Victorian Country Hour: Recent Episodes
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China is once again Australia's biggest agricultural export market but if it sneezes will Australian ag catch a cold
It's not a drug but its production is regulation like one, the hemp industry in Victoria is being examined
Organic producers in Victoria have been hit by a last minute decision by major abattoir to stop killing their animals
Farmers are struggling to sell light sheep, agents say they aren't seeing it and who is making the money?
Australian Dairy Farmers call on the ACCC to block a deal where Coles will buy dairy factories
More lumpy skin concerns for Australian exports to Indonesia and a class action against Roundup in court
The buffer zone that allows wild dogs to be controlled on public land could be srapped in October
Varroa mite at the border, Victorian Water Minister speaks and Ausnet apology to farmers
Replanting wine grapes, Graincorp on China barley and Victorians win big at Mt Isa rodeo
A US farming group starts petition calling for restrictions on Australian lamb imports into America
Barley prices lift as China drops tariffs but wine growers continue to wait for a China change
Lamb skins are so worthless that farmers are being charged by abattoirs to send them to landfill
Australia's largest fertiliser manufacturer, Incitec Pivot could be sold to an Indonesian company, Pupak Kaltim
Grain prices fall dramatically, big dollars for powerline court cases and Joel Fitzgibbon joins the show
A lumpy skin detection in Australian cattle that are overseas has led to a temporary halt to the market for four facilities.
David Williams from Kidder Williams on the outlook for agricultural investment and farm prices
Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek says the Murray-Darling Basin can not be delivered on time.
Russia launches strikes against Ukrainian grain ports, so what does that mean for markets, and for global food security?
UDV president Mark Billing announces plans for a new dairy lobby group, separate to the VFF
ABC Victorian Country Hour broadcasts live from Hamilton at an event to discuss moving to sheep breeds which shed wool
Memories of last year's flooding fresh as Murray River at Barham reaches moderate flood level
Tanya Plibersek writes to the Murray Darling Basin Authority asking it to report on the likelihood of the Basin Plan's mid-2024 water recovery deadlines being met
Farmer says flood recovery roadworks will actually make the next flooding event worse at his place
Farmers converge on Canberra to call for Senate inquiry into transmission infrastructure
Farm groups say reform to the labour hire industry would force employers to pay inexperienced workers the same rate as long-term employees
The secret life of varroa mite may hold the key to its destruction and savings the bees
State Government fends off criticism over what the budget means for regional Victorians
Showing cattle is an age old tradition of country shows, now some school kids are taking on the challenge and learning about farming along the way
Elders posts big drop in half-year profit, still makes almost $83 million before tax and interest
Rural service provider Elders Limited revealed a 46 per cent drop in half year profit, compared to the same time last year
VFF Grains Group seeks legal advice on whether it can block the liquidation of its share portfolio
Farmers to pay new levy to help fund extra biosecurity measures to keep out pests and diseases
Rabobank tipping a 10 per cent reduction in the milk price as opening price deadline looms
Law experts from Australian universities say Italy's claim to the name Prosecco is the dodgiest they've seen
Barley and wine grape growers are watching the pausing of the WTO case against China closely.
Grain growers are being forced to step back in time this season and burn their stubbles.
Questions have been raised over whether the Federal government's new environmental biodiversity program will be fit for purpose
Industry and animal welfare specialists respond to footage of pigs in distress as they are being stunned with carbon dioxide gas
Australian Wool Innovation says good progress has been made in developing a new form of biological defleecing
If you're a farmer, are you setting about earning carbon credits though the Federal Emissions Reduction Fund?
With power prices expected to spike by 30 per cent soon in Victoria, have you decided to get off the grid?
A dairy farm in West Gippsland has produced a calf with markings resembling a smiley face
Australian dairy lovers have been warned that they soon could be paying more for their favourite cheese, yogurt, butter and cream.
A new term has been introduced into financial circles and its got farmers worried - it's "unrealised gains".
Graincorp has but a bow on another massive grain harvest out of Victoria that set a number of new individual records.
The federal department of agriculture, fisheries and forestry has fallen hundreds of millions of dollars into the red.
Administrators for Scott's Refrigerated Logistics which entered voluntary administration last Monday have not been able to find a buyer for the business.
The VFF is worried about a recent Victorian government gazette of power line infrastructure
The Victorian government will provide compensation to farmers who have large transmission lines built on their property.
