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Andrew Mole

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...

21 hours ago

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

Farming and Environment

Mobiles guide to pest reporting

PLANT Health Australia has launched its revamped Growers Guide to Pest Reporting and Responses course on the Biosecurity Online Training platform. This newly updated, mobile-friendly course is designed to fit seamlessly into the busy lives of...

03 Nov 2024

Farming and Environment

Dry conditions suck life out of fodder market

THE fodder fight is on – the fight to get it for hungry stock and, if you have plenty, the fight to get the best possible price for it. Either way, with the Mallee in the grip of sustained dry conditions, everyone would love to have more. Demand is...

22 Sep 2024

News

Good results from carbon farms test sites

CARBON farming and its feasibility in the Mallee is back in the headlines with the release of findings from two carbon farming pilot projects held in the region. Ed Scott from Soil and Land Co. provided an overview of one pilot project conducted by...

22 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Trial visits a ripping time

MALLEE Sustainable Farming has picked a very good time for its current trials on strategies to get crops through a dry year. Because by and large, that’s exactly what it got in large slabs of its footprint. Ouyen’s long-term average rainfall is...

14 Sep 2024

News

Vote on wool levy rate

WOOLPOLL 2024 voting opens on September 20 and Australian Wool Innovation is asking woolgrowers to back its claims for a 2 per cent levy. AWI chairman Jock Laurie said WoolPoll was an opportunity for growers to have their say on the level of funding...

14 Sep 2024