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Country News

Geoff Adams is editor of Country News, the biggest circulating rural paper in northern Victoria. Geoff has always lived in the country and started his career at the Kyabram Free Press. He enjoys his Country News role, which allows him to get out and meet farmers regularly and also to help shape the coverage for the region. Geoff dabbles in photography (he works on the principle that if you take enough photos you are bound to get a good one) and enjoys bushwalking. Geoff has held a number of other positions with the Country News sister paper, The Shepparton News, and is currently the assistant editor.

News

Policy impact

China’s changing agricultural policy presents new opportunities and challenges for Australia’s dairy, grain and meat exporters, according to a new report.

Country News

9 hours ago
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Water

Call to mend broken plan

Independent MPs will help Labor ‘‘trash’’ the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, Federal Member for Farrer Sussan Ley has warned.

Country News

10 hours ago
10 hours ago

Horticulture

Fruitful planning

A push is under way for investment in state-of-the-art sorting technology aimed at keeping Goulburn Valley fruit production globally competitive.

Country News

11 hours ago
11 hours ago

News

Praise for Woolworths

Woolworths has jumped on the front foot by increasing the price of its $1/litre milk range, but Coles and ALDI have said they are not going to follow suit.

Country News

12 hours ago
12 hours ago

News

Standpipe sites to be upgraded

More than 20 standpipe access sites across the region are being upgraded to improve ease of use and access for customers.

Country News

13 hours ago
13 hours ago

News

Robots the top pick

Robots, automation and blockchain are promising to revolutionise farming forever, so understanding why farmers are only reading about these technologies, rather than implementing them, is at the heart of a new report by Nuffield scholar Matt Fealy.

Country News

14 hours ago
14 hours ago

Dairy

Labor will act on milk floor price

Labor leaders say it is not acceptable for farmers to be paid less than the cost of producing their milk, and will take action if they win this year’s federal election.

Country News

15 hours ago
15 hours ago

Water

Floodwater policy slammed

The NSW Government’s strategy to manage irrigators’ use of floodwater has been slammed in a joint submission by researchers, irrigators, graziers and a Darling River community group.

Country News

16 hours ago
16 hours ago

Dairy

High costs hurt milk volume

Northern Victoria’s milk pool took a substantial hit in December as the pressures of high grain, hay and water prices took their toll, according to a new dairy report.

Country News

18 hours ago
18 hours ago

Water

Stumps help native fish

Large grey box stumps removed during Downer Group’s construction of Neoen’s Numurkah Solar Farm are now providing habitat for native fish in Nine Mile Creek, west of Numurkah.

Country News

27 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019

News

Help is available for NSW storm victims

Eligible primary producers in the Deniliquin/Jerilderie area affected by a severe storm in December can now access Agricultural Natural Disaster Relief Assistance from the NSW Government.

Country News

27 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019

Dairy

Saputo to sell Rochester factory

The former Rochester Murray Goulburn factory is expected to go on the market this year, as its new owner prepares to realise the closed site.

Country News

27 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019

Livestock

World leader in genomics

The sheep industry has transformed itself into a world leader in genomics research and technology adoption in just 10 years, according to a leading industry body.

Country News

27 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019

Horticulture

Humble pear gets a makeover

Rocky Varapodio has a plan to bring the humble pear into the 21st century.

Country News

27 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019

News

Hunt on for farm Jobs

The next Steve Jobs could be a farmer, according to an innovation expert.

Country News

27 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019

Water

Panel finds a river in ‘crisis’

Scientists have found rules put in place to manage the Darling River system have allowed irrigators to extract excess water, which has contributed to the death of millions of fish.

Country News

27 Feb 2019
27 Feb 2019

Water

SDLs going too slowly

Progress in the delivery of the Sustainable Diversion Limit efficiency program to date has been ‘‘troubling slow’’ according to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, which has called for basin governments to accelerate their implementation.

Country News

26 Feb 2019
26 Feb 2019

Dairy

Formula maker blends business

Infant formula maker Wattle Health Australia has agreed to buy a controlling stake in a Victorian blending and canning operation for $46million.

Country News

26 Feb 2019
26 Feb 2019

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