22/08/2008 | This week’s decision by the Federal Government to extend exceptional
circumstances (EC) funding across 32 drought-declared regions highlights the
ongoing extent and impact of the drought right across Australia.
12/08/2008 | Finally some relief is at hand for agricultural exporters with the dollar continuing its slide to stand at US87.74 cents at noon - it's lowest level since January.
30/07/2008 | Former John Elliott property Madowla Park on the junction of the Murray and Goulburn rivers has been sold to Government-sponsored environmental company, Water for Rivers, which is expected to use at least some of its large 9900 megalitre water entitlement to help meet its target of restoring 212GL of flows to the Murray and Snowy.
30/07/2008 | Northern irrigators are being warned to brace themselves for a tough year, with 30pc of channels unlikely to run and others run at fill level only to minimise losses and eke out valuable water resources.
17/07/2008 | MEASURING and tracking farm emissions accurately may not be as big a headache as first thought.
An exploratory new agricultural study focused on the current gas emissions of Victorian farmers is helping to lay the framework for a workable measurement program according to the head of the State’s special Landcare greenhouse agricultural project.
14/07/2008 | Victorian farmers have sought a $150,000 federal grant to leave the land in greater numbers than applicants from other states, but money from the exit grant package is only flowing slowly.