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Strong season end for Gippsland dairies

11:05 AM | Despite a trying, wet and cold spring, Gippsland dairy farmers have dug deep to push production up to similar levels of the previous season, according to Dairy Australia’s analysis in the 2012 Situation and Outlook report released today.

Dairy - General

Input cost worries for western dairies

11:01 AM | Concern about increasing input costs has doubled among south-west Victorian farmers, according to the 2012 National Dairy Farmer Survey (NDFS) organised by Dairy Australia.

Dairy - General

Report calls for cash to get state on move again

8:25 AM | VICTORIA urgently needs to plan and fund a major infrastructure pipeline for new projects ''to stimulate and invigorate Victoria's economy'', according to a new report.

Agribusiness and General - General

Community angst over DPI closures

4:00 AM | THE State-wide restructure of the DPI offices by the Victorian Government has been described as the "May Day jobs massacre" by the Community and Public Sector Union. | DPI cuts could swing rural vote | DPI closures leave local ...

Agribusiness and General - General

First clip fares well for young woolgrowers

4:00 AM | PASSIONATE sheep breeders Will and George Grimwade, pictured with Australian Wool Network agent Ron Creek, sold their first Merino clip at the Melbourne wool stores yesterday.

Wool - General

Vic leading cattle emission research

4:00 AM | VICTORIAN scientists are leading an international team of researchers into burping cattle. |

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Livestock - Cattle

Cattle at increased risk after wet weather

4:00 AM | EASTERN states livestock producers are urged to be on the lookout for disease outbreaks caused by the wet weather and flooding of summer.

Livestock - Cattle

Bolton Girls' big Beef success

16 May 12 | THERE'S a new paddock being set up at Bolton Girls Red Angus stud at Congupna, Victoria - the interbreed champion pen.

Livestock - Cattle

Future looks bright for beef, says Cattle Council

16 May 12 | Beef producers must speak up and have a say in the future of their industry, says the Cattle Council of Australia (CCA) and the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF). |

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Livestock - Cattle

Vic to double ag production

16 May 12 | VICTORIA will aim to double its food and fibre production by 2030 to meet growing global demand, says Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh.

Agribusiness and General - General

Swan Hill Dorpers top at $160

16 May 12 | STATION–bred Dorper and White Dorper ewes met a restricted demand at special sale of wool-shedding sheep held at the Swan Hill Regional saleyards on Tuesday.

Livestock - Sheep

Paddock to plate perfection

16 May 12 | THE distance from paddock to plate is rapidly shrinking thanks to many restaurants seeking out local produce for their menus.

Agribusiness and General - General

Secret soil cracks linger, despite surface sealing

16 May 12 | Deep cracks in soil can remain open underground even after they have visibly sealed on the surface, a new study has found.

Grains and Cropping - General

Tasmania's largest irrigation scheme ready to start

16 May 12 | The construction of Tasmania’s biggest ever irrigation scheme is ready to start in the Midlands.

Agribusiness and General - General

VFF wild dog baiting cancelled

15 May 12 | THE Victorian Government has been forced to abandon its wild dog aerial baiting program due to Federal Government belligerence, says the Victorian Farmers Federation.

Agribusiness and General - General

Mallee solar park project gets Ballieu go-ahead

15 May 12 | THE Baillieu government will back a revised push to build a massive solar power project in Victoria's Mallee region, but has refused to say how much money it is committing. |

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Agribusiness and General - General

Demand for oats soars

15 May 12 | SOME farmers call it ''bank hours'', others call it ''gentlemen's hours''. But despite the differences in terminology it means the same thing. Across the state's grain belt the sowing season is well under way, but farmers are not overdoing the overtime.

Agribusiness and General - General