By PHILIP HOPKINS GIPPSLAND logging contractors and their workers will be more protected from illegal protests in the forest by environmentalists under strengthened laws
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Watt a visit by Agriculture Minister
By LIAM DURKIN FEDERAL Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Emergency Management, Murray Watt, stopped by the region last month. Mr Watt was in
Ever-widening net cast in hunt for Varroa mite
AGRICULTURE Victoria has widened its permit system for moving bees to include anyone bringing bees or bee products into any part of the state
Jobs, skills summit
THE National Farmers’ Federation was addressing chronic labour shortages in the farming sector at the Jobs and Skills Summit in Canberra recently. The NFF
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