Stories in: Horticulture
Treechange leads to a Beechworth world first
PRECARIOUSLY balancing on the top of a ladder, Gamila MacRury pauses midway through picking olives. It is harvest time – she hopes to ferment more…
From tomatoes to tourists
IAN and Marilyn Lanyon epitomise successful farming. Unlike many, they have embraced change at every opportunity – chosen to diversify, to grow and to adapt….
Berry delicious
IN 2016, Nina and Andrew Meiers planted 3500 blueberries, 15,000 strawberries and 600 raspberry canes at their new farm in Barjarg – their hearts set…
Protect the Green Wedge
THE Mornington Peninsula branch of the VFF has formally asked the Shire to employ two officers to protect agricultural land in the Green Wedge.
Dairy eases the risk for young Gippsland farmers
A LITTLE over a year and a half ago, Gippsland potato farmers Olivia and George Lineham took 10 cows, and a 50-year-old dairy, and started…
The spreading of a truffle culture
ALTHOUGH Colin Carter grew up in Doncaster, his uncle and aunty had a farm in Digger’s Rest where he would spend all of his time…
Kubota new line up goes to Agfest
Total Ag Solutions is bringing Kubota’s new line up of Kubota-branded tillage, seeding and crop care machines to Agfest this year. Source: The ExaminerVisitors to…
Innovation works hard at Lording
At just 43 years of age, the Victorian farmer, Wayne Lording, has a list of career achievements longer than most people twice his age.
Victoria is on target to eradicate chestnut blight
AGRICULTURE Victoria believes there remains a high likelihood chestnut blight will be considered eradicated within the next two years, provided no new detections are made.
Cherries ripe for picking
Since taking over the orchard last season from her parents, Jessee Schulz Dahlenburg and her partner Stefan Heintjes have revamped the family’s Eldorado cherry business.
Vignerons welcome wine tax changes
NORTH East Victorian wine producers have welcomed the federal government’s changes to the Wine Equalisation Tax rebate (WET).
Local triumph at tourism awards
STAYING true to the Italian brand has helped Pizzini Wines win the favour of judges at the 2016 RACV Victorian Tourism Awards.
Weather smiles on the vines
RECENT rains along with sunny days and cool nights have King Valley vignerons expecting another top harvest next year.
Ale trailblazers
BREWERS from across the High Country converged at Dinner Plain on Wednesday for their fourth annual collaborative brewing day.
A shift from fruit to beef
A SHORTAGE of natural feed and difficulty finding an agistment property led Greg Collins to sell 44 black angus shorthorn cross weaners.
Taxing talk for vignerons
LOCAL politicians will take vignerons’ reactions over calls to change the nation’s wine tax system to government