Lino Saputo on Australian dairy, a major case of livestock theft and flooding on the Darling Anabranch
The bee pest varroa destructor mite could have been in Australia for up to a year before it was detected in New South Wales, Senate Estimates told.
Robots are now picking strawberries and Varroa mite could have been in Australia for some time.
The sheep flock has grown to nearly 80 million head and the MDBA's warning on the basin plan
This Australia day has seen awards for outstanding environmental work and food production: Organics leader Dalene Wray, Landcarer Chris Brooke and the late Angus cattle stalwart Jim Wilson.
A farmer at Mount Emu has shown one can never be too busy to have fun with a tractor, a mower and a drone.
Sam Kekovich is back for another MLA summer lamb ad ... so what does the industry make of it?
The Country Hour broadcasts live from day three of the weaner cattle sales at Barnawartha.
Farmers in central Victoria are cleaning up today after storms that decimated crops and damaged their houses.
Agriculture Victoria to fall under new Energy, Environment and Climate Action Department
Changes to Bureau of Meteorology crosses to radio programs are criticised by the National Farmers Federation
Big fine for labour hire operator, damage from floods continues to mount and farming Christmas trees
Home made helicopters, gliders, hot air balloons, what's the weirdest thing you've seen during harvest?
The Nationals most successful election since the 1940's and big winners at the Nationals Shearing and Wool Handling Championships
Farmers along the Murray are trapped by floodwaters or busily preparing before they are cut off by rising water.
Leader of the Liberal Party, Matthew Guy says regional Victoria is key to him winning the election but does he have the policies that connects with regional Victorians?
Waiting for waters to recede on a flooded farm and harvest starts in some areas of Victoria.
The Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt joins the program to talk apple imports, Coles and carp
USA Apple imports, hail storms in the Goulburn Valley and increased releases from Hume Dam
Floods in Orbost, a lack of feed for dairy farmers and an epic bogging story from a Maffra 'tug of war,' champion.
Potato growers fighting for increased pay and the VFF loses input to biosecurity committee
Regional transport chief says wet weather is hindering road maintenance as road complaints rise
For the price of a luxury sports car, graziers are snapping up bulls as records for the prized beasts fall across country.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's chief adviser on agriculture policy previously condemned mainstream animal farming as "inherently cruel" and campaigned to end live exports.
The plant-based milk market is booming, and globally is worth billions of dollars and climbing.
Dairy Farmer Bec Jessup from Boolarra South painted 'Number 20' in Geelong colours on a cow for grand final week.
Australia's biggest almond grower expects a bigger crop next year, despite varroa mite-related bee restrictions.
Farmers in the Mitta Valley are bracing for the possibility of flooding as Dartmouth Dam gets closer to spilling.
Speculation ran rife recently about livestock being banned from the Melbourne Royal Show ... but has that happened?
A new report suggests Victorian farm land values have jumped by as much as 78% year-on-year.
On the day of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's death the Country Hour reflects on her long connection to agriculture
A large grain farm in North West Victoria is investing in wi-fi connectivity amid poor mobile tower reception and the phasing out of 3G
Australian woolgrowers are hoping to capitalise on a growing consumer trend to shop more sustainably.
We celebrate international dog day, by visiting a farm competing to have Australia's best working dog
Conventional layer hen cages will be phased out in Australia by 2036 after the department of agriculture released updated poultry standards yesterday afternoon.
Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says his government is considering reinstating an import container levy as a means of helping fund biosecurity measures.
The State Quarantine Response Team has been called for duty to protect Victoria's bee industry from varroa mite.
Victorian Water Minister says no to buybacks and Tri-solfen to return to stores in August
Victorian Farmers Federation president Emma Germano joins us to recap the week's biosecurity developments.
Victoria's new agriculture minister Gayle Tierney joins us to talk about her new role and biosecurity.
With foot and mouth disease on Australia's doorstep, farmers from south-west Victoria have rallied in Colac to call for a temporary non-essential travel ban with Indonesia.
As Australia battles to stay FMD-free, Zoos Victoria is asking people who live with livestock "except horses" to not visit its facilities.
With foot and mouth disease on our doorstep and varroa mite in New South Wales, Australian producers are on edge. But are they overreacting?
Farmer wins court case against VFF, Bali holidaymaker doesn't see much info at airports and preparing for pollination
Australia's almond industry fears half-a-billion-dollar loss this year if it can't access bees
Varroa mite outbreak spreads, milk price increases and the poor state of Victoria's roads.
