Dairy
Sales reward dairy quality
GOOD-quality dairy cows sold at firm or slightly dearer rates at Victorian saleyards last week.
In-calf cows in demand
COWS and heifers on the point of calving attracted the most money at Landmark's annual autumn dairy sale at Shepparton last week.
ADF to review structure
AUSTRALIAN Dairy Farmers (ADF) will review its national structure and plan to submit the proposal to the industry by mid-2010.
Rain brings relief for dairy
DAIRY farmers across Victoria are still rejoicing from last week's drenching rain.
Irrigation upgrade stoush
THE Federal Government has warned it will not deliver its $1 billion for stage two of Victoria's northern irrigation modernisation project until it gains guaranteed access to water savings from its investment.
Dam bid stirs up Coalition
DEBATE on whether to build a dam on a tributary of the Mitchell River in East Gippsland is again threatening to expose old tensions in the Victorian Coalition.
Water flows; Rann claims credit
VICTORIAN and NSW irrigators are set to gain access to one million megalitres of water due to flow down the Barwon-Darling River to the Menindee Lakes this autumn.
Plea to help save lakes
THE Australian Conservation Foundation is calling for donations to buy 200 megalitres of water for the Hattah Lakes.
US scientists - including Peggy Tomasula and Phoebe Qi (above) - have developed a way to use milk to make clear biodegradable films to protect food.
Pulses act on carbon
A LEADING soil scientist has promoted pulses within cropping rotations as the key to reducing carbon emissions related to grain growing.
Machine
more machine
Tractor was 'too cheap'
A GIPPSLAND farmer is suing Case New Holland's finance arm and a Trafalgar machinery dealer over a repossessed tractor.
March 19: Angus bulls to $23,000 at Te Mania
TE MANIA'S annual production sale today saw Angus bulls sell to $23,000.
Wait for hay demand to lift
A CONSISTENT flow of hay trucks into southwest Victoria and the southern Wimmera is an encouraging sign for the market.
Fill the HAC void
HORTICULTURE Australia Council failed because it did not listen growers, but now the industry must move forward, writes IAN McALISTER
Back Paddock
more back paddock
Hay, great idea
PEOPLE travelling along the Hamilton highway recently did a double take when they saw a hay bale floating in a dam. Nothing too weird about that surely?
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