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Peter Bannan

More blowback from buybacks

FARMER driven coalitions are lining up to demand an end to water buybacks out of the Murray Darling basin. Southern Riverina Irrigators and now the Murray Regional Strategy Group have both condemned the ongoing Federal Government strategy of taking...

20 hours ago

Water

Water org unveils customer committees

GOULBURN-Murray Water has announced the inaugural members of its new customer committees, including in the western region and pumped irrigation districts of Nyah, Tresco and Woorinen. The customer committees will provide insight and feedback on the...

20 hours ago

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

North West Farmer

Skills training about life on the land

WOMEN way out west in New South Wales – somewhere beyond the crossroads of mainstream communities – have been given an intensive leadership skills training program targeting farming women in the Wentworth-Pooncarie districts. Beyond the...

26 Apr 2025

North West Farmer

Bugs getting the chop

FOR leading Australian citrus grower and exporter Darren Minter of Iraak’s Minter Magic, several months of complete pest control ensures his export pack-out consistently meets China’s strict first-grade protocol. The fourth-generation producer...

25 Apr 2025

Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Almond season a success

AUSTRALIAN almonds have experienced a boom during the 2024-25 selling season with volumes up 29 per cent to an unprecedented 169,541 tonnes (kernel weight equivalent).This represents an estimated sales value in excess of $1 billion. Domestic sales...

25 Apr 2025

News

Specialist focus on rural stomal therapy

CULGOA-based Emily Mudge has launched Sunflower Nursing – Ostomy and Wound Solutions to deliver a much-needed allied medical support service for regional and rural areas across northwest Victoria. Born and raised in the Mallee region, Ms Mudge has...

21 Feb 2025

North West Farmer

Grain records fall but Victoria misses out

GRAIN receival sites in the GrainCorp network have recorded their highest receivals in more than 10 years, with receival records falling in Queensland and New South Wales. Harvest activity has wound up across both states and in Victoria, with totals...

21 Feb 2025

North West Farmer

Squeezing more messages out of your moisture monitoring

Soil moisture technology is a powerful tool in the hands of irrigators, but harnessing its full potential is an art in itself. Which is why a series of soil moisture monitoring workshops later this month will provide irrigators with the opportunity...

25 Nov 2024

North West Farmer

When it comes to carbon, not all soils are the soils you think

MALLEE Sustainable Farming has been funded for a project to promote action to optimise or increase soil carbon in southwest NSW. Soil carbon is a hot topic in agriculture, but what does it really mean for farmers in low-rainfall areas such as...

22 Nov 2024

North West Farmer

App pins down pesticide resistance

A new data visualisation tool can display the distribution and severity of pesticide resistance across Australia, enabling growers and agronomists to make better, data-driven crop management decisions relevant to their region. The Pesticide...

20 Nov 2024

North West Farmer

Keeping your finger on pulses

ANYONE in the Mallee growing pulses and wanting to get a bigger bang for their buck will want to be at the pulse field day being held at Rupanyup on Wednesday next weekAgriculture Victoria, Frontier Farming Systems and Grains Research &...

09 Nov 2024