The dangers of getting unbogged, the dangers of saving native fish and the importance of egg safety
Kelpies vs Collies, no more timber gun safes, Professor Tim Reeves AM and Catherine Marriott OAM.
Australia's largest producer of broccolini and asparagus, Vizzarri Farms at Koo Wee Rup east of Melbourne has been fined $60 thousand for employing illegal workers
Broadcasting live from the new wool stores and testing site at Corowa on the NSW Victorian border
Lactalis has lifted next season's milk price to $9.30 which equates to more than 70 cents a litre to the farmer.
A wildlife rescue volunteer in northern Victoria collected more than 100 dead corellas around the township of Barmah last week and authorities are investigating whether they were poisoned.
Deputy Leader of the Nationals, Perin Davey is taking over the all-important water portfolio in the Federal Coalition reshuffle and says she is ready to watch over a difficult time for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Farmers in Gippsland are bracing for a fight against Ausnet's plans for a big new electricity transmission line through their properties.
Water and lots of it: Warwick brings the Country Hour to you from the Murray Darling Basin's River Reflections Conference.
Every major dairy company has now released a milk price ahead of the next season which begins in the new financial year.
A leading livestock analyst is calling for a three month ban on flights to Indonesia until an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the country is under control.
Broadcasting live from the University of Melbourne's Dookie campus where secondary school students are learning about exciting careers in agriculture at the Food and Fibre Expo
Tri-solfen is a localised anaesthetic that is used on lambs or cattle for surgical procedures like mulesing, tail docking and castration and it's in short supply
The Victorian Greens will introduce an amendment into parliament seeking to ban the public sale of second generation rodent poisons
Farming in war-torn Ukraine is a deadly business at the moment as the country struggles to keep its people fed
The polls have been run and won and today on the Country Hour we discuss what the federal election result means for rural Australia and agriculture
Grain prices are at or near record highs, and while that's obviously great news for grain growers, it's a different story for those dairy farmers who rely heavily on grain in their feed rations
Rice harvest will finish up in the next 10 days and this's year's crop looks like being about 650,000 tonnes
About 20,000 tonnes of grapes from Mildura to Swan Hill weren't sold to wineries this vintage and Murray Valley Winegrowers is calling for government support
Broadcasting live from Bacchus Marsh in the federal electorate of Hawke where population growth is causing growing pains for the farming sector
Forestry company Midway has sold its 17,000 hectare plantation in south-west Victoria for $154 million
There are grave concerns, holiday-makers in the tourism hotspot of Bali could be responsible for bringing the 'horrific' cattle killing disease, Foot and Mouth Disease into Australia.
Holiday-makers in the tourism hotspot of Bali could be responsible for bringing the 'horrific' cattle killing disease, Foot and Mouth Disease into Australia.
Fonterra announces an $8.25/kgMS opening milk price and the Federal coalition has launched its $1.7 billion plan for agriculture at an orchard near Shepparton
Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over… The famous quote has never rung so true as it does in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Victorian Agriculture Minister Mary Anne Thomas has defended the government's financial commitment to agriculture in the state budget
The latest analysis from Rural Bank shows the median price per hectare of farmland in Australia rose a whopping 20 per cent.
The Victorian Government's search for suitable sites for camping along licensed river frontages has expanded into South Gippsland.
A legal challenge has derailed a Victorian dairy conference being held in Melbourne tomorrow
A new and costed policy to help farmers access carbon markets by employing 200 agricultural extension officers in regional areas, is being pitched by the Independent Member for Indi.
Labor says it will reform and expand the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme if elected, including establishing a dedicated four-year Agriculture visa under the scheme.
The Federal Agriculture department has confirmed an Australian abattoir has resumed trading with China after a seven-day suspension.
A farmer at Locksley near Seymour in north east Victoria has had sheep stolen from his property for the fifth time, despite taking a number of security precautions to try to prevent stock theft
Widespread rain across Victoria has set grain growers up for what could be a lucrative season
The Federal Government has promised to guarantee part of a first farm buyer's loan, if the coalition wins next month's election
Victoria is lagging behind some of the larger states when it comes to carbon farming, according to a scorecard by the Carbon Market Institute
Fonterra has become the first milk processor to agree to provide a financial contribution to Dairy Australia.
Farmers leaving 'livestock crossing' signs up when there are no animals on the road has made drivers complacent: VFF.
