Farming and Environment

THE SuniTAFE farm team’s first trial hemp crop is growing well ahead of a March harvest. SuniTAFE has a two-year arrangement with Australian Primary Hemp…

A SUNRAYSIA grazier says border restrictions are becoming an animal welfare concern as farmers across Australia struggle to find shearers. Shearing finished at Tapio Station…

CELEBRITY cook Stefano de Pieri has given some fresh food for thought on how farmers in the Mallee and Wimmera could better market local produce…

FARMER Rachel Strachan has made an impassioned plea to the NSW Government to come up with 18-month water targets for Menindee before the town runs…

HOSTEL beds lie empty, fruit is beginning to rot, but a potential solution to Sunraysia’s seasonal worker crisis remains stuck on the tarmac. A Vanuatu…

VICTORIA’S work to manage salinity is starting to pay off for Mallee irrigators with the annual salinity impact charge on irrigation falling by 24 per…

FEDERAL Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has hit out at the Victorian Government for delaying a proposal to bring in some of the 22,000 Pacific workers…

A UNIQUE farming program aimed at supporting new refugees in Sunraysia has proven fruitful, as students boasted their first harvest last week. The Food Next…

HOUSEHOLDERS and commercial fruit growers in northern Victoria have been warned that Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) activity is intensifying. The Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area…

GOOD rainfall and warmer-than-average nights are expected across north-west Victoria over the next three months. The latest Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) climate models show the…

THE River Murray will continue to flow at maximum capacity over summer to meet demand for water through the system, according to the Murray–Darling Basin…

FIVE tonnes of poisoned carrots will be used to help eradicate the “ongoing problem” of rabbits in the Mallee. Mallee Landcare Group teams up with…