North East and Goulburn Murray Farmer - September 2021

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Georgia loves her cows

DOUG James is a keen advocate for improving mental health by reaching out to your local community, and realising the need to talk things out.

And though his tale of resilience in the face of adversity relates specifically to the 2014 bushfires that decimated his Bungeet sheep farm, his message holds just as much resilience in these uncertain and trying times.

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Orchard robots take harvesting to the next level SHEPPARTON-based Ripe Robotics is well on its way to commercialisation, with founders Hunter Jay and Leopold Vickers confident that 2022 will see the start-up with at least one working robot out in the orchards, mechanically harvesting a competitive quantity of fruit.

Hunter’s background is in software and artificial intelligence.

Leopold’s background is business and operations, and together they set themselves the challenge of defining a problem in their fields of expertise and solving it.

“Fruit picking didn’t have a lot of automation or even mechanisation happening with it,” Hunter said.

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“And so we decided to tackle automating harvesting, with a machine that could perform other tasks in the orchard as well.

“A commercially viable robot has to not only be as useful and efficient as a human picker, it has to be better.

“So our robot had to pick faster, cause less damage and reduce wastage, and it had to work for extended hours of operation, while collecting data about the orchard as it went along.

“Data like fruit location, ripeness, size and weight,

with the machine able to draw on the knowledge of past harvests to determine how it would undertake the current pick.

“The ultimate goal is not just to pick fruit but to build a multi-purpose horticultural robot that also provides preharvest, post-harvest and detailed analysis services.”

Hunter and Leopold having determined the need for automation - and set the benchmark high - then looked to what already existed in the industry, with crops like olives and pistachios already partly automated by machines that shook the tree and caught the fruit.

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Natural Sequence Farming in North East Victoria

By EMMA OLIVER IN a first for North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales, Stuart Andrews of Tarwyn Park Training will be conducting a four day workshop on Natural Sequence Farming late in September, at beef cattle property Bibbaringa in Bowna.

Stuart is the son of founder Peter Andrews, who developed the principles that guide Natural Sequence Farming, a technique of regenerative agriculture and land care that focuses on implementing natural landscape function back into degraded landscapes.

“The workshop will focus around understanding our ancient Australian landscape and the patterns and processes that existed, which allowed it to withstand through major extremes - whether those were wet periods or prolonged dry periods and everything in between,” said Stuart.

“Many of our land uses have reversed natural processes and increased salinity, depleting the ability of the Australian environment to conserve water and resist drought.

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As the land’s water storage capacity increases and water becomes more readily available, biodiversity also naturally increases and so does productivity.

And through promoting the growth of repair plants and increasing the production of organic matter, the fertility of the system improves, allowing for the growth of

higher chain plants.

“Our mantra at Tarwyn Park Training is slow the flow and let all plants grow, be careful where the animals go and filtration is a must know,” said Stuart.

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Farmers demand climate action

By CLEMENCE CARAYOL TWENTY members of Farmers For Climate Action have signed an open letter sent to federal member for Nicholls Damian Drum’s office, demanding action regarding climate change.

The letter demanded Mr Drum to stand up for farmers in Nicholls by supporting strong action on climate in regional Australia.

“Farmers and regional communities stand to benefit from the transition to a low carbon future, and Nicholls is no exception,” it read.

The letter also states that over the next 30 years an estimated $1 trillion will be spent on electricity systems, which opens up massive economic opportunities for regional areas.

With support, farmers and their communities could supposedly also benefit from biodiversity stewardship, sequestering carbon in trees and soil, hosting renewables, and more.

“Right now the EU is drafting legislation that will penalise Australia’s farmers over climate inaction,” the letter read.

This is why the 20 farmers signed it to call on Mr Drum showing his support for the phasing out of coal-fired power plants in Australia, as well as a strong net-zero target and support for farmers in reducing their on-farm emissions.

Shortly after the letter was presented to Mr Drum’s office, a new report from Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) was released showing farmers are adapting to climate change, but without action to reduce emissions, adaptation will become increasingly dif-

ficult and farm profits will suffer.

It found Australian farms have lost, on average, nearly $30,000 each year in profits over the past 20 years due to climate change.

One of the farmers who signed the open letter is James Winter-Irving, a sheep farmer from Nagambie.

