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 …
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Agriculture Victoria

Business Management, Farm Productivity

Think about you sowing options. Recently sown paddock with rolling hills in the background

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 …
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Agriculture Victoria, cropping, grains, Production, risk management

Business Management, Farm Productivity

panoramic view of dairy farm with cows in a paddock and 3 farmers walking down a track

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 …
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Agriculture Victoria, business management, Dairy Australia, Dairy Farm Monitor, risk management

Business Management, Farm Productivity, Risk Management

Man kneeling in a paddock full of stubble

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 …
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cropping, grains, precision ag, risk management, sheep, soil 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. …
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climate, risk management, soil management

Business Management, Farm Productivity

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 …
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climate, risk management, sustainability

Business Management, Farm Productivity

Screenshot of PowerBi dashboard of Livestock Farm Monitor results

Published - 9 March 2021
By Sam Henty (Agriculture Victoria)

Customise your own analysis using the Livestock Farm Monitor data

Farm performance data collected by the 2019-20 Livestock Farm Monitor Project is now available in the interactive report below.
Users can customise an analysis to investigate …
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Agriculture Victoria, Livestock Farm Monitor Project

Business Management, Farm Productivity

Published - 2 February 2021
By Sam Henty (Agriculture Victoria)

2019–20 Livestock Farm Monitor Results

In 2019-20, Livestock Farm Monitor Project (LFMP) provided 94 participant Victorian sheep, beef and cropping producers with detailed financial and production performance information. The LFMP …
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Agriculture Victoria, beef, grains, Livestock Farm Monitor Project, sheep

Business Management, Farm Productivity

Published - 16 December 2020
By Natalie Nelson (Agriculture Victoria)

What makes Gippsland tick? 2019-20 Victorian Dairy Farm Monitor Results

The latest Dairy Farm Monitor report shows that the 25 farmers in the Gippsland sample used a range of operational strategies to manage the 2019-20 …
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Agriculture Victoria, Dairy Australia, 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 …
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Agriculture Victoria, dairy, Dairy Farm Monitor

Business Management, Farm Productivity

Published - 25 November 2020
By Olive Montecillo (Agriculture Victoria)

Irrigation water use: 2019-20 Victorian Dairy Farm Monitor results

The latest Dairy Farm Monitor report shows that the 30 farmers in the North sample used a range of water strategies to manage the 2019-20 …
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dairy, Dairy Australia, irrigation

Business Management, Farm Productivity

5 copies of the Victorian Crop Sowing Guide

Published - 23 November 2020
By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria)

Victorian Crop Sowing Guide available now to inform your crop choices for 2021

The latest edition of the Victorian Crop Sowing Guide is now available for growers to help inform variety choices for the 2021 cropping season.
The guide …
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Agriculture Victoria, decision making, grains, GRDC

Farm Productivity