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Calls for rates to be put on hold

Farmers have put forward a case to the Victorian government, asking for drought-hit landholders to be spared from paying council rates for 12 months.

‘It’s not just stealing items in a paddock, the thieves are going into sheds and houses’

Utes and cars are being stolen from Victorian farms in record numbers, new statistics confirm. But farmers say the numbers aren’t the full picture.

Farmer ‘genuinely felt mocked’ as she battles drought

Farmers are calling for better access to roadside grazing as native vegetation requirements and lack of funding delay permits as drought drags on.

Animal rights groups say caged hens a bird flu risk

Animal activists warn caged egg production is “a public health crisis waiting to happen”, as Victoria bans new cages from next year.

Farmers facing dead cattle charge

Farmers used to be paid for the retrieval of dead livestock. Now the reverse is the case with a collection cash switch. Here’s why.

GM food rule dumped

Foods derived from genetically edited plants and animals that contain no foreign DNA will no longer have to be labelled GM.

Special: Mid-season Team-of-the-Year, 10 flag races to follow

Country footy flags will start being decided at end of August. Top-10 premiership races and Mid-season Team-of-the-Year named.

Can lupins be a ‘game-changer’ for our protein needs?

A Western-Australian agribusiness is aiming to elevate lupins as a major source of protein for human consumption, but incentivising farmers to plant the crop is proving a challenge...