He signed the letter as for him, the need for action needs to be acknowledged by politicians.

“Farming is one of the businesses that can make a big change with climate,” Mr Winter-Irving said.

“Farmers’ contribution and practices can really make a difference regarding carbon emissions.

“We have been conscious for the last 10 years of the climate issue and we need renewable energy big time in order to focus on a sustainable future.

“What I ask from Mr Drum is to start acknowledging that farmers are an important tool for fixing the climate, and that we will need assistance to get these processes happening, mainly with education.”

Mr Winter-Irving is a regenerative farmer, which means he focuses on practices that tend to reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity, resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle.

“As regenerative farmers, we know the connection between agriculture and climate and we are working to get landscape functioning better, through regenerative processes,” Mr WinterIrving said.

“We are trying to create a soil sponge, and to also have 100 per cent ground cover

100 per cent of the time; this comes down to biology in soils.

“We are standing on the solution.”

Mr Winter-Irving said he was optimistic to raise awareness with the open letter.

“We feel we are heading in the right direction and we want politicians to acknowledge what we aim for,” he said.

“We need their support, we need to get that conversation happening, we want to raise awareness.”

Farmers For Climate Action chief executive officer Fiona Davis grew up on a dairy farm in northern Victoria.

She said the new report from ABARES showed that even if emissions peak by 2040, farm profits are projected to fall by up to 32 per cent.

“More severe impacts could be experienced in central Queensland and parts of western NSW, where producers are already grappling with challenging conditions,” Ms Davis said.

“Australian farmers are incredible at adapting, as this report notes, but there are ultimately limits to what they can adapt to.

“The longer we delay action to reduce emissions the worse the effects of climate change on farms will be.

“There’s no time to waste.

“The Federal Government must fully commit to a net zero emissions target and a plan to get us there as soon as possible, or risk the future of Australia’s food and fibre industries.”

Ms Davis said politicians needed to stand up for Australian farmers and against climate change.

“Farm profits are paying the price of carbon emissions,” Ms Davis said.

“Farmers are adapting but

we need political leaders to commit to a net zero emission target, that’s why we sent the open letter to Mr Drum because he has been speaking positively about the issue.

“It’s important to see conservative politicians like him taking a stance on it, it is important for them to stand up for Australian farmers and develop a plan to get us to a zero emission target.

“We want political representatives from all sides to stand on this issue.”

Mr Drum, following the reception of the letter, said he always welcomed commu-

nication and feedback from residents in his electorate.

“The Federal Government is delivering a ‘technology not taxes’ approach, set out in our Technology Investment Roadmap, to pursue emissions reductions that are achievable, responsible, and balanced, without imposing new costs on households, farmers or regional communities,” Mr Drum said.

“Of particular importance to agriculture, the roadmap’s inaugural low emissions technology statement identifies soil carbon measurement as a priority technology to lower emissions, and livestock

feeds and supplements as an emerging technology.

“The Federal Government is also continuing to support the agriculture sector to adapt and build resilience to a changing climate while increasing productivity and profitability through programs such as the $5 billion future drought fund, the $66 million agriculture stewardship package, and the $214 million soil package, which will support the implementation of the national soil strategy outlining how Australia will value, manage and improve its soil for the next 20 years.”

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No regrets when it comes to Limousins

By EMMA OLIVER DENIS O’Connor of Mistletoe Limousins in Greta South has been championing the breed for close to 30 years now, after a fellow farmer spiked his interest in Limousins.

“There was this gentleman raising calves and he had some limo cross calves that he was particularly taken with,” said Denis.

“These are the best calves and the smartest ones I’ve got, he told me.

“He said that he had fed them on the first day and showed them where to get out of the yard, and he just left them to it.

“They came in, they fed and they went out again.

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“It took him two weeks of chasing them through the gate before they finally worked out what to do.

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LOVE THE BREED: Denis O’Connor of Mistletoe Limousins in Greta South has been breeding Limousins for close to 30 years. thought to myself oh I don’t mind them - they do look good.”

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With 60 females - 30 calving in autumn and 30 in spring - Denis always ends up with too many heifers.

“I have to determine whether I will keep the heifer, and sell the cow,” Denis said.

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“I really enjoy the breed, and it has so much to offer with the superior yield and quality of meat, the growth and exceptional muscle with some fat cover, along with the breed’s fertility and ease of calving, and then docility that is second to none.”

