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Tractors and heavy machinery scams top $1 million this year

Tractors and heavy machinery scams top $1 million this year

Farmers and small businesses in rural and regional areas are urged to be cautious, particularly when buying heavy machinery, following a spike in scams targeting the agricultural sector this year.

Crop forecast to be down 1 per cent despite widespread flooding

Crop forecast to be down 1 per cent despite widespread flooding

Australia is on track to harvest a near-record winter grain crop of 61.9 million tonnes, according to Rabobank’s 2022/23 Australian Winter Crop Forecast. But what will be a record for some farmers will be heartbreak for others, due to the impacts of excessive rainfall on grain volume, yield and quality in parts of the country

MSA delivers $204 million in additional farm gate returns

MSA delivers $204 million in additional farm gate returns

Australia’s world-leading eating quality grading program, Meat Standards Australia (MSA), continues to deliver significant benefits and value to the red meat industry, from the farm gate through to the consumer’s plate, according to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).

Rural leadership development program now open for applications

Rural leadership development program now open for applications

Applications are open until November 14 for a mentoring and leadership development program connecting rural Australians aged 18 to 35 with mentors from across the country.

One of the nation’s biggest vermin cells well on the way

One of the nation’s biggest vermin cells well on the way

Pastoralists in the Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia are steadily working on erecting one of the nation’s biggest vermin exclusion cells.

Rural communities urged to look after one another during floods

Rural communities urged to look after one another during floods

NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin has urged rural communities to look after each other and avoid floodwater after wild weather whipped the state.

Nation’s biggest feedlot trial to reduce methane emissions

Nation’s biggest feedlot trial to reduce methane emissions

Mort & Co is helping lead Australia’s largest commercial feedlot trial to reduce methane emissions from cattle, assisting the company to be on target with Australia Meat & Livestock’s plan to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Innovative feeder trailer takes judge’s eye in Henty award

Innovative feeder trailer takes judge’s eye in Henty award

A southern NSW designed and manufactured multi-purpose feeder has won the coveted Greater Hume Council Award at the Henty Machinery Field Days.

Rising input costs weigh heavily on farm sector confidence

Rising input costs weigh heavily on farm sector confidence

Rising input costs combined with fears of a foot and mouth disease incursion have weighed heavily on optimism in Australia’s farm sector in the latest quarter, according to the Rabobank Rural Confidence survey.

Third La Nina on the way for spring and summer in eastern Australia

Third La Nina on the way for spring and summer in eastern Australia

The Bureau of Meteorology has declared that a third La Niña event is underway in the Pacific, increasing the likelihood of above-average rainfall during Spring and Summer in eastern Australia.

Australian farmland set to record another year of double digit growth

Australian farmland set to record another year of double digit growth

The price of Australian farmland is set to record another year of “double digit growth” in 2022, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank says in its newly-released annual Australian Agricultural Land Price Outlook.

Australia’s first sheep, camel, goat and jersey milk cheese launched

Australia’s first sheep, camel, goat and jersey milk cheese launched

Australia’s first ever Sheep, Camel, Goat and Jersey milk cheese has officially been launched, the result of a flood-inspired collaboration between Towri Sheep Cheeses, Tommerup’s Dairy Farm, Summer Land Camels and Naughty Little Kids, all famed producers from the Scenic Rim.