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Andrew Mole

Local knowledge to help new livestock boss

OUYEN Livestock Exchange kicks off its 2025 selling season at 9.30am on Thursday – and at the same time Colin Mole will be kicking off his new career as the exchange’s manager. And for a guy with a background in the mining and...

12 hours ago

Farming and Environment

Mallee ram sales shine in 2024

ELDERS Victoria/Riverina stud stock manager Ross Milne is upbeat about the 2025 ram selling market after Mallee studs outperformed during the 2024 spring ram sale season. He said the industry “has been in its ram selling season since...

29 Dec 2024

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

Focus on learning drought’s lessons

A SMALL army of the scientists and researchers who will help drive the agricultural future of the Mallee brought a focus on drought when they recently visited the region. The visit was part of the launch of the latest Mallee Regional Innovation...

08 Dec 2024

Farming and Environment

MLA says meat is safe

THE growing global controversy surrounding feed additive Bovaer has prompted Meat & Livestock Australia managing director Michael Crowley to publicly step into the debate. Growing consumer backlash here and overseas, fuelled by social media, has...

08 Dec 2024

Farming and Environment

Grape effort nets title, again

CARDROSS dried fruit grower Allan Long can’t help himself – he’s just won the Dried Fruits Australia top crop award. It’s the second time in three years Mr Long has claimed the title. His success was celebrated yesterday at a field walk with the...

01 Dec 2024

Farming and Environment

Elders eyeing a Delta deal

THE Mallee and north-west Victoria’s leading agricultural agency business is about to go through its biggest shake-up in decades. Adelaide-based Elders only needs an ACCC rubber stamp early next year to formalise its $475 million...

24 Nov 2024

Farming and Environment

First rule of Lamb Club - everyone invited

MALLEE farmers Clay Gowers and Tegan Buckley are looking to turn the local lamb industry into a club – and everyone is invited to join. The Carwarp couple have launched Lamb Club Australia, and while the initial focus is local, the...

27 Oct 2024

Farming and Environment

Stubbles an important forage

WITH headers coming out of sheds across the Mallee in the next few weeks there are some big numbers involved which tend to escape people. Such as stubbles, and what they are truly worth to mixed operations and graziers. Across Australi...

22 Oct 2024

Farming and Environment

Carbon farming made clearer

THE man behind the Net Zero Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre will explain the science behind carbon farming at next week’s Birchip Cropping Group chair’s breakfast. University of Melbourne professor of carbon farming Richard...

13 Oct 2024

Farming and Environment

Watering down growth practices

DESPITE all the progress across the generations, the search continues for a better way to maximise the use of water and cereal yield potential in low and medium-rainfall zones, such as the Mallee, to help grain growers in these regions achieve new...

13 Oct 2024

News

All happening at almond event

THE north west Victorian and south west New South Wales almond industry arrived in Adelaide en masse this week for the 2024 Australian Almond Conference. Where attendees heard Haifa Group chief executive Motti Levin open the conference with...

06 Oct 2024