Denis has always worked extensively on temperament, and as a result sub-

cow family, because unless you do this the bulls won’t improve.

“So whenever I exhibit I always have dams, sisters and grand dams for viewing.”

And such is the quality of the Mistletoe females, that Mistletoe Ro’s Secret recently took out first in her class at the Limousin National

Show and Sale, with Mistletoe Rosie taking out third in the same class for the stud.

It means that Denis is excited about the upcoming Victorian Limousin Society On-Farm Challenge, after recent awards and the stud’s success at the previous challenge which was held in 2018.

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Going into the current challenge which is scheduled for early October, Denis is quietly confident about some progeny from bull Jensuis that he will be exhibiting.

“I’ve used French polled sires and carefully selected American and Australian sires to embed the polled gene in the herd, and using homozygous polled Jensuis has been beneficial on so

many levels,” he said.

“He has really put some muscle back into the herd, and the overall conformation of his progeny is incredibly pleasing - quite broad and wide.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge and having an outside expert cast a critical eye over the cattle, and assess the animals in the paddock on their structural soundness, conformation and their overall softness.

“I do Beef Week every year, and would display bulls at the Elmore Field Days, and I really relish the feedback I get on the cattle and Mistletoe breeding principles.

“We always got a really

good reception, and I would always sell a bull.

“I was contacted by a gentleman who had purchased a Mistletoe bull, and he told me it was an absolute pleasure to have the bull on his property.

“It gives you a good feeling when you hear things like that.

“And when Angus breeders who’ve used a Limousin bull over their herd, come back and tell you that it’s the first time they’ve had all their calves over 400 kilograms at ten months that’s all the validation you need.

“Once people start using Limos, they very rarely stop, “I believe it really is the breed that delivers.”

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Chris Starchic, spokesperson for the recently formed Alpine Permaculture group, said member are eager to get the project in the ground, with hundreds of plants ready to plant.

“We have been working on this for months, the site is ready and the plants are thriving but we can’t take the risk of them being decimated by feral deer,” he said.

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“I was pretty excited about the opportunity to go to Brisbane and compete,” Georgia said.

“And this is the first year I’ve made it to the finals, though I’ve been competing for as long as I can remember.

“I started at the local shows when I was really young - like six or seven and then at eight years old I competed at International Dairy Week.

“You have to be eight to start parading, so as soon as I was old enough I was there and I’ve been a regular on the circuit ever since.”

And Georgia has had some pretty proud moments over that time.

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Georgia’s family have a 600 acre dairy farm just west of Echuca, where they milk a herd of 200 Holsteins and Jerseys, as well as breeding Holsteins under Brindabella Holsteins.

It was the Siebens’ Holstein heifer, Brindabella Solomon R Midge, that took out senior champion in milk heifer class before going on to win grand champion outclassing a field of 200 entrants at the 2020 International Dairy Week, with Georgia in the lead.

And under Georgia’s careful eye and experienced direction, Holstein heifer Brindabella Meridian Connie was named junior champion heifer.

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“I love leading my Holstein girls but they are so very strong, whereas Jerseys are a lot easier to handle,” Georgia said.

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From front page “There are some machines that are being designed to harvest strawberries, however, this is in its infancy and I’m not sure how successful or close to commercialisation this project is,” said Hunter.

“We then looked to tree crops like apples and pears and assorted stonefruit, and realised there wasn’t anything there that was automated.

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“So far, our efforts to automate the industry have been most successful with apples, oranges and plums, and though we hope to expand in the future, at the moment we are concentrating on these crops.”

Tests have been conducted around Shepparton, Griffith and Hawkesbury, with the team looking to the fruit growing district around Cobram as well as to Mildura.

The second week of September will see the team start picking oranges, with future plans to deploy robots across key growing districts dependent on demand.

“If there are a number of growers in one area who are keen to use the robots, we will set up a base there, assembling the robots at one place and transporting them out to the farms,” said Hunter.

Eve is the team’s third prototype, after two years of research

HIGH IDEALS: (left to right) Hunter Jay and Leopold Vickers are co-founders of Ripe Robotics with a long term goal to automate the fruit picking industry to combat labour shortages. and development, and it is this robot that will become commercially available to farmers after extensive trial and error “Our first prototype didn’t work, the second was a significant improvement, and the third machine is almost there,” said Hunter.

