THIS month marks the deadline for rollover protection being required on all new quads sold in Australia. This has been a hotly debated topic for years with many farmers, manufactures and resellers resisting the changes. On October 10, 2019, it was announced that all new quads sold in Australia must be sold with rollover protection […]
THE Victorian Farmers Federation has called on extra support for agricultural freight workers to help them comply with COVID-19 interstate border crossing requirements in the lead up to harvest. The VFF said it was “deeply concerned” by the impact the current border requirements with South Australia and New South Wales in particular would have on […]
A REZONING of land south-west of Macarthur near Budj Bim National Park has alarmed a number of farmers in the area. Recently they received notice that substantial areas of land they lived and farmed on was being reclassified as a rural conservation zone and felt that Moyne Shire was not being open of the reasons […]
AUSSIE Red dairy cattle have been making headway in many herds across the country, with some of the best examples of the breed found in Western Victoria. With increased numbers of the breed has come the ability to gather more data and build a breed genomic standard. Australian Red dairy cattle breeders can now use […]
GROWERS across the region were worried last year when July provided below average rainfall - no such concern was felt this year! With above July averages falling on already saturated soils, most of the Western Districts have been battling wet late-winter conditions. Getting winter fertiliser out across southern dairy regions towards the Otways is often […]
RECENTLY, Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) hosted an information evening at the Hamilton Exhibition building for those in the wool industry to identify future wool trends. Marius Cumming of AWI explained that the wool grower is a long way away from the designer and the catwalk, and there is a lot of processing that goes on […]
IN what will be a godsend to sheep farmers, a flystrike vaccine is on the way and likely to be a game changer. Australian Wool Innovations (AWI) have invested an extra $650,000 in funding for the collaboration with the CSIRO to fast-track the development of a flystrike vaccine. “Growers have been asking for a flystrike […]
FARMING has never been a better place to be than right now, mid pandemic. Whilst our lives can continue on with some inconveniences, we still have an income and a few hundred acres more to isolate on than the average Aussie. Farmers don’t farm for the recognition, appreciation, and praise. In fact, we often cop […]
