3/07/2008 | The newest Nationals recruit, Darren Chester, has been branded "the future of the party" by its leader Warren Truss, following his emphatic win against Labor and the Liberals in the Gippsland by-election on the weekend.
3/07/2008 | The Victorian Farmers Federation is supporting Premier John Brumby in his bid to maintain the 4pc threshold limit on permanent trade out of districts within the Southern Murray-Darling Basin.
3/07/2008 | A livestock owner has appeared in the Shepparton Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to 44 charges of cruelty and aggravated cruelty to animals.
1/07/2008 | Goulburn-Murray Water has today announced a 0pc opening allocation for the 2008/09 season across all water systems in northern Victoria.
1/07/2008 | Some solid rain falls have been recorded overnight in Victoria and Tasmania, and more is on the way next week.
1/07/2008 | A new report into the impact of public land management practices on bushfires in Victoria has confirmed that the State is experiencing more intense and frequent fires in areas where more and more people are living, and that management strategies have to change.
30/06/2008 | Solid butcher inquiry was the key to a successful June store sheep at Hay on Friday where best sales of one year-old Merino ewes made to $78 to $80 a head.
29/06/2008 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's honeymoon officially ended last night, with a substantial swing against the Labor Party in the Gippsland by-election.
26/06/2008 | Delegates at this year's Victorian Farmers Federation annual conference have elected regional representatives to the VFF's Water Council, the peak Victorian irrigator representative body.
26/06/2008 | Dairy farmers can potentially improve their farm productivity, following the release of effluent management guidelines at the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria Conference yesterday.
26/06/2008 | Delegates at this year's Victorian Farmers Federation annual general meeting have re-elected Birregurra farmer Simon Ramsay to lead the VFF for another year.
26/06/2008 | The Victorian Farmers Federation is busy working to get its proposed grain marketing brokerage and market information service up and running.
24/06/2008 | During May, 58per cent of Australian butchers surveyed by Millward Brown, on behalf of MLA, described their business performance as ‘doing OK’, while a further 35pc
said their business was ‘thriving’ and only 6pc reported a ‘usually slow or struggling’ business.
24/06/2008 | Merino breeders will have a rare chance to hear about the on-farm impacts of the mulesing debate, sheep benchmarking and genomics, and what their customers want, at a one-off information day at Conargo in southern NSW on August 8.
23/06/2008 | The improved returns for recent bullock markets saw strong demand continued for grown steers at the Ballarat monthly store cattle where 3420 head penned on Friday.
23/06/2008 | The future of the viticulture industry within the Grampians-Pyrenees region is more secure with its announcement as a Phylloxera Exclusion Zone (PEZ).
23/06/2008 | Scientists have found a way to recycle the on-farm waste product, dairy sludge, and re-use it as an effective and valuable fertiliser.
20/06/2008 | Gippsland's farming industry will benefit from a $500,000 State Government investment to boost skills in the region.
18/06/2008 | Record low irrigation delivery losses across the Goulburn Murray system last season of just 380GL have cast new doubt on the achievability of the savings forecast in the Food Bowl Modernisation Project which is based on annual losses of 850GL.
18/06/2008 | Estimates that it could cost up to $30k to replace dethridge wheels with new meters, or double the anticipated costs, have sparked fears of a multi million dollar blowout in the cost of the food bowl modernisation project.