“We’ve had it out picking fruit, and now we just need to leave it out in the field for a whole season and scale up the amount of fruit the robot can pick, so that the process is worthwhile.

“The goal is several bins of fruit every day, and we’re just a few upgrades away from this point.”

When designing the machines, Hunter and Jay looked to what technology was available that could be adapted to the purpose.

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With a goal to automate the fruit picking industry and combat labour shortages, Ripe Robotics knew autonomy had to be more economically viable than paying wages, while also offering the incentive of requiring less direction and management than human pickers.

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Lambs killed by local K9s Farmer believes domestic dogs attacked his livestock FACING south from the main ridgeline on Pinaroo Pastoral, Mountain Bay and Goughs Bay are visible to the right, and the state forest abutting Macs Cove is to the left.

In the past, owner/ operator Paul Diamond has encountered wild dogs from the Macs Cove direction, but he’s never been attacked from the Goughs Bay side, until a couple of weeks ago, when he arrived to a paddock spattered with blood and

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But Paul suspects this attack, in which 20 lambs were killed and another 20 seriously injured, wasn’t by wild, but domestic dogs.

“There were no tracks along Mountain Bay drive, so we’re thinking they’ve come across the paddocks

at Mountain Bay pastoral,” he said.

“That direction is Mountain Bay and Goughs Bay, so a wild dog would have to be very keen to come into open plain country and not utilise the bush as protection.

“I had 40 lambs attacked over that weekend, 12 were killed and then over the next three days another eight succumbed to their injuries.

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“Because of the bacteria in a wild dog’s saliva, if a lamb had a chunk taken out of it but survived, it’d die within 72 hours once the infection spread throughout its body.

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“Domestic dogs usually return home after a kill, as wild dogs shun built up areas.”

Paul added that the owners would have surely known if their dogs had been the ones who attacked, as they would’ve been covered in blood.

“You can’t blame the dog,” said Paul.

“They’re just going out and having fun, they don’t know what they’re doing.

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Pinaroo is a family property.

Paul moved up to the area eight years ago and took over the operation in partnership with his uncle Phil and grandfather Gordon.

He took over operational management a couple of years ago and diversified their livestock to include sheep, which has been enjoyable aside from uncontrollable management issues.

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“As a farmer, obviously we rely on livestock for an income,” he said.

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As farmers we have to adapt and deal with the repercussions of being in an area where there are wild dogs and alpine dingoes.

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“But at the end of the day I did not think for one second that I’ve lost money.

“I thought those sheep have gone through a traumatic event, and that is what’s upset me the most.

“Twenty lambs - call it $5000 - some were killed that were potential breeders that would’ve given me 10 lambs, so you can’t really put a value on the loss.

“I don’t breed animals to harm them.

“Yes they end up as a product that some people don’t agree with, and that’s fine, but I’m an animal lover.

“I studied a Bachelor Degree of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences and I wanted to be a vet or go into conservation and protect animals.

“I fell into farming because I wanted to work outside and have every day be a little bit different,

and luckily my family has a property that I have the opportunity to run.

“But I’ve brought that mentality of animal ethics being number one, because if I look after them, they look after me.”

Paul said he would like to think that the everyday locals who live in Goughs Bay and Mountain Bay townships understand, but those who mightn’t be in the area all the time need to understand that it’s not fair and frustrating to think of the high probability this incident was domestic dogs.

“Come up to Mansfield; we want you up here, because it’s great for our local economy,” Paul said.

“But you’ve got to understand your dogs have come from a backyard in Melbourne, and when you let them out here, they have the potential to impact a farmer’s livelihood and his mental health.”

Compounding his problems since the attacks, Paul’s now had to patrol his property throughout the night.

Whatever the truth of the recent attack, when it comes to domestic dogs, Paul’s message is simple.

“Just lock them up,” he said.

“I’ll be happy, you’ll be happy.

“I’d rather try the avenues of education and awareness.

“Because I don’t want to shoot someone’s dog, but I will if I have to.”

12 KILLED, 8 INJURED: Surviving lambs sport visible injuries from what Paul believes to be a domestic dog attack.

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“Throughout the year we have had some great results from not only our own cattle, but from our clients who have excelled in the saleyards with traditional vealers.

