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Education

Apprentice up for national nod

HENRY Barkley has been prepared to go a long way to realise his dream of becoming a John Deere service technician. What started as a fun time during school holidays, helping out on his uncle’s farm outside South Australia’s famed Barossa Valley...

21 Jul 2025
North West Farmer

Youre never too busy to learn

As an agricultural adviser, Dr Kate Burke’s role is to help producers make strong on-farm decisions to improve their operation. And she’s just one of the hundreds of advisers across Australia helping those producers expand the productivity and...

27 Apr 2025
Education

Filling gaps for a farming future

NARRAPORT’S Bill Lee took a fairly short round trip on his way to a Bachelor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne and back to the family farm. He took a gap year where he spent six months working on the farm and another...

19 Oct 2024
Education

Time to sign up for women’s ag leadership program

APPLICATIONS have opened for a Victorian Government program aimed at helping women in agriculture claim their space in leadership roles. Twenty women from across the state will have the chance to participate in the Victorian Rural...

10 Aug 2024
Education

Young farmers get business skills

BIRCHIP Cropping Group has launched an initiative to provide young farmers with new skill sets to enable them to make better on-farm decisions. The BCG Cultivating Futures in Farming Mentor Program has been deigned to arm growers with the skills to...

19 Jul 2024
Innovation

Mapping tree yield a relatively simple task

THE total yield of almonds from an orchard is the sum of the production of each individual tree. Some trees achieve their potential while others don’t. Yield mapping can be used to provide a comparative view of tree...

23 Jun 2024
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North West Farmer

Field walk is the solution for crops

ROBINVALE agronomist Molly Black joined a swag of specialists from across the Sunraysia, Riverland and Riverina at a recent tree crop walk and training day to learn more about issues facing local growers. Run by Stoller Australia, the day outlined...

22 Jun 2024
Education

Ag taps into focus on STEM

Mildura-based Northern Mallee Local Learning & Employment Network has used its two years with the AgSTEM program as a launching pad for its 2024 Horticulture Careers Day. NMLLEN executive officer Rod Martin says his organisation has partnered...

18 May 2024
News

Going with the grain

Adelaide will next month host hundreds of grains researchers, advisers, consultants and growers, connecting scientists with people working in the grains industry. The GRDC Grains Research Update will be held on February 6 and 7 at the Adelaide...

13 Jan 2024
Education

Students get a taste of horticulture industry

SUNRAYSIA students have been “immersed” in the local horticulture industry as part of an educational entrée to the wider sector. The Northern Mallee Local Learning and Employment Network spent the 2023 academic year leading an industry and...

05 Jan 2024
North West Farmer

SuniTAFE hosts hi-tech training

SuniTAFE’s SMART Farm provided the ideal working conditions for John Deere trainers to spend a month teaching 76 personnel and dealership staff from across the country about innovative technology designed for high value crops. The SMART Farm was...

29 Nov 2023
North West Farmer

Feed the world

Agronomist and farmer Natalie Schlitz will connect with innovators across the globe who understand and champion the fodder industry, as she uses a Nuffield Scholarship to seek out effective responses to a water-limited future. ANDREW MOLE reports...

20 Oct 2023
Education

Hands-on learning

ANOTHER 19 students have now completed the Northern Mallee Horticulture Immersion Project. Introduced this year, the Horticulture Immersion Project is a hands-on course which runs each term, involving...

04 Oct 2023
Education

Students eager for inside look at shearing

There are barely 250 kids at Coomealla High School. But its staff and students are consistently punching above their weight – most recently a dozen of them signed on for...

15 Sep 2023
Education

Aiming to team up with mum

It can’t be too long before Tahlia Haigh gets to live something of a dream.

15 Sep 2023
Education

Following in father’s footsteps

Fifteen-year-old Harry Strachan comes off a 40,000-acre spread between Pooncarie and Wentworth where three generations of his family have been running sheep and cropping cereals (mostly wheat).

15 Sep 2023
Education

Students join field day for career insights

A TOUR designed for high-school students will be one of the highlights at Birchip Cropping Group’s main field day on September 13 at Kinnabulla. The tour will run concurrently with sessions designed for farmers and advisers...

26 Aug 2023