more efficient detection…

SUNRAYSIA almond producers could face higher costs and shipping delays for years to come as Australian ports struggle for enough shipping containers for export. With…

WITH water temperatures rapidly cooling in the eastern Pacific, forecasts point to another La Nina season resulting in a wetter-than-average summer for the northern Mallee.…

WATER in the Murray-Darling Basin is being controlled by a handful of hedge funds, according to one author who spoke at last Thursday’s online panel…

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster says The Nationals’ in-principle support of net zero emissions reductions was an acknowledgement of the work the party was already…