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Resilience during disaster Farmer to speak at Cancer Council Men’s Breakfast on September 3

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friends just asking how they’re doing, and strangers like BlazeAid volunteers who did a lot of the work to get the farm functional again.

“I have always been conscious of resilience and it was interesting that prior to the fire on the farm they talked about sustainability with farming but we used the term resilience,” he said.

“When the fire happened I remember saying to the family that we’ll see how good this resilience goes with the farm and hopefully we’re as good at bouncing back as what I think the farm will be.”

Doug is full of praise for BlazeAid, a bunch of grey nomads who travel around Australia helping those most in need in times of tragedy.

“It was worth going through it to meet these amazing people who were with BlazeAid - the people we met were on a mission and they gave us our life back,” Doug reflected.

“I said back then that anyone who offers help, we’ll take it because the only way we’ll get out of this is to get help

from whoever and however.”

At the time and after a hard week of work the James family used to go to the local hall and have a meal with the BlazeAid crew and Doug said the camaraderie and shenanigans that used to go on were worth their weight in gold, for personal health reasons alone.

“It was the first time in my life that anyone asked me how I’m feeling and it was a pleasant surprise really,” Doug said with a chuckle.

Rain the following year at the right time allowed the James’ farm to recover and they bought in some more ewes to re-establish the flock, and the rest is history.

“I’d like to think my message is that nobody has to do it on their own, regardless of what it is, there will always be people who are willing to help you.”

The Men’s Breakfast will be held at Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway on Friday, September 3 from 7.30am to 9.30am.

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It was a warm and windy day just before Christmas that year when the James’ got the shock of their lives after hearing about a grass fire at Thoona.

Wind gusts up to 60kph fanned the fire towards their home and within the hour it was upon them.

Doug and his family fought through the night alone to protect property assets and they survived, however, the impact was devastating.

“The shock and trauma was there, one minute you’re sitting there thinking it’s just another day and two hours later your whole farm is burnt out,” Doug said.

“You see what you’ve devoted your whole life to actually go up in smoke.”

The following day sheep had to be euthanised and the job of rebuilding farm infrastructure such as fencing on their own was an insurmountable thought.

Doug’s message at the breakfast will be “resilience” and how he and his family made it back from the disaster with the help of others such as

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Funding for water security in North East Victoria TWO local projects in the electorate of Indi are among 40 water infrastructure projects nationwide which will share in $108 million in federal funding under the National Water Grid Connections funding pathway.

Nationals Senate leader and Senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie said the federal government was pleased to support the Sunday Creek Irrigation and Reconfiguration Project and critical headworks infrastructure for the Modernised Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District.

Both projects will improve the resilience and reliability of North East Victoria’s water infrastructure, ensuring a stronger future for water security across the region.

“As part of the Sunday Creek Irrigation and Reconfiguration Project, the Sunday Creek Irrigation Scheme will be reconfigured by constructing a new pipeline to directly supply water from the Murray River through Sunday Creek,” Senator McKenzie said.

“This will address 1407 megalitres of water losses per annum.

“Critical components of headworks infrastructure will also be upgraded to support improvements to the delivery of high reliability water to irrigators in northern Victoria.

“These two local projects are among nine in Victoria.

“They will collectively deliver water savings and help support

WATER SECURITY: Water infrastructure projects nationwide are expected to support over 7000 hectares of irrigable land, with the electorate of Indi set to benefit. the agricultural industry during drought conditions.

“These benefits will contribute to delivering secure, affordable and reliable water for rural and regional Victoria.

“The projects in Victoria are also expected to deliver up to 100 jobs during construction and more than 125 ongoing jobs, which is great news for the local economy.”

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Barnaby Joyce said through this funding pathway, the Federal Government is investing in packages of water infrastructure projects

brought forward by states and territories right across the country to improve water reliability and efficiency.

“The National Water Grid Connections is all about driving the construction of smaller-scale projects over the next two years to provide short term economic stimulus,” Mr Joyce said.

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Up to $20 million was made available for each state and territory to deliver projects over the next two years, with a federal government contribution of up to $5 million per project.

Farmer banned 10 years from owning livestock and fined $60,000 AFTER lodging an appeal in the Melbourne County Court against his 2020 sentence for animal cruelty, Cooma dairy farmer, John Hall, was recently re-sentenced and fined $60,000.

