1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (407+ words) An award-winning videographer says farming's shift towards drone technology and artificial intelligence is only just beginning. Edward Barraclough, Newborough, was presented with the Westpac Innovation in Agriculture Award at the Australian Agriculture Awards on Wednesday night. Mr Barraclough's company Drone-Hand…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (434+ words) When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the owners of Tasmanian Berries were left scrambling to secure staff. Andrew Terry and his wife Stephanie launched the business in 2014 at Exton, Tas, and were faced with a challenge that seemed insurmountable in early…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (161+ words) Stock & Land 'Betrayed': farmers facing fresh doubts as paraquat back in Canberra's crosshairs Grain growers have questioned why a Senate committee has reopened a paraquat debate they believed had been settled by Australia's chemical regulator, warning an upper house inquiry…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (643+ words) Victorian grain growers are managing a "one-in-100-year" seasonal outlook, as full subsoil moisture profiles push crop yields up to a month ahead of schedule across the Wimmera and Mallee. The latest Agriculture Victoria soil moisture probe data showed there…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (687+ words) A growing push to transform prime farmland into timber plantations has farmers and the local industry on high alert. The federal government has committed to converting 9000 hectares of Australian farmland to pine plantations by 2050 as part of its Net Zero…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (763+ words) Crop growers are racing against the clock to secure a backpacker workforce for the upcoming harvest as working holiday visas get issued at a slower rate. Victorian Farmers Federation president Ryan Milgate said the industry could not afford for the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (587+ words) Mental health support for farmers doesn't start in a waiting room - it starts in a shed, a paddock or over a cuppa with a trusted friend. That's the philosophy behind AgMind Australia, a peer-led, practical-rural mental health and wellbeing initiative…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (749+ words) Helping to develop an artificial intelligence chatbot to answer growers' questions and make research more accessible is just one way Grace Hosking is changing approaches to agricultural extension. "I could see all this amazing research that was occurring - there's so…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (619+ words) The Australian livestock transport industry is mourning the loss of trucking stalwart Gavin O'Sullivan. Mr O'Sullivan, the founder of O'Sullivan's Transport in Elmore, died suddenly on Monday at the age of 77. He set up the business at the family farm…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (656+ words) Leaving the landscape in a better state of health for the next generation is what drives one of Victoria's leading beef producers. Paringa Livestock stud principal Olivia Lawson, Clarkes Hill, who grew up on a farm in South Gippsland, said…...