OnFarm

 

Doing it naturally

Sonia and Tony Cristofaro are advocates of natural fertilisers to improve crops and reduce costs.

TONY Cristofaro is on a winner, using less water to grow bigger and healthier crops and cutting costs in the process.

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Lucerne cubing venture takes off

Bryce Riddell and one of his lucerne cubes.

IT'S easy to digest, a lucerne cubing business is offering fodder in its most convenient form yet, writes KIM WOODS

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Muraca ticks all the boxes

Beef with tobacco

JOHN Muraca is out to tick all the boxes with his weaner cattle.

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Smart yard success

Pooginook business manager John Sutherland

TOP-notch equipment enables a Riverina stud to shear, weigh and process 6000 lambs with only four staff.

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Looking beyond the cows

Korumburra South dairy farmer Michael Armstrong

DAIRY farmers Michael and Brianna Armstrong say their future lies in investing off farm, SIMONE SMITH reports

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Creek chases chance in Kazakhstan

Libby and Bruce Creek

BEEF cattle breeders Bruce and Libby Creek are about to embark on their greatest challenge.

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Soils of the past in Wimmera

Soil testing in Wimmera

RESEARCHERS are opening up a soil time capsule in the Wimmera.

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Free-range success for Ellises

Marnie and Shane Ellis have had success with a  free-range eggs farm.

A DECISION to set up a free-range egg farm has brought rich rewards, writes EMMA FIELD

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Sorraghans' quality the key

Andis and Frank Sorraghan's stud producers quality cattle with little fan fare.

FRANK Sorraghan loves nothing more than playing his magnificent Ronisch grand piano.

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Switch pays off for Austin

Blair Austin

AN investment in pasture renovation five years ago is starting to pay off for one Orbost sharefarmer.

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Fix fences to keep fire at bay

Mike Stephens - Food for thought

TED McNabb reckons this year could be just like 1969.

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Grinding out flour success

Flour produced at the Grewal mill

FOUR brothers are keeping a family farming tradition alive.

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Koops scoop Wimmera crop prize

The Koops' winning crop

ANDREW and Dianne Koop's passion for farming led them to a top billing in this season's Wimmera Champion Crop competition.

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Seymour celebrates

Seymour Alternative Farm Expo

THE Seymour Alternative Farming Expo is celebrating its 21st birthday this year with 500 exhibitors attending the event.

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Nhill brings out the big guns

Nhill show

NHILL'S Agricultural Show shone with more than $6 million worth of machinery on display last week.

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Studs at Merino Field Day

Southern Victorian Merino Field Day.

VISITORS to the Southern Victorian Merino Field Day will discover that behind the production of wool there is diversity of studs and flocks.

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So many sites at Elmore

Elmore Field Days

THE Elmore Machinery Field Days offers a range of exhibitors and demonstrations.

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Crowds flock to Elmore Field Days

Elmore Machinery Field Days

ELMORE Field Days is on track to record one of its biggest turnouts in recent years.

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New pavilion opened at Elmore Field Days

Peter Ryan

A NEW Agribusiness Exhibitor Pavilion at the Elmore Field Days was officially opened today.

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Elmore in-field demonstrations

Elmore in-field demonstrations

AN IN-FIELD demonstration program will run over each of the three days of the Elmore Machinery Field Days.

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