Mr Hall’s original 10-year disqualification order from being the owner or person in charge of any farm animal was also reinstated.

Mr Hall pleaded guilty to charges of failing to provide proper and sufficient feed to his herd of 155 cattle, failing to comply with a notice issued by an authorised officer and five separate charges of aggravated cruelty to eight cows.

Agriculture Victoria animal health and welfare compliance manager Daniel Bode said the dairy farmer was previously convicted for similar offending in 2017.

“In this case Mr Hall had again failed to comply with a notice under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and failed to provide adequate care to his stock,” Mr Bode said.

He said apart from the obvious pain and suffering of the animals, animal welfare breaches may affect all producers by jeopardising Victorian farmers’ reputations as responsible food producers who work to ensure their animals are well cared-for and treated humanely.

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Urgent action required to safeguard Victorian horticulture industry AUSVEG VIC, Victoria’s peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, is calling for the urgent extension of the quarantining arrangement between Victoria and Tasmania to allow workers from the Pacific Islands to perform essential work on Victorian farms.

The quarantining pathway arrangement, which was announced in January 2021 and capped at 1500 workers, has been filled and growers now require an extension of these arrangements to bring in workers for the upcoming harvest period.

According to AUSVEG VIC president and Victorian vegetable grower Paul Gazzola, the Seasonal Worker Program and the Pacific Labour Scheme have proven vital for Victorian producers to fill the growing void in the state’s workforce and extending the quarantine pathway arrangement is a high priority for industry.

“Victoria’s vegetable growers have planned ahead and lodged their workforce needs early to ensure they have a workforce for their harvest period, but that process has now

been delayed as we await sign off from the Victorian Government,” said Mr Gazzola.

“The delay of quarantine arrangements is now creating a backlog of flights, which will continue to put more pressure on the system the longer it drags on.

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James, from Staughton Vale at Balliang centrally located between Geelong, Ballarat and Melbourne, has to deal with a sodic barrier under some of his land.

In a wet year, the sodicity leaches out and the roots are able to push through, but when it’s drier the sodic barrier creates a saline layer of soil that’s virtually impenetrable.

“It more-or-less turns into a layer of concrete,” James said.

“The barley or canola we’re trying to grow is unable to penetrate through for both moisture and nutrient.”

Staughton Vale is primarily a malt barley growing operation, but also grows canola, linseed, peas, oaten hay for dairy operators and ryegrass and lucerne hay for horse owners.

It also has its own first-cross ewe and prime lamb operation.

This season James used tillage radish for the first time as a low-impact way of dealing with the sodic barrier and he and his sheep couldn’t be happier.

“There are various ways that people try to attack it,” he said.

“Some use fairly big hammers in terms of deep ripping or injection of manure, which work but use a lot of horsepower and diesel and product.

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Staughton Vale has a high production system but is mindful of looking after the soils and using sustainable farming practices.

The use of tillage radish followed consultation with AGF Seeds who suggested it as a solution to the hard soil problem.

James said he was aware that tillage radish could work but he didn’t previously have the conditions or the equipment to use it.

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He said the advice and information from AGF Seeds was always helpful.

“I’ll ring and say I want to try this or that and they tell me if it’s a good idea or not and they recommend things, like the tillage radish,” he said.

On advice from AGF Seeds, the tillage radish paddock has now been planted with long-term ryegrass, rape and a chicory mix.

“That will probably give us three years’ worth of feed,” James said.

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From page 20 A total of 90Ha was used as a green manure crop which will hopefully reap benefits from the roots in the soil.

The other 10Ha was intensively grazed after being saved for finishing off trade lambs.

The mob was made up of Staughton Vale’s tail-end lambs from the 2020 season and some trade lambs purchased from Tasmania.

The crop ended up being barley that came up post-harvest and tillage radish and the mob was also fed hay and straw.

There were 627 in the mob and they hooked out at 30.6 kilograms average, well above expectations.

“The trade lambs were a Southdown-Merino cross and I was concerned they weren’t going to yield but the tillage radish and barley really put the yield into them,” James said.

It was a 10-hectare paddock, fenced into about 2.5 hectares at a time.

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While the weight gain and conversion bring immediate benefits, James also has his eye on long-term benefits.

