With a lot of grain growers hoping for a bumper harvest, today we’re reminded how things can suddenly end in disaster. Just like it was in 2022 for Fleur Ferris and her family who farm near Moama on the Murray River. Then came the catastrophic floods of the Murray and Campaspe Rivers simultaneously. Fleur Ferris on her reflections on the floods.
The Australian table grape industry is one of the nation's most valuable horticulture sectors, valued at nearly $1 billion. Its prospects are much brighter this year.
Also a major field day on regenerative agriculture being held next week, at Chatsworth House in western Victoria with an amazing list from leading agronomists and farmers from around the country.
American cheese and butter imports have surged into Australia, with the US now the nation’s leading imported cheese supplier.