Rural

THE State Government has backed Victorian farmers to reduce their on-farm emissions and adapt to a changing climate with an innovative pilot program.

ROAD users are again being warned to be aware of heavy, large, and slow-moving farm machinery this time of year as the traffic to and from farms increases during crop sewing.

THERE was a reduced yarding of 115 cattle on Friday, week comprising of 69 cows, 38 trade, and eight bulls, with all buyers present and active.

NUMBERS were up at Hamilton on Wednesday, with store sheep dominating the yarding.

CURRENT strict lockdowns in many major cities in China – as the country tries to eradicate the spread of COVID-19 – are not only affecting its local citizens, but also having flow-on impacts on trading partners, including Australia, according to agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

LA TROBE University has called for community input into their newly launched regional and rural health consumer panel.

HAMILTON agents yarded 210 cattle last week comprising of 122 cows, 71 trade and 17 Bulls.

GROWERS and advisers will be better equipped to manage soil constraints in their paddocks after the development of a three-dimensional (3D) mapping strategy, currently trialled at farms in western Victoria.

IN another shocking blow for Victoria’s timber and construction industries, it has been revealed this week that not one single tree from the State Government’s 2019 pledge to plant 50,000 hectares of timber plantations, has been planted.

SOUTH-WEST Victoria’s first Dairy Innovation Challenge winners will now be announced on Wednesday, May 11 at the South West TAFE library.

TODAY is the last day of April and so marks the end of Autism Awareness Month, but for those living with the condition, the challenges – and benefits – continue all year round.

A NEW plan to relieve fertiliser shortages by increasing production in Australia has highlighted the multi-billion-dollar economic windfall that could be delivered by bringing manufacturing back to Victoria.