With diesel prices inching closer to $3 a litre, thoughts are turning to why Australia doesn’t make use of biofuels. 60 per cent of countries are using it, why aren’t we?

Yield forecasts for southern grain growers are looking better than expected, though a dry outlook still has farmers anxious heading into harvest.

The climate Council is damning in its response the coalition’s energy policy. In fact it says it will have the reverse effect and increase energy costs.

Liberal Member for Northern Victoria Wendy Lovell says the Victorian Government needs to support the half a billion dollar fruit industry by spending just $1 million on fruit fly control.