Farming and Environment

MALLEE Sustainable Farming (MSF) is to establish industry-led digital extension hubs across the region to deliver research and development resources to local farmers. The proposal…

WORKSHOPS will be held in Ouyen and online this month to give grain growers the skills to better manage frost. The Grains Research and Development…

THE fourth webinar in the Agriculture Victoria irrigation webinar series Goulburn to Murray Trade and Murray Delivery Risk will run on Wednesday, March 24, from…

AFTER months of taking part in an online program, participants in the 2020 Northern Mallee Leaders (NML) program finally got to hit the road late…

THE Federal Government has been urged to allow a one-off regularisation of undocumented workers in the horticulture industry. The National Agricultural Workforce Strategy report found…

A RED alert for blue-green algae has been issued for the Murray River at Fort Courage. WaterNSW issued the alert following testing last week. A…

A PUSH by Sunraysia leaders for an amnesty of illegal farm workers has been backed by a government panel. Politicians from across the political spectrum…

FOR years, farmers like Wemen vegetable grower Andrew Young have been transitioning their properties to renewable energy to cut costs and help the environment. Now,…

SEVENTEENTH Street residents say their want for a rural lifestyle will be negatively impacted by a proposed earthworks and earthmoving business between Deakin and San…

THERE are concerns the Victorian Government’s use of non-gauge-convertible concrete sleepers on the Sea Lake line could be the final nail in the Murray Basin…

THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is kicking off a series of community engagement sessions on the risk of water shortfalls in the Murray River system.…

A SUNRAYSIA union figure has joined a national call for a royal commission into the fruit and vegetable industry, claiming the whole system — from…