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Gillieston heading to VCAT

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
March 2020
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AN objection has been lodged with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) by members of the Gillieston Action Group against the City of Greater…

Featured story, Livestock, News, abattoir, Cassandra Rowe, City of Greater Shepparton, Clair Haines, Department of Environment, Gillieston, Gillieston Action Group, Jane Homewood, Kevan Horder, Land, Luke Haines, Meatworks Australia, Q Fever, Richard Wynne, VCAT, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Water and Planning, zoonotic disease

Snobs Creek Hatchery encourage further trials

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
March 2020
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ALONG the mountain fed Jamieson River, and in spots along the Queens Creek (part of the water shed from the King River, just near Cheshunt)…

Aquaculture, Featured story, News, Australian Trout Foundation, breeding, disease, Graham Godber, Jamieson River, Jordan/Scotty Incubator, Mansfield and District Fly Fishing Club, Matt Byrne, rejuvenation, trout, Victorian Fisheries Authority

Helping farm exporters reach overseas

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
February 2020
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FARMERS and small agribusinesses finding it difficult to tap into overseas markets can seek help with the Australian Government delivering on a $6.1 million election…

News, exports, federal government, grants, Package Assisting Small Exporters

New insights into the effects of drought and climate variability on Australian farms

The Southern Farmer
February 2020
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AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences’ (ABARES) latest Insights report provides analysis on the effects of climate variability on Australian cropping and…

News, ABARES, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, climate change, Dr Neal Hughes, Dr Steve Hatfield-Dodds, drought

A lifetime’s passion in wool for Rex

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
February 2020
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REX Forrest of Rosstulla Holdings in Beechworth was recently recognised for his outstanding contribution to the wool industry, with a stencil awarded by the Australian…

News, Sheep, Awards, Beechworth, merino, Rex Forrest, Rosstulla Holdings, wool

Jessie receives award for tops in agriculture

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
February 2020
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LOCAL Mansfield girl Jessie Reed was recently awarded the Alister Say Memorial Award in agriculture for outstanding work through her school based apprenticeship. Jessie commenced…

Featured story, Insight & People, News, agriculture award, Alister Say Memorial Award, Dockers Plains Pastoral Company, FCJ College Benalla, Jessie Reed, Wodonga TAFE

When the smoke settles

The Southern Farmer
February 2020
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AFTER the smoke has settled and the fires are extinguished, roads are reopened and communities begin to rebuild. Left to assess the scorched land and…

Featured story, News, BlazeAid, bushfire recovery, bushfires, Dairy Australia, Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund, Kylie Holmes, Lachlan Barnes, Rural Financial Counselling Service

Hay while the sun keeps on shining

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
January 2020
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MANSFIELD farmers have been spared the feed crisis crippling Australia, with well-timed rain resulting in one of the best hay seasons seen in decades. Hay…

Featured story, News, feed, hay

Green light to Gillieston

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
December 2019
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FOLLOWING on from the Environment Protection Authority approval, the City of Greater Shepparton has given the green light to Meatworks Australia to construct an abattoir…

Featured story, News, abattoir, Gillieston, Meatworks Australia

Capeweed indicative of a larger problem

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
November 2019
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PASTURES covered in the striking yellow of capeweed are a reminder of a year of lower rainfall, and drought conditions that allowed this monoculture to…

News, capeweed, Gecko Clan, Neil Devanny, noxious weed

Embracing cannabis

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
October 2019
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PREVIOUSLY known for its fruit growing, dairy and cropping, Shepparton and the surrounding area is looking to diversify and take advantage of gaps in the…

News, cannabis, Cannatrek, medicinal cannabis, Shepparton

Regenerative farming

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
September 2019
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DANIEL Kelton of Alexandra’s Holistic Pastoral wants to see the land he is farming transformed to “waist high grass, wet all year round despite ever-increasing…

News, Aldona Baranowski, Alexandra, Daniel Kelton, Holistic Pastoral

Everybody loves a winner, or two

The Southern Farmer
September 2019
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DON Hamley of Port Phillip Bay Scallops has been entering the Australian Food Awards for a few years now. And for a company that has…

News, Australian Food Awards, Corinne Blacket, Diego Puyol, Don Hamley, Drysdale Cheese, Old Farm Happy Valley Eggs, Port Phillip Bay Scallops

Guano – a tale of two birds

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
August 2019
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IT was the best of times. It was the worst of times. This might have been the thoughts of the guano miners shovelling and bagging…

News, fertiliser, guano, Madura Guano Gold

Marketing the future

The Southern Farmer
August 2019
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For small scale farmers who have employed more labour intensive models of farming focusing on best practice, it is often difficult to demand the prices…

News, marketing

Discovering Wrenwood

North East & Goulburn-Murray Farmer
August 2019
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FOUR years ago, Lizabeth and Jayson Souness bought Wrenwood, a small acreage farm in Bungowannah, with the intention of opening a farm shop, gallery and…

Horticulture, Insight & People, News, Jayson Souness, Lizabeth Souness, Wrenwood
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