International wheat prices upwards of five hundred dollars per tonne, but the Australian market is sitting a hundred dollars bellow that.
The Australian Labor Party has announced its plans for the Murray Darling Basin, including a commitment to restore 450 gigalitres of water to the environment
Dairy Australia has lost its bid to increase levies paid by farmers to fund industry research and development
Dairy farmers have emphatically rejected a campaign asking them to pay more in mandatory levies to industry organisation, Dairy Australia.
Thousands of tonnes of wine grapes are being dumped, dropped on the ground or left on the vine this year as a glut of red wine starts to bite.
Vegetable farmers on the Mitchell river flats in the Lindenow Valley in East Gippsland are trying to salvage produce in muddy paddocks after flooding rain
Roads have been cut off, paddocks are underwater and for some the power is still off after more than 200 millimetres of rain fell in east Gippsland over four days.
Family-owned Victorian meat processing company, Radford Meats is mourning the death of its chairman, Paul Troja in yesterday's helicopter crash at Mt Disappointment
A national animal vaccine hub is being built at Bendigo to develop a stronger defence against diseases and viruses like Japanese Encephalitis. Apiam Animal Health says the new lab will manufacture viral vaccines to fill a critical gap in the biosecurity market.
The Victorian Government has finally named the first six sites where riverfront land, licenced by farmers have been opened up for camping and fishing
More jobs are being cut from Agriculture Victoria after an initial round of 'early retirements'
Dairy farmers across south-east Australia have been left short on their feed budgets after growing corn with pollination problems, from seed supplied by Pioneer Seeds.
A Victorian wind farm operator has been ordered to compensate two men for noise pollution from turbines
Broadcasting from Farm World at Lardner Park near Warragul in Gippsland we talk about the phenomenal season in Victoria, machinery sales, new technology, shedding sheep and machinery.
Victoria introduces 'toughest farm trespass laws in the country' according to Agriculture minister Mary Ann Thomas
Foresters across the country are uninsured and vulnerable to fire after a mass exodus of insurers since Black Summer.
Japanese encephalitis has now been detected in 11 Victorian piggeries and more sites are expected to be added to that list soon, according to Agriculture Victoria
The New Zealand-based dairy cooperative Fonterra has announced its half year results this morning, including a seven per cent fall in profit after tax.
"It was just a deluge" 175 mm of rain in just 90 mins has fallen last night at Yinnar in the Latrobe Valley
Regional Victorian livestock transport operators fear smaller trucking businesses will be hardest hit by rising diesel prices
The Federal Government is facing calls from within its own ranks to consider temporarily reducing the fuel excise to save motorists at the bowser.
Ukrainian farmers are warning, food in their country is running short, as they switch their farms to mini-processing hubs to keep people fed.
Fuel prices have hit $2.05 a litre in some parts of regional Australia and farmers and the trucking industry will bear the brunt
'We sold out of sausages and we sold out of cattle,' High Country cattle sales hit highs
Public health officials are mapping along the Murray Darling rivers to try and contain an outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis Virus. More than 12 people, and animals at 21 piggeries have been infected with the mosquito-borne virus.
Victorian diary farmers now have a new way to sell their milk. The Australian Milk Price Initiative started yesterday afternoon for western, eastern and northern Victoria.
The fallout from the war between Russia and the Ukraine, extreme weather and problems with supply and demand around the world could be about to change the food we eat and what we pay for it.
A Horsham-based protein powder business Australian Plant Proteins is launching a large-scale expansion of its operations across the border after joining forces with Thomas Foods International and AGT Foods.
Water Minister Keith Pitt discusses his priorities for the Murray Darling Basin ahead of the federal election
There is evidence that the deadly mosquito born virus, Japanese encephalitis is continuing to spread in Australia
Residents along the eastern states of Australia are being urged to look out for symptoms of a potentially life threatening and rare mosquito-borne virus detected in pigs at Echuca and across the border in NSW.
Victorian tomato grower feels 'helpless' as his friends in Ukraine try desperately to flee to safety in Poland
A Ukraine expat now farming tomatoes in northern Victoria has detailed the anguish his family feels at seeing his beloved country under attack by Russia
The Wimmera's land price record has been smashed, with a 234 acre block near Kaniva selling for an eye-watering $27,400 a hectare.
