THE National Farmers’ Federation was addressing chronic labour shortages in the farming sector at the Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra recently. The NFF
Author: Gippsland Farmer
Farm project uniting communities
By MICHELLE SLATER WEST Gippsland and outer-east African communities have come together to create a farming collective where locals can learn more about traditional
Technology and agriculture going hand in hand
A GROUP of fledgling Victorian tech entrepreneurs have taken a step closer to delivering ag-sector technology, with the launch of Rocket Seeder’s AgTech Seeds
Resources to deal with diseases
THE state government is establishing portable sample testing and mobile incident centres to bolster the state’s response to any emergency animal disease outbreak. The
Plan to phase out caged eggs
By MICHELLE SLATER CAGED eggs could be phased out in the next 10 to 15 years under a new set of animal welfare guidelines
The need for a more local approach in the Prom
By PHILIP HOPKINS ANALYSING the forest through more local natural fire catchment units is a key means to make the landmark federal-state national bushfire