Published - 9 April 2021 By Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) Making sense of carbon accounting and carbon farming Carbon accounting and carbon farming are probably terms you have heard thrown around a fair bit in recent times. This is due to government policy settings … Read More climate, risk management, sustainability Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 22 December 2021 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Time to think about sowing options for next season With harvest finished in the north and under way in the south, now is the time to start thinking about sowing options for 2022. While … Read More Agriculture Victoria, cropping, grains, Production, risk management Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 27 July 2021 By Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) Selling soil carbon – an easy win? What does the term soil carbon mean? Soil carbon has been in the limelight lately due to its potential to reduce the impacts of climate change. … Read More climate, risk management, soil management Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 5 June 2020 By Alexander Clancy (Agriculture Victoria) The Benefits of Precision Agriculture in Australian Grain Systems Precision agriculture or ‘PA’ can mean very different things. At a recent conference in Canada, it was stated that there are over thirty accepted definitions … Read More ag tech, grains, precision ag Farm Productivity
Published - 14 February 2022 By Sam Henty (Agriculture Victoria) Interactive report: The farmgate value of Victorian Agricultural commodities The farmgate value of major Victorian agricultural commodities and regions they are produced in is now available in the interactive report below. By clicking on the … Read More Agriculture Victoria Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 16 December 2021 By Sarah Brown & Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria) How did 2020-21 stack up for dairy farmers in Victoria? The 2020-21 Dairy Farm Monitor report is now available online. This information provides an important snapshot of how dairy farm businesses have performed over the … Read More Agriculture Victoria, business management, Dairy Australia, Dairy Farm Monitor, risk management Business Management, Farm Productivity, Risk Management
Published - 21 November 2019 By Tristan Wardley (Agriculture Victoria) 2018-19 Dairy Farm Monitor Report A Victorian Overview The DFMP provides farm level data from 75 farms relating to profit and production in Victoria and was produced for the 13th time … Read More Agriculture Victoria, dairy, Dairy Farm Monitor Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 10 December 2020 By Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria) How dairy farmers took advantage of improved conditions in 2019-20 One of our surveyed south west Victoria farmers in the Dairy Farm Monitor Project (DFMP) has told us how the improved conditions returned their business … Read More Agriculture Victoria, dairy, Dairy Farm Monitor Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 31 July 2020 By Tess McDougall (Agriculture Victoria), James Paulet (Agriculture Victoria) Winter grazing management crucial for spring success How a pasture is grazed and managed over winter will determine how quickly it responds to the increase in day length and temperature observed in … Read More more from less, Production Farm Productivity
Published - 1 October 2021 By Darryl Pearl (Agriculture Victoria) Stubble is King In these videos, Wimmera farmer, Chris Drum, talks about his stubble management strategy and shares his knowledge gained from more than 20 years of refining … Read More cropping, grains, precision ag, risk management, sheep, soil management Farm Productivity
Published - 14 March 2019 By Georgie Thomson (Agriculture Victoria) 2017-18 Livestock Farm Monitor Project Data is Now Available Agriculture Victoria’s latest Livestock Farm Monitor Project (LFMP) for 2017-18 assessed the economic performance of 77 sheep and cattle farms across Gippsland, the South-West, and … Read More beef, Livestock Farm Monitor Project, sheep Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 8 July 2019 By Georgie Thomson & Tristan Wardley (Agriculture Victoria) Investing in pasture development The key criterion in judging whether an innovation is worth adopting concerns the extent to which the innovation is likely to help the owners achieve … Read More beef, dairy, decision making, sheep Business Management, Farm Productivity
