Rural

AGRICULTURE Victoria has launched an advertising campaign targeting the online sale of water hyacinth and salvinia, two of Victoria’s highest priority aquatic noxious weeds. 

AS if rural and Regional Victorians needed further evidence that the State Government has abandoned them.

VICTORIAN producers, staff and agents at the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange created an Australian record – with 59,487 electronic National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) tags scanned on sheep sold at the sale on December 15, 2021.

A HOMERTON farmer is at a loss to know why three valuable rams at his sheep property were shot dead recently.

TAHARA residents are counting their blessings after emergency services stopped an out-of-control grassfire that burned more than 380 hectares at the weekend.

IT’S the end of an era but the start of a new adventure for one South West agriculture business as its founder retires before a new partnership is formed with a bricks and mortar business in the heart of Heywood.

GRAINS Research and Development Corporation’s National Variety Trials (NVT) program is undergoing a makeover, with the aim of ensuring the long-term, future availability of its product for Australian grain growers and their advisers.

NATIONALS leader, Peter Walsh spoke in Victorian Parliament on Tuesday about farm trespass protections and introduced amendments to draft legislation which he claimed contains significant problems.

CHRISTMAS is meant to be a festive and uplifting time of year for families, but significant numbers of types of food commonly consumed during summer holidays can be potentially fatal for dogs, and vets have warned owners to take care with scraps and tidbits.

FROM January 1, 2022, all sheep and goats must be e-tagged so they are identifiable under the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS).

NOMINATIONS for the 2022 Australian Wool Industry Medal have opened.  

HAMILTON’S weaner week started off with a bang on Monday and the hits continued to roll, with Thursday’s heifer sale continuing the run of record prices for the yards.