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Be prepared
Prepare. That’s the lesson to be taken from the current season, according to farmers in the Shepparton region.
Phylloxera outbreak confirmed
A FIVE kilometre quarantine zone has been established around St Andrews after Phylloxera was detected at a commercial winery. Vinehealth Australia, and Australian Grape and…
The green fight continues
THE Peninsula branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation has renewed calls for two ag officers to be employed in planning at the Mornington Peninsula Shire….
United we stand, divided we fall
THE Goulburn Valley is losing dairy farmers at an unprecedented rate, thanks to skyrocketing water, feed and grain prices. Water hit $500/ML last month, meaning…
Local farmers targeted by activist group
THERE are concerns that more than 100 farms in the North East and Goulburn Murray region have had their location – and in some cases,…
Drought hits tractor sales
TRACTOR sales slid four per cent overall for 2018 as the on-flow of drought conditions moved into machinery sales. Conservative sales saw the first year…
After two decades Henry has ‘the’ fruit
THEY say you should not mix business with pleasure – but nobody told Henry Bartosiewicz that. He has spent two decades planting, developing and challenging…
Wrapped in the future
AS a young boy, Angus McLean would contract hay and silage across his home – taking toilet rolls from room to room, visiting different farms…
Cherry growers hoping for bumper harvest
CHERRY season has officially begun, with nets going out to cover what is expected to be a bumper season. From early pickings at Cobram all…
Rosebud contractor fined for illegal 1080 use
A PEST contractor has been fined $4000 at the Dromana Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to providing 1080 bait products to a person not authorised…
Shepparton producers scoop the maize pool
A MAIZE crop grown out of Shepparton has taken out a national award, with all three top placegetters from the same region. Ian and Mary…
A season halved
FARMERS in Central Victoria have been granted a month’s grace following patchy rainfall in October. Producers within a 40-kilometre radius of Alexandra received between 20-40ml…
Saved from drought
BRUCE McCormack can still remember the day he shot 500 of his father-in-law’s sheep. The year was 1982, and the government provided bullets for free….
A palate for success
IT was 6pm, and Dylan McMahon was rushing out the office door. It had been a busy day, and he was looking forward to heading…
From little things, big things grow
THE rain began to drum gently on the roof of the Purcell family home. Clouds had been gathering all day, dark and foreboding, and finally…
Victoria’s first organic co-op
By the end of this month, Mount Alexander Fruit Gardens will herald in a new era of farming.