Be biosecurity aware these school holidays
AGRICULTURE Victoria is asking school holidaymakers to help keep the state’s $17.5 billion agriculture industry safe from biosecurity threats including pests and diseases.
Rural stroke rates higher than metro areas
ON Wednesday morning, Hamilton Medical Group and Western District Health Service men’s health/urology nurse practitioner, Stuart Willder, delivered a presentation about strokes to the Hamilton Men’s Shed.
Rural Roads Alliance – Matter of Safety.
The newly-formed Rural Roads Alliance has given evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, reiterating its call for an emergency funding package totalling nearly $5.5 billion.
Wage inflation risks farming economics
In early May the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) made what some consider a shock decision to raise the cash rate by a further 25 basis points to 3.85%. This followed the decision not to raise the rate in April.
Pet Palace – finalist in Rural Business Awards
THE Pet Palace Hamilton has been announced as a finalist for the Positive Impact Within the Community Award and the Overcoming the Odds Award at the 2023 Australian Rural Business Awards.
Southern growers prepare for crop diseases
HIGHER levels of disease in their wheat crops due to wetter conditions in recent years has the Conboy family at Maroona in south-west Victoria on high alert again for the coming season.
NFF SCATHING OVER NEW BUDGET.
NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation President, Fiona Simson, said the budget does nothing to get to the heart of rampant food price inflation – which NFF polling shows is weighing on the minds of 8 in 10 Australians.
‘What goes up, must come down’
THE nation is on track to plant an impressive 23.48-million-hectare winter crop this year - up slightly on last year’s crop area - Rabobank says in its newly released 2023/24 Australian Winter Crop Outlook.
New genetic default found in Holstein cattle
Researchers at Penn State University have discovered a new genetic defect in Holstein cattle. A new haplotype potentially affecting calf well-being was discovered, that may result in calves that are weak and unable to stand at birth or shortly after.
Dairy focus farm project wrap up
In what seems like the blink of an eye, Terry and Shannon Blasches’ WestVic Dairy Focus Farm project at Jancourt East concluded with its final field day in late April.
Free trade deal signed off by the UK
The long spoken about free trade deal with the UK has been ratified, with the bill given Royal Assent in the UK Parliament in late March.
DAGA RECOGNISED FOR BIRTHING CARE.
Macarthur’s Michelle Daga was one of five finalists in the Victorian Rural Women’s Awards. I caught up with Michelle to find out how life lead her on this extraordinary journey.
Lunch for Ag women
Sheepvention 2025 is proudly introducing a powerful new addition to this year’s program: the Women in Agriculture Lunch, a celebration of the women shaping...
