Farming and Environment

SUNRAYSIA table grape growers are fearful for the upcoming harvest after being told their fruit could be rejected by China as Australia finds itself in…

FIREFIGHTERS expect a greater presence of inexperienced campers taking in a summer bush getaway in the Mallee following the opening of Melbourne’s ring of steel…

SCIENCE and innovation have helped Sunraysia farmers boost crop yields and strengthen soil in challenging conditions. For the past seven years, Nu-Edge Solution Australia’s (NESA)…

AN application for a $1.25 million composting facility to process Mildura Council’s new kerbside food and green waste collection has been lodged with the Environment…

THIRTY-two enormous snags in the form of tree stumps and root balls have been replenished into the Darling River this week in an collaborative effort…

PANICKED Wentworth watermelon growers could be forced to bulldoze crops as they struggle to find workers ahead of harvest. Extreme labour shortages, amid tough COVID-19…

THERE’S more to the Millewa-Carwarp Landcare group than animals, pests and plants. For farmers across the Mallee, the community-based volunteer movement has helped improve mental…

MILDURA is set to become the new hemp capital of Victoria following the launch of a new trial into the viability of hemp production and…

Sunraysia farmers looking to fill labour shortages could find the solution in the palm of their hand. A Back Picker app, which was launched in…

TECHNOLOGY has traced and verified hundreds of thousands of kilograms of citrus fruit from Mildura orchards through to international retail markets. The $200,000 trial, part…

NOMINEES for positions contested in the 2020 Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) elections have been announced. VFF chief executive and returning officer Stephen Sheridan said the…