AS farmers scramble to obtain late winter fertiliser for their crops, the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has announced amendments will be made to the standard form fertiliser contracts, to come into effect on November 10.

REGISTER now to join Agriculture Victoria’s six-part hour-long lunchtime webinar series ‘managing seasonal variability’ beginning Wednesday, September 20 at 12.30pm with subsequent webinars running each Wednesday until October 25.

PORTLAND came away with something to celebrate at Sunday’s Hampden Football Netball League vote count, with division two netballer Tamika Holt taking out best and fairest honours for the 2023 season.

WEDNESDAY’S Hamilton yarding consisted of 3000 lambs and 900 sheep, some 1750 fewer than last week’s market.

A look back at previous editions of the paper 50 and 25 years ago.

GRASSFED beef producers are invited by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) to take part in an online pilot project under development for the environmental credentials of Australian grassfed beef.

WATERLOGGING. Some of us, south of Hamilton - suffer in sodden paddocks most years. It’s an ongoing issue but one that we have difficulty controlling.

MEET Jane and Mick Craig, farmers on a livestock and cropping property in Harrow, western Victoria.

VICTORIAN farmers are taking a more pessimistic outlook on the year ahead, despite the state currently enjoying “generally good” seasonal conditions in most areas, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.

IT was another great climb for crisis response dog Ember, racing from the bottom to the top of Melbourne’s Crown Metropol in 7.7 minutes.