THE State Government has rejected a Victorian parliamentary inquiry’s recommendation to ban game hunting.

WESTERN Victorian dairy farms have again dominated in the 2023 Milk Quality Awards, taking out almost half of the national awards on offer.

THE highly anticipated Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Summer Lamb campaign launched in early January – skewering the generation gap that has divided the nation.

THERE was a significant decrease in sheep numbers this week at Hamilton with a total of 6550 penned, being a reduction of some 26,000 sheep on last week’s market.

MORE than 1300 of Australia and New Zealand’s most progressive farmers have graduated from Rabobank’s Business Management Programs over the past 25 years.

BILL Hickey’s face would be very familiar to those attending the regional saleyards.

NOW is a good time for dairy producers to assess their heat stress management programs as heat stress can impose a significant financial and welfare cost to a business.

A YEAR ago, a global agriculture data analysis and forecast firm , Gro Intelligence, ran a series of industry predictions for 2023, and in the last week it reviewed those and announced another set of predictions for this year, including the expectation global wheat supplies will buck a several-year trend, and rise in 2024.

CHROME Sheep Studs held their 13th on-property Summer Ram Sale on January 15, which was also online with Auctions Plus.

RECENTLY starting at Elders Hamilton as part of the agronomy team is Steph Brownrigg.