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 graph or ...

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

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 the 2021 season ...

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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 past financial year ...

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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 his stubble management ...

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. While soil ...

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 both in ...

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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 the average ...

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 collated the individual ...

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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 season. Surveyed farmers ...

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 back to black ...

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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 season. Surveyed farmers ...

5 copies of the Victorian Crop Sowing Guide

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 provides information ...