Victorian Country Hour
Thursday, July 29, 2010
- Diamond studded locusts for high tech tracking
- Horse properties to register with State Government
- Grain growers feeling positive
- Water authority pays back over-charged irrigators
More from the Victorian Country Hour
National News
Coalition backs Greens' call for register of foreign farm ownership
The Federal Opposition is supporting a call for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in rural Australia.
Banned insecticide found on NZ food
New Zealand's food safety body has found residue from the banned chemical endosulfan on local fruit and vegetables.
Water authority admits overcharging for irrigator exits
A water authority in southern NSW has been overcharging farmers deciding to get out of irrigation.
Farmers plan to buy blue gum forests and burn them down
A group of 32 landholders have joined forces to buy up blue gum forests on Kangaroo Island, burn them down and create farmland.
Abalone poachers may have damaged Esperance stocks
Two Perth men have been fined for illegally catching abalone off Western Australia's south coast.
More National Rural News
Victoria Features
Young riders in International Mounted Games
Five of our top young riders head to Britain in August to compete at the International Mounted Games. Australia won last year at Calgary, Canada. Can they make it two in a row?
Is foreign investment a problem?
How much new foreign investment is actually occurring in Australia, and should agriculture and food industries be concerned?
What makes pigs happy? Looking at sow stalls.
Do sow stalls have a future in Australian piggeries?
Felted hats to lamb burgers
Gourmet food to felted hats, the Australian Sheep and Wool Show explored every aspect of the industry, from the inside out.
Heading South: The Rural Report heads to the lower lakes
Mildura reporter Nikolai Beilharz is taking part in a study tour of the Lower Lakes of the Murray. He's with a group of farmers from in and around north-west Victoria and southern New South Wales, who are trying to find out first hand what it's like to be on live life at the bottom of the Murray Darling Basin.
Endurance shearing record attempt
A Western Victorian shearer is attempting a world first. He wants to shear for 48 hours straight, setting an endurance shearing world record.
Irrigation in the Wimmera, an old industry remembered
Wimmera irrigators are comtemplating a district without irrigation as they attempt to sell all their water.
Mulesing alternative in use
Woolgrowers are starting to meet international markets' demands for non-mulesed wool.
Falling fruit, trees ripped out, as farmer retires.
A lone excavator slowly works it way down rows of fruit trees in Victoria's Goulburn Valley pulling out trees.
Dairy nutrient study
Cow manure can save farmers a fortune in fertiliser costs, and stop environmental pollution.
