THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has said farming communities are being prevented from participating in the process for assessing the environmental risk of mining and energy projects leading to bad outcomes for food production.

STUDENTS at all levels of education with a passion for STEM are benefitting from Agriculture Victoria’s (AV) broadening education program.

A TOTAL of 2039 cattle were yarded at Mortlake on Monday, representing an increase of over 800 head.

NUMBERS were reduced at Hamilton on Wednesday to 33,000 lambs yarded with the decrease being 6000 head.

THE 2024 Western District Weaner Sales concluded for another year on Friday with agents saying heifer sales were well above expectations with more than 20,000 cattle sold throughout the week.

A BIG step up in numbers this week at the Hamilton market with 39,000 lambs yarded representing a significant increase of 24,000 for the second market of the new year.

THE initial market of the year at Mortlake yarded 1210 head displaying good quality overall, however, there was a larger tail of crossbred cattle on offer.

AS families struggle to pay for their food amidst a ‘cost-of-living’ crisis, supermarkets are still making record profits while the Federal Government has launched an inquiry into the supermarket prices. Leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud, said there was further evidence of price disparity on the cost of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets, after demanding […]

AUTOMATED beef boning processing is a step closer now.

KERR AND CO stock agents, Zac van Wegen (hand raised) and Craig Pertzel (pointing) were busy fielding bids on Monday in front of a packed crowd at the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange (HRLX).