Landholders who lease Crown land river frontage say DELWP officers are accessing their properties to assess for new campsites, without first notifying farmers
A world-first smoke taint detection system will be launched this year to better protect wineries rom bushfire damage.
Agriculture Victoria is cutting 100 jobs through an early retirement program and Australia's peach and nectarine growers are close to being able to export fruit to Vietnam
India drops tariffs on lentils, the seaweed farm in Port Phillip Bay and two young women go shearing.
The demand for seasonal workers in Sunraysia is expected to increase in the coming weeks, as the harvesting of table grapes and other crops ramps up
A farmer near Seymour is threatening to take legal action to remove his property from the Victorian Government's list of new riverfront camping sites set to open soon
Dairy giant, Saputo has announced it is cutting 18 jobs and shutting down some manufacturing work at its dairy factories at Maffra and Cobram in Victoria
Dairy giant, Saputo has announced it is cutting 18 jobs and shutting down some manufacturing work at its dairy factories at Maffra and Cobram in Victoria
Dairy giant Saputo has announced 18 job cuts at its Maffra and Cobram dairy factories in Victoria
Today is the first sitting day of the Victorian Parliament for 2022 and we hear from Agriculture minister Mary Anne Thomas and Nationals Leader Peter Walsh
The Australian Forest Contractors Association said a temporary injunction on logging in Victoria where the greater glider has been sighted, has left seven businesses without work.
Farmers in residential growth areas outside Melbourne say their right to farm is under threat
Farmers in residential growth areas outside Melbourne say their right to farm is under threat
A shearing school has been held at Ouyen this week, to try and encourage more people to consider picking up the shears
Victoria's Minister for Roads, Ben Carroll talks about the state of regional and rural roads.
Victoria's Minister for Roads, Ben Carroll talks about the state of regional and rural roads.
Victoria's Minister for Roads, Ben Carroll talks about the state of regional and rural roads.
A farmer is challenging the roads minister to come for a drive on poor western Victorian roads and new laws for minimum pay for fruit pickers will come into place in January
A Gippsland infant milk powder manufacturer, ViPlus Dairy at Toora is calling for voluntary redundancies, just 12 months after axing 31 jobs
Teys Australia's Naracoorte abattoir has joined the long list of Australian meatworks under China export bans
A number of fires have been sparked by lightning across Victoria this week including one in a state park at Boort in central Victoria that threatened a corn crop.
Between 80 - 100 millimetres of rain has fallen in the Mildura region, causing some concern for grape growers
Between 80 - 100 millimetres of rain has fallen in the Mildura region, causing some concern for grape growers
Don't leave it too late; handing over the family farm without ruining your family in the process
Fonterra New Zealand has increased milk prices for its Kiwi dairy farmer suppliers to a record high.
Fonterra's suppliers in New Zealand have just received a 50 cent step-up which equates to 47 cents in Australia.
Fonterra's suppliers in New Zealand have just received a 50 cent step-up which equates to 47 cents in Australia.
The Victorian Government will begin distributing 25,000 rapid antigen COVID tests to critical utilities and food distribution services in a bid to alleviate worker shortages in the supply chain.
A Victorian government plan to reduce the speed limit on more country roads has sparked a sharp backlash from the agricultural sector
The Regional Banking Taskforce investigating a decline in rural banking services in rural towns is preparing to report back to the Federal Government
The Regional Banking Taskforce has been touring country towns to report back to the Federal Government.
The Australian Chicken Meat Federation says the chicken shortage is showing no signs of easing, with empty shelves in the poultry section set to continue.
The Regional Banking Taskforce has been touring country towns to report back to the Federal Government.
Cassie the working dog has survived a three-hour, 250-kilometre trip in a cramped and incredibly hot truck engine bay after being spooked in a storm
Fences have been cut, livestock left out on roads and water troughs have been drained in an attack at a sheep and cattle property near Dartmoor in south-west Victoria on Friday night.
SPC is selling its Shepparton factory, Montagues get into grapes and Graincorp talk harvest
A package of over $100,000 including a house to live in and still this dairy farmer still can't get a worker and the NFF talks supply chain issues.
Australia's food supply chain is still under stress and supplies of chicken are at breaking pint for a major fast food chain.
Victoria’s run of weaner cattle sales are underway, with some impressive prices recorded so far. We catch up with two agents and look at what’s pushing prices higher.
Woolworths says there’s enough product in its supply chain to satisfy consumer demand; it comes as COVID isolation requirements change for supply chain workers.
