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Some relief for Victoria’s timber industry

Peak associations representing Victoria’s native timber industries have welcomed the extension of Regional Forest Agreements until 2030, but remain uncertain of their future. The Victorian Association of Forest Industries, the Australian...

Jamieson Salter
Water

Irrigators urged to have their say on Water for Fodder program

The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reviewing round one of the Water for Fodder program. In addition to feedback already received, the review includes an online survey for irrigators and members of the public. The...

Rodney Woods
Water

Fireworks in the water debate

State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has ruled out a royal commission into the controversial Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Mr Walsh and Southern Irrigators chairman Chris Brooks have gone head-to-head in a debate on issues of water trading...

Cassandra Power
Shepparton

SPC Ardmona at risk of running out of stock

SPC Ardmona is producing tomato-based products so fast to meet soaring demand — much of it driven by panic-buyers — it could face running out of stock. The tomato harvest is down 10 per cent this year and SPC predicts it will only...

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Nestlé to stay open in Tongala

The besieged dairy section of Nestlé’s Tongala factory – which was slated for closure this year – has been given a stay of execution.

Andrew Johnston
Opinion

Cobram man urges government to take off blinkers and fix basin plan

By Peter Gilmour, Cobram It’s interesting that Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie is now prepared to acknowledge the environmental crisis being faced along the Murray River, as reported in Country News (March 17). Various organisations and...

Rodney Woods
News

Katamatite memories

Katamatite is in the Murray Valley irrigation area, 42 km north-east of Shepparton. Katamatite farmers mostly grew wheat and animal fodder, and bagged wheat was transported from the Katamatite Railway Station until a silo was built in 1943.

Jamieson Salter
News

Truck drivers struggle as roadhouses close

Australia’s besieged supermarkets and food retailers may now be caught in a web of confusing red tape as another case of coronavirus collateral damage. Desperately trying to keep ahead of panic buying, trucking companies have been hit by...

Jamieson Salter
Water

Fireworks in the water debate

State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has ruled out a royal commission into the controversial Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Mr Walsh and Southern Irrigators chairman Chris Brooks have gone head-to-head in a debate on issues of water trading...

Cassandra Power
Shepparton

SPC Ardmona at risk of running out of stock

SPC Ardmona is producing tomato-based products so fast to meet soaring demand — much of it driven by panic-buyers — it could face running out of stock. The tomato harvest is down 10 per cent this year and SPC predicts it will only...

Shepparton News
News

Truck drivers struggle as roadhouses close

Australia’s besieged supermarkets and food retailers may now be caught in a web of confusing red tape as another case of coronavirus collateral damage. Desperately trying to keep ahead of panic buying, trucking companies have been hit by...

Jamieson Salter

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Keelty challenged on remarks

Lachlan Marshall from Blighty has “grave concerns” that Mick Keelty, who is conducting a review of water resource management in the Murray-Darling Basin, has a few facts wrong.

Country News
Opinion

Cobram man urges government to take off blinkers and fix basin plan

By Peter Gilmour, Cobram It’s interesting that Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie is now prepared to acknowledge the environmental crisis being faced along the Murray River, as reported in Country News (March 17). Various organisations and...

Rodney Woods
Opinion

Barham’s Ron McWhae calls on MDBA to do its job

By Ron McWhae, Barham It was great to see Andrew Reynolds, the MDBA’s (Murray-Darling Basin Authority) executive director of river management acknowledging what is commonly understood by those living the reality of poor water management...

Rodney Woods
Opinion

Alarmed by the inequities of water pricing

By Robert Campbell, McMillan At last we have engagement from the top of the Goulburn-Murray Water tree — the right buttons must have been pushed to elicit a response. It is apparent that there is little understanding of why bills aren’t...

Country News
Opinion

Keelty challenged on remarks

Lachlan Marshall from Blighty has “grave concerns” that Mick Keelty, who is conducting a review of water resource management in the Murray-Darling Basin, has a few facts wrong.

