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Winter crops struggle: forecaster

A combination of extreme dry weather and damaging frost will deliver Australia its smallest winter crop in 10 years, according to Rabobank in its recently-released Winter Crop Production Outlook. The specialist agribusiness bank, in its report...

Rodney Woods
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Final day at Elmore Field Days

The Elmore Field Days wraps up today, with the National Ag Art Wear Competition Parade final the highlight. The three-day event featured something for everyone with farm machinery and tractors on display as well as a jumping castle and face painting...

Rodney Woods

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PM refuses water meeting

Local government, indigenous, farming and community groups have slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison for declining an invitation to meet a local delegation about the water crisis, accusing him of handballing the problem.

Alana Christensen
Dairy

Withhold supply to get fair milk price, says Strathmerton dairy farmer

Dairy farmers have one bargaining chip.

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Hundreds of gigalitres of water lost in just eight months, according to MDBA

About 620 Gl of water in the River Murray system was lost between June 1, 2018 and January 31, 2019 according to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). Hot and dry conditions combined with low inflows, high demands and the need for overbank...

Alana Christensen
Dairy

Forced to sell milking herd

Neil Parker is the fourth generation of his family to dairy farm.

Sophie Baldwin