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Andrew Mole

Tariffs could be nuts to almond growers

CALIFORNIA’S dreaming if it thinks Donald Trump’s savage wave of tariffs, threatened tariffs and paused tariffs is going to keep the Sunraysia’s almond growers out of its traditional markets. Especially China, where its 25 per cent...

20 Apr 2025

Farming and Environment

Open call to offer best practices

IF any meat producers in northwest Victoria or southwest New South Wales want to run a local project to improve their enterprises, they have until May 12 to apply for producer demonstration sites (PDS) funding. The PDS open call – for projects to...

20 Apr 2025

Farming and Environment

Crackdown on wine industry practices

MURRAY Valley Winegrowers has welcomed a Federal Government decision to conduct an independent review of contractual practices in the industry in response to some stakeholder’s concerns. Chief executive Paul Derrico said making the code...

09 Feb 2025

Farming and Environment

All eyes on water depths

ERRATIC rainfall across the Mallee, and from Mildura east to Swan Hill, for the past four months, has water as a precious commodity well and truly back on the agenda. The region has a huge rainfall event when no-one wanted it, with falls for last...

09 Feb 2025

Farming and Environment

Pros and cons of sheep grazing on stubble

WITH the Mallee grain harvest done and dusted, sheep producers will be eyeing the potential value of grazing their sheep on stubble. And a good rule-of-thumb is the value of the feed equals the amount of residual grain and green plant growth from...

19 Jan 2025

Farming and Environment

Merbein almond grower says signs are strong

MERBEIN almond grower Neale Bennett has been rubbing shoulders with the industry’s heavyweights in the US and has come home filled with enthusiasm for the coming season. A season he admits, on his own property, will most likely be average at...

05 Jan 2025

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

News

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

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

Farming and Environment

Dont get wild about oats, get their measure

WIDESPREAD across most of Victoria, wild oats are a common weed of cereal crops, pastures, roadsides and waste places, including the margins of swamps, lakes and streams. The Mallee – like most Victorian cropping areas – is confronted with weed...

17 Nov 2024

Farming and Environment

App connects AI and almonds

SUNRAYSIA’S almond industry is big business – and now it’s going to be helped into the future by something as simple as an app. With the backing of the Almond Board of Australia, GoMicro has launched a phone app putting, it said, precise...

17 Nov 2024

Farming and Environment

Free spray day for Mallee farmers

NATIONAL peak industry body GrainGrowers are teaming up with the Birchip Cropping Group to stage a free spray application for Mallee producers on Tuesday. The workshop will be headed by Craig Day from Spray Safe & Save, who has been running spray...

09 Nov 2024