Country News
Opinion

Cobram man urges government to take off blinkers and fix basin plan

By Peter Gilmour, Cobram It’s interesting that Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie is now prepared to acknowledge the environmental crisis being faced along the Murray River, as reported in Country News (March 17). Various organisations and...

Rodney Woods
Opinion

Barham’s Ron McWhae calls on MDBA to do its job

By Ron McWhae, Barham It was great to see Andrew Reynolds, the MDBA’s (Murray-Darling Basin Authority) executive director of river management acknowledging what is commonly understood by those living the reality of poor water management...

Rodney Woods
Opinion

Keelty challenged on remarks

Lachlan Marshall from Blighty has “grave concerns” that Mick Keelty, who is conducting a review of water resource management in the Murray-Darling Basin, has a few facts wrong.

Country News
Opinion

Cobram man urges government to take off blinkers and fix basin plan

By Peter Gilmour, Cobram It’s interesting that Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie is now prepared to acknowledge the environmental crisis being faced along the Murray River, as reported in Country News (March 17). Various organisations and...

Rodney Woods
Opinion

Barham’s Ron McWhae calls on MDBA to do its job

By Ron McWhae, Barham It was great to see Andrew Reynolds, the MDBA’s (Murray-Darling Basin Authority) executive director of river management acknowledging what is commonly understood by those living the reality of poor water management...

Rodney Woods
Opinion

Alarmed by the inequities of water pricing

By Robert Campbell, McMillan At last we have engagement from the top of the Goulburn-Murray Water tree — the right buttons must have been pushed to elicit a response. It is apparent that there is little understanding of why bills aren’t...

Country News

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Nestlé to stay open in Tongala

The besieged dairy section of Nestlé’s Tongala factory – which was slated for closure this year – has been given a stay of execution.

Andrew Johnston
Dairy

Dairy industry steps up its response to COVID-19

Dairy farmers are wrestling with unprecedented new staff management restrictions and sorting out new guidelines for farm visits from vets to milk tankers, as the coronavirus threat increases. Although farms are classified as essential industries...

Geoff Adams
Dairy

Dairy farmers take coronavirus precautions

In a time of widespread panic, the region’s dairy farmers are playing their part to prevent the spread of coronavirus. These farmers have changed the way they work, finding new methods to abide by the restrictions put in place. Waaia dairy farmer...

Jamieson Salter
Dairy

Call to fight back against plant-based ‘milk’

The ongoing disruption caused by coronavirus may have an adverse impact on the production of milks manufactured from plants. Non-dairy liquids marketed nationally as ‘milk’ include soy, cashew, almond, oat, hemp, rice and coconut...

Country News
Dairy

December and January milk production steadies national decline

Australia’s milk volumes in both December and January exceeded expectations, with December seeing the first year-on-year increase in milk production in 18 months, but Dairy Australia is still expecting a drop of between three and five per cent.

Rodney Woods
News

Market growth for milk sector

Australia’s dairy sector can expect continued growth in demand while overall production will remain flat to 2030 compared to 2018 levels, according to research released by ANZ today. The Milk Run report found that despite recent challenges faced...

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The Boss's Dog

Mothers can get on your case

My mailbox is full again this week – this virus is keeping people at home with nothing much to do, except pester me. But I did feel for this bloke: Dear General I am a grown man in my fifties with a good job, a wife and two kids finishing school...

The General

The Boss's Dog

Good news on the virus and me!

The Boss is worried about this coronavirus and he shouldn’t be - I’ve been trying to re-assure him. The fact is, I’m not going to get it. This COVID-19 goes from animals to humans, rather than the other way round, so dogs everywhere are...

The General

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NSW Farmers Association wants more consultation on water plans

NSW Farmers Association is calling for more extensive community consultation on the Water Sharing Plans and Water Resource Plans for eight surface water areas across the state. NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey unexpectedly announced on March 3 that...

