A MAROONA resident who services Lake Bolac clients has been recognised for his contribution to his community, being nominated for an award at this year’s Syngenta Growth Awards as a farming advisor.
ACCORDING to a Rabobank survey, farmer confidence has seen a lift from the first quarter of 2023, and this was based on more ‘normal’ seasonal conditions and commodity prices.
BACK in 2021, egg farmers were donating pallets of their produce to help thousands of Victorians and their families in need of emergency food relief due to the financial impact of COVID-19.
JUNE 1 marks an important day in the diary of dairy farmers as under the Dairy Code of Conduct (‘The Code’) processors were required to release their minimum average price to be paid for the coming financial year.
WHAT a remarkable achievement by St Helens Ultrafine Woolgrowers David and Susan Rowbottom to win their 7th ‘Vellus Aureum’ award, with a world record finest fleece measuring 9.4 micron.
THIS year’s Sheepvention will include the inaugural Peter Schroder Lecture with Aggregate Consulting director/owner, Sandy McEachern, speaking on the subject of ‘what happens to farm wealth when we get all the pieces of the puzzle together’.