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By KRISTEN DAVEY and RICHARD BOADLE BALMATTUM Australian White Sheep Stud is a family business, owned

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In July of this year, the family lost their beautiful Jane - the loving daughter of Richard and Lish Boadle, adored sister and sister-in-law to Kristen and Grant and much loved and adored aunty to William and Sissy.

Jane was killed tragically in a single car accident on the Mornington Peninsula where she lived.

Jane was 42 years old.

Jane was a shining light, driven and determined.

Jane had many interests and pas-

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Jane was an osteopath and ran a very busy and successful practice from her home in Rosebud.

Jane was the osteopath for Equine Pathways Australia - a para-equestrian participation and competition pathway for riders of all abilities.

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Another love of Jane’s was her beauti-

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Jane quickly recognised Gracie’s intelligence and her instinct to work with sheep.

Together they spent many weekends at Beloka Kelpies in Welshpool, Victoria training and educating Gracie to work with sheep.

Gracie now has a new home at Balmattum Australian White Sheep Stud, where she is working the sheep with great exuberance and skill.

CLOSE COMPANION: Jane Boadle trained her kelpie Gracie to work sheep, with Gracie finding her new home at Balmattum Australian White Sheep Stud after the tragic passing of Jane.

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Agricultural Shows Australia executive officer Katie Stanley said that several options were considered prior to the decision to postpone the national finals.

“Our priority is our duty of care to competitors, sponsors and volunteers and with the support of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS of NSW), Queensland National Competitions Organising Committee and the Agricultural Societies Council of NSW; the decision was unanimous that Sydney Royal should host the national finals next year,” Ms Stanley said.

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“In this unprecedented environment, growers and the shearing workforce are committed to doing what’s necessary to keep our workplaces safe and to ensure wool harvesting can continue,” WoolProducers chief executive officer Jo Hall said.

Ms Hall said all members of the shearing team including growers, shearers, shed hands and visitors to sheds, had a role to play to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Confidence strong as Balmattum rams set to go under Auctions Plus hammer WITH New South Wales in lockdown for major Australian White Sheep sales it has been necessary for farmers to purchase on-line, through Auctions Plus.

The experience of on-line sales can never be the same as a close-up inspection when you’re wanting to buy a top ram - but for now there is no choice.

Online bidders are placing a great deal of trust in the vendor and vendors have a responsibility to accurately represent their stock.

If successful bidders are not satisfied with their purchase, it’s unlikely they will be return buyers.

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CERTIFIED GENETICS: With records being broken by Australian White Sheep across the country, the Balmattum Australian White Sheep Stud sale is an eagerly anticipated event with rams like these six month old ones pictured going under the hammer.

And with an Australian White Ram, what should you look for?

It is a personal choice for what trait you give preference to and the price is determined by how deep your pockets are.

The heritability (ability to pass on the genetics to the next generation) of each

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Top of the drop Southdown rams at Fincham’s FINCHAM’S Burando Southdowns’ breeding program is very commercially orientated.

They focus on balanced, strong constitution, unassisted, live easy-born lambs on the ground, with a high percentage of twinning.

They produce fast growing, heavy carcasses and solid hindquarters, using balanced figures as a guide.

Fincham’s invite all interested parties to their second annual sale of ‘top of the drop’ Southdown rams.

The ram sale will be held on Monday, November 8 from 1pm at the Yea showgrounds.

This year’s sale rams are an outstanding group; with sons of Southdown breed trait leaders in the top five per cent for growth, eye muscle area, fat and also top 5 per cent for marbling - essential for eating quality.

“We want our Southdowns when crossed with any type of maternal ewe to grow quickly, finishing at four to five months with tight Down type skins,” Tim said.

“This will enable our clients to reap the rewards of trade lambs between 22-26 kilogram carcass weights or have the ability to go out to export lambs at the 27-30 kilogram carcass weight.

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“The Southdown has the unique factor of tender juicy meat with a naturally finer intramuscular fat (marbling) required for the best eating lamb.

“We have a core ewe flock of 300 mature Southdown ewes.

“Again this year we have lambed down, tagged and marked 178 per cent of live lambs.”

During the 1970s, we selected and imported ewes from the Punchbowl Dispersal (New Zealand).

“These sheep had very high lambing percentages, which most of our flock go back to now.