Rodney Woods
Water

Irrigators urged to have their say on Water for Fodder program

The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is reviewing round one of the Water for Fodder program. In addition to feedback already received, the review includes an online survey for irrigators and members of the public. The...

Rodney Woods
Water

Fireworks in the water debate

State Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has ruled out a royal commission into the controversial Murray-Darling Basin Plan. Mr Walsh and Southern Irrigators chairman Chris Brooks have gone head-to-head in a debate on issues of water trading...

Cassandra Power
Water

Mild conditions deliver small lift in final seasonal determinations

The final seasonal determinations for 2019-20 have been released, with the bigger systems recording small increases and the smaller systems remaining stagnant. As of April 1, the Murray system increased from 65 per cent of high-reliability water...

Rodney Woods

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Horticulture

Fruit exports impacted by coronavirus restrictions

An Ardmona fruit packing business is taking any chance it can get to export fruit overseas, as the coronavirus pandemic impacts horticulture.

Rodney Woods
Horticulture

Kagome tomato Pick-A-Box day raises record amount

Kagome’s tomato picking day in February raised a record amount for Echuca Regional Health. The annual Pick-A-Box day raised $4320 and Kagome chief executive Jason Fritsch surprised hospital staff ««on Friday»» by announcing...

Anna McGuinness
Horticulture

Finding farm work in Shepparton region

Several foreigners on working holiday visas looking for work in the Goulburn Valley have taken to advertising their skills on the Australian job seeker website Gumtree. Rémi Naudin from France is 20 years old and came to Australia on...

Country News

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Viticulture

Viticulture

Tasty way to support regional winemakers

Tastes of Rutherglen will showcase the best wines from Rutherglen and the surrounding bushfire-affected north-east Victorian region, from Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 8.

Jamieson Salter
Viticulture

Smoke taint fears for wine grapes

Concerned winegrowers from north-east Victoria gathered at a meeting in Milawa last week to address smoke taint in grapes caused by recent bushfires. The Smoke Effects on Wine Grapes in North-East Victoria forum was organised by the North East...

Jamieson Salter
Viticulture

Wine workshop at Wangaratta

Grape growers and winemakers will be able to tap into new research to improve vineyard health, limit wine spoilage and understand how the differences in shiraz wines from varying regions occur at a workshop in Wangaratta next month. The free...

Rodney Woods

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Livestock

Livestock

Tumut stud to host charity bull sale

Purchasers at this year’s autumn sale affected by the summer’s bushfires will go into a draw for a three-night stay on the NSW south coast (to be taken when safe to do so) courtesy of Reiland Angus

Rodney Woods
Livestock

Beef producers seek hydatid disease advice

A survey of beef producers has highlighted the need for more awareness on hydatid disease, which comes from a parasite and can infect livestock, dogs and people. Hydatid disease is caused by a small tapeworm that lives in the gut of dogs and their...

Jamieson Salter
Livestock

Southern NSW sheep producers needed for ewe research

Commercial sheep producers in southern NSW looking to improve the survival of ewes during lambing are being sought to participate in a research project funded by Meat & Livestock Australia. The project, ‘Unlocking the key to ewe...

Rodney Woods
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Cropping

Rain, rain go away, come again another day

The recent rain across Victoria’s north-east has done more bad than good, according to Agriculture Victoria’s seasonal risk agronomist Dale Grey. Mr Grey said despite 50 mm falling across the region so far this year, it had not improved soil...

Rodney Woods
Cropping

Vital to monitor nutrients after harvest

Growers altering their farming systems are changing the balance of soils, according to a recent analysis of nutrient removal. Incitec Pivot Fertilisers agronomist Lee Menhenett co-ordinated a program of grain and leaf tissue testing from 27...

Country News
Cropping

Grain growers warned of mouse threat

Southern region grain growers have been warned about the potential for mouse damage at sowing of this year’s winter crops. Recent monitoring and trapping efforts detected high rates of pregnancy in females — adding to...

Country News