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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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Farming and Environment
Farming and Environment

Warning on impending fish kill

WATER experts and activists in the Far West of New South say they’re distressed by a community update released by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water that warns mass fish deaths are likely in the coming weeks. The...

17 hours ago
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Mozzie numbers starting to bite

MOSQUITO numbers are steadily growing in Mildura, prompting a warning from authorities to be wary of illness from the buzzin, biting pests. Mildura is one of 12 councils in Victoria classed as a high-risk area for mosquito-borne diseases. Recent wet...

17 hours ago
Farming and Environment

More red alerts NSW

THE health of the Darling basin has continued to decline with another blue-green algae red alert issued for the system. This time WaterNSW has put out a caution for the Great Darling Anabranch at the Silver City Highway crossing at Anabranch...

23 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Anglers aim to give back to the river

MEMBERS of a local fishing club have been releasing their finned friends back into the Murray River and don’t have any plans to stop now. Mildura RSL Angling Club president Bob Van Blanken said releasing fingerlings into the...

22 Dec 2024
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13 Feb 2020
Farming and Environment

The need for correct feed is real

WHEN sourcing supplementary feed for your livestock, there are two key issues to consider before purchasing a seemingly cheaper feed: feed testing and commodity declarations. You need to know exactly what you are getting. This will ensure that the...

22 Dec 2024
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Farming and Environment

Hosking takes top job at VFF

QUAMBATOOK mixed farmer and industry leader Brett Hosking is the new president of the Victorian Farmers Federation while Peter Star – who has been the VFF Livestock vice-president since 2022 – has been elected as deputy. The current...

22 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Carp avoid capture after six weeks

WHAT was considered an easy job by conservationists had turned into six weeks of frustration as a handful of carp avoid capture in a Mildura ornamental lake. OzFish Unlimited Murray Darling Basin manager Braeden Lampard said he believed catching the...

20 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Key bee team hits the road

A NATIONWIDE effort to manage varroa mite in beehives has entered a new phase with with authorities building on a move from a strategy of eradication to control of the pest. The increased effort comes after the mite was detected in June 2022 vi...

19 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Farmers to keep speaking out against project

FARMERS in Lalbert say they feel ignored after the Victorian Minister for Planning’s approval of VHM’s Goschen Rare Earth and Mineral Sands Project. Lalbert grain farmer Craige Kennedy is a member of the group Mine Free Mallee Farms which opposes...

19 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Yet another alert for Darling River

MORE blue-green algae red alerts for the Lower Darling River have been issued by WaterNSW. On Tuesday the authority put out the red alert for Pooncarie and Tolarno, on top of the same level warning issued for Ellerslie last week, meaning there are...

18 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

More red alerts along Darling

A RED alert has been issued by Water NSW for potentially toxic blue-green algae at Ellerslie in the lower Darling-Baaka River North of Mildura. The alert is in addition to existing blue-green algae alerts in Lake Menindee around the Outer Regulator...

15 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Rainfall tops up storages

RIVER operators say storages and weirs in the Murray River system appear well positioned to meet irrigation, community and environmental needs this summer. On December 11, Hume Dam sat at 60 per cent capacity, Dartmouth Dam at 89 per cent capacity...

15 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Wheat falling number may improve after storage

GRAINGROWERS generally experience anxiety when the falling number test machine comes out at harvest, but new preliminary research findings suggest wheat falling number test results could improve with time in storage. This research explored the...

14 Dec 2024
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Harvest 2024: it never rains but it pours

LIKE many other graingrowers, Victorian Farmers Federation grains council president and Millewa broadacre cropper Craig Henderson admits this harvest could have been a lot worse. But it certainly could have been a lot better. And he said looking...

14 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Research hub to study water sustainability

MILDURA will become one of four Australian research hubs where academics will research sustainability in the Murray-Darling Basin. One Basin CRC is a cooperative research centre which is aiming to bring together the collective interests of 86...

13 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

More input sought on water plans

THE New South Wales Government has extended the public exhibition period for draft water sharing plans across regional areas of the state until early 2025 with the aim of giving communities even more time to have their say. The time extension...

13 Dec 2024