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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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Fighting for a future

Darcy Hare doesn’t quite fit the typical stereotype of someone passionate about water and policy.

Sophie Baldwin
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Barmah National Park brumbies starving due to drought

Drought conditions and flooding caused by water spilling out of the Barmah Choke have left brumbies in Barmah National Park starving, forcing local volunteers to handfeed them in an attempt to keep them alive.

Sophie Baldwin
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Farmers rally in Melbourne

Dozens of irrigators and community leaders are marching in Melbourne this morning to protest the impact of the Murray Darling Basin Plan on their communities. “We want to be heard. We want the ministers to listen to our concerns and understand...

Geoff Adams
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Bandaid approach leaves farmers stranded

THE OTHER week we sent 20 cows from our Crossley dairy farm to slaughter. That’s on top of the 15 we sent a few weeks before. These were good dairy cows, profitable and well in-milk. We wanted to keep them. But the sad truth is we probably...

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