“Over the years we have bought the best rams from leading Australian and New Zealand studs and have spared no expense to get the right rams for our breeding program.

“Our aim is to breed the best possible Southdown rams for our Prime Lamb clients.

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Record-breaking bull arrives at new home AUSTRALIA’S recordbreaking Angus bull, Texas Iceman, has arrived at his new home in Camperdown, Victoria as he starts producing semen for national and world markets.

Texas Iceman R725(AI)(ET) sold to Macka’s Australian Black Angus on July 29 for a record-breaking $225,000 at the Texas Angus bull sale near Warialda in northern New South Wales, easily eclipsing the previous top of $160,000 paid for an Angus bull.

Macka’s Angus is working with Genetics Australia (GA) to market Texas Iceman who has been relocated to GA’s TLG collection centre at Camperdown.

GA beef manager Nigel Semmens predicts huge demand for product from the bull, with semen expected to

Mr Mackenzie said he would have bid even more than $225,000.

“We would have gone well and truly above that price because he was a bull that fitted our operation and our future,” he said.

“For us, he was a cheap investment into our operation and a great investment for all of Australia to be able to share the genetics.”

“With anticipated high demand, customers are encouraged to contact GA to register their interest in his semen for the spring breeding season,” Mr Semmens added.

Moving into 2022, Iceman will have a heavy workload to meet domestic demand and to produce export semen and he will be a sire that will have male and female sexed semen available.

be available in late September.

“There’s already high demand for his semen and that will only increase after the sale,” Nigel said.

“We will start collecting semen straight away for Genetics Australia to sell and for the large-scale AI programs in Macka’s Angus beef program.”

Macka’s Angus managing director Robert Mackenzie expects strong demand for Iceman’s semen.

“We’re proud we’ve been able to secure such a unique bull for our operation and to be widely used here in Australia and around the world.

“We’re all about strengthening the genetics of Angus cattle around Australia and it’s great that we can help people get some great genetics.”

MONEY MAN: Texas Iceman was sold for a record-breaking $225,000, demonstrating that national and international demand for quality Angus genetics shows no sign of abating.

The crucial role of cattle in the carbon cycle THE first of a series of themed animations being produced to debunk myths about the environmental impact of red meat production in Australia has been launched by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).

The animation explains how methane from cattle is part of the natural carbon cycle, demonstrating how the environmental impacts of emissions of methane from cows and carbon dioxide from

fossil fuels, are fundamentally different.

The two-minute video is the first in a series of five animations being launched by MLA this year, addressing important topics such as nutrition, sustainability and traceability in order to address a growing thirst for knowledge from the community about food provenance.

“Comparing different greenhouse gasses is a very complex topic, but it’s vitally

important for people to understand the systems that we live within, the impacts, and most importantly, what we’re doing about it,” MLA managing director Jason Strong said.

“We’ve created these animations to reduce some of the confusion through content that is easy to understand, which we hope will enable people to make informed decisions about what they eat and why.

“The red meat industry

must continue to be on the front foot in sharing the good story about our farming systems, the nutritional benefits of red meat, our animal wellbeing and environmental stewardship credentials, and our drive for intergenerational sustainability and productivity improvement in a competitive global marketplace.

“While the community want something done on climate change, they also want to

continue to enjoy red meat as part of a healthy diet and it’s our job to provide the evidence that says it’s absolutely ok to keep doing that.”

Mr Strong said the red meat industry was doing more than most to be part of the climate solution.

“In 2017, the red meat and livestock industry set the ambitious target to be Carbon Neutral by 2030 (CN30) which provides a framework to guide investment in technologies

and research that will foster productivity and grow profitability throughout the red meat supply chain,” Mr Strong said.

“Agriculture has already done much of the heavy lifting on limiting carbon pollution with net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from red meat production less than half what they were in 2005, representing by far the greatest reduction by any sector of Australia’s economy.”

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Foaling season has started! Here are a few tips for care of mares during late pregnancy.

It is imperative that the pregnant mare is well fed. The nutritional requirements of the mare will increase by 20-30% during the last three months of pregnancy.

As the mare approaches the end of her pregnancy she should be in good body condition, but not too fat - the overweight mare may have trouble foaling and may lose condition after foaling, which may delay her coming into season after foaling.

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