An estimated 90 per cent of the Ballarat potato crop destined for McCains could have been damaged in this week's storms, according to local farmers.
Many farmers in western Victoria have spent the morning assessing crops after storms lashed the state yesterday. Meanwhile, rainfall has caused flooding in East Gippsland.
Turmoil for meat processors, with some abattoirs operating at 35% capacity due to COVID restrictions
We look to the year ahead with VFF president Emma Germano, who shares her hopes for Victorian agriculture in 2022.
We cross to Poolaijelo where the community has just come together for the first time since a bushfire burnt the area.
COVID case numbers have jumped yet again, but it isn't worrying organisers of one of 2022's first major ag events.
A fire has destroyed an egg processing shed, while another blaze threatened Select Harvests' Carina site.
Hundreds of Graincorp harvest staff up and down the east coast have not been paid properly just a few days before Christmas due to a technical glitch with Graincorp's payroll system.
With a fair chunk of rain damaged grain getting delivered this season, there's been plenty of frustration about inconsistent results at the testing stand
The Livestock Farm Monitor project is a long-running effort to monitor how the state's beef and sheep producers are performing and for 2020/21 the numbers look good
New technology to extend the life of raw milk to 23 days is being pitched as an exciting export opportunity for Australian dairy farmers.
Victoria's environment watchdog is investigating a pet crematorium over allegations hundreds of horses have been dumped in an unlicensed burial pit near Geelong for more than a decade.
Victoria's environment watchdog is investigating a pet crematorium over allegations hundreds of horses have been dumped in an unlicensed burial pit near Geelong for more than a decade.
Trade minister Dan Tehan says the new UK-Australia free trade agreement allows for tariffs on a vast range of products, including lamb, beef, sugar and dairy to be eliminated or phased out.
Australia has some of the cheapest wheat in the world and as harvest continues across Victoria, it just got cheaper
Electricity distributor Powercor has been convicted and fined $130,000 for a 2018 fire in the Terang, Garvoc area started by powerlines
Incitec Pivot has announced plans to build a $38 million plant at Lethbridge near Geelong to incinerate chicken waste to make a new type of fertilizer
A fuel distributor with operations in northern Victoria, southern NSW and south-east South Australia says people are panic buying the anti-pollutant for diesel, AdBlue.
The federal government says there is enough Adblue and women in dairy meeting at Colac.
Farmers near Orbost are preparing for flooding due to heavy rain forecast in far east Gippsland over the next two days
Up to 700 jobs could be needed in the Robinvale/Euston area of north west Victoria in the next three years due to an expansion of rural industries
More than 100 campsites on crown land leased by farmers along rivers in Victoria's north east could be opened up for camping in the new year
Heavy rain and cooler conditions have smashed a number of cherry growing regions along Australia's east coast including farms in the Yarra Valley where some farmers have lost 60 per cent of their crop
It's been two years since the Black Summer bushfires and at Wairewa in Gippsland the Zagami family is rebuilding their home and farm
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved a $175 million takeover of Rivalea Holdings, including Victoria's largest pig abattoir Diamond Valley Pork in Melbourne
The shearing season in Victoria is a month behind schedule sparking concerns about flystrike
The shearing season in Victoria is a month behind schedule sparking concerns about flystrike
The Victorian Government has introduced some of the 'heaviest' punishments in the country for farm trespass
Harvest is continuing across Victoria on this last day of Spring as farmers try to make the most of rare sunny weather after what's been an unusually wet November.
The Victorian National Party is accusing the government of breaking its promise on action to deter animal activism on farms
AusNet Services has announced the proposed route of its controversial power line will go through 240 properties between Melbourne and Bulgana in western Victoria.
New research released by the government forecaster ABARES has found the horticulture sector was just as productive last year as it was the year before despite border closures and labour shortages.
A prominent animal rights activist and a former regional Victorian Farmers Federation President have put their hats in the ring for the upcoming federal election.
The Federal Government has announced it plans to lift some travel restrictions including the return of backpackers.
A British waitress has won a drawn out discrimination case over Australia's 'backpacker tax'
Victoria’s sentinel chickens are retiring after nearly 50 years on the front line of mosquito-borne virus detection.
Hail and storm damage has been reported all the way from the South Australian Mallee to the southern Wimmera.
A Victorian farmer who moved his farming operation south to chase rain due to climate change has spoken out about the Nationals' delayed action on climate policy.