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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 … Read More 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 … Read More 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 … Read More 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 … Read More 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 … Read More dairy, Dairy Australia, irrigation Business Management, Farm Productivity
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 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, decision making, grains, GRDC 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
