Rural

PROTECTING biosecurity is paramount for the health and wellbeing of livestock, produce, and natural ecosystems.

SOUTH-WEST Victoria saw a seven per cent increase in the price of shedded cereal hay inputs and a 32 per cent increase in the price of stockfeed wheat inputs from July 2021 to July 2022, according to data from Dairy Australia’s Situation and Outlook quarterly report.

INDUSTRY leaders gathered in Bendigo in August for the combined Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALRTA), and Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Victoria (LRTAV) conference.

WITH the recent news of tractor sales hitting all-time highs and many ag machinery dealers enjoying their most buoyant sales figures on record, people are left wondering if the momentum can be sustained.

CATTLE numbers held firm at Friday’s Hamilton cattle market, with the yarding being majority cows, with an extra buyer present.

THE Friends of Hamilton Botanic Gardens will hold their 2022 Annual General Meeting next week with guest speaker, Michele Adler.

THE program to replace or reinforce a record number of power poles in western Victoria by Powercor, as part of work to strengthen the electricity network, has reached a key milestone and is on track to hitting its annual target.

NEW technology developments with wireless networks could have significant applications with early bushfire detection – and much more.

FOLLOWING recent detections of foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin disease overseas, biosecurity has hit the headlines, with national and state biosecurity measures front and centre.

LOCALS are being reminded that the Australian Magpie breeding season is imminent in south-west Victoria, and with that they begin to swoop, generally beginning late August or early September, and possibly going through until late October.

AGENTS yarded 4491 head at Hamilton on Wednesday, a decrease of 1182, where the quality diminished on last week’s market with more plainer unfinished lambs on offer and carrying less weight overall.

A NEW agribusiness report into intergenerational farming has revealed more than three quarters (77 per cent) of farmers are optimistic about the future of farming, at a time when Australians continue to flock to the regions.