North West Farmer

Drought support extended statewide: Premier to lead task force

THE Victorian Government has announced its drought support package has been extended to farmers across the state. Revealed on Friday, the package was previously restricted to municipalities mainly in the south west of the state. At the same time...

01 Jun 2025

News

Mice the target of rodent study

WALPEUP in the heart Mallee has become the frontline in the rodent wars – and Victoria’s only benchmark and rapid assessment site. Making it part of a national network tackling the ongoing – often crippling – threat of mouse activity to...

01 Jun 2025

Environment

Marsupial back from the brink

A FEISTY marsupial known for its unusual breeding strategy -- where males die following the annual mating cycle -- is again roaming around Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary in far south-west New South Wales for the first time in more than a century. The tiny...

01 Jun 2025

News

New directors bring scientific and on-farm expertise

BIRCHIP Cropping Group (BCG) has announced the appointment of Dr Marisa Collins and Giles Cunningham to its board, bringing deep scientific, educational, and on-ground production expertise to help shape the future direction of the organisation. Dr...

01 Jun 2025

News

Councillors oppose emergency services tax

MILDURA Rural City councillors unequivocally condemned the Victorian Government’s new Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund at Thursday’s council meeting. An urgent agenda motion to write to Premier Jacinta Allan was passed unanimously. The letter...

26 May 2025

Environment

System breaking the cycle

IN the northwest Victorian region, farming is a constant balancing act, managing profitability, soil health, feed availability and soil cover. And within this complex system, the growing use of break crops is helping significantly break the...

23 May 2025

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ULTRAWHITE SHINES BRIGHT AT ROSEDALE

Rosedale Stud UltraWhite ewe lambs 9-10 mths, ready to go out with some ram lambs. With an average weight at post weaning assessment of 67.2kg they also recorded an ASBV average PWWT 11.7, with a high of 12.9 and PEMD of 2.18, with a high of 2.74...

29 Aug 2023

News

Sea Lake service technician named Australian Agriculture & Turf Service Technician of the Year

Haeusler’s John Deere Sea Lake service technician Lachlan Corridan was named Australian Agriculture & Turf Service Technician of the Year at an awards ceremony in Brisbane last night. John Deere Australia and New Zealand managing director, Luke...

25 Aug 2023

Video

Ultra good results for Induro’s Ultra Whites

Guy Treweek’s Wakool, NSW, based Induro White Suffolk stud already had a blue-ribbon reputation for the quality of the rams it produced. But in the very short time it has also started breeding Ultra White sheep, it has raised the bar to new...

08 Aug 2023

Prices rise on livestock

THIS week’s Ouyen livestock sale – with 11,907 head yarded – saw prices surge across the board, with mutton classes rising as much as $35 to do best of all. Ouyen livestock exchange manager Colin Mole said the sale included 8709 lambs and 3198...

23 May 2025

North West Farmer

Councillors oppose emergency services tax

23 May 2025

North West Farmer

Cash to weed out pests

THE Victorian Government has opened up the next round of funding under the state’s Partnerships Against Pests grants program. The effort makes grants of between $10,000 and $50,000 available so community groups can “build the skills and resources to...

23 May 2025

Livestock

Council needs to strategically review its whole future direction

SWAN Hill Rural City Council’s proposal to ‘strategically review’ the future of what it describes as its financially underperforming saleyards has sparked deep concern across the region, and rightly so. Because in these turbulent economic...

18 May 2025

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