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Farmers say Joyce is the right choice Rural sector happy that issues will be front and centre after Barnaby Joyce appointed Nationals’ leader and Deputy Prime Minister
THE McLennan-McColl Victorian Flock of the Year competition, presented by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) in partnership with Merino Victoria, is heading to North East Victoria this month, with nine properties entered into the prestigious competition. Named in honour of two
of the merino industry’s most well-respected, wool producer, Neil McLennan and sheep classer, Keith McColl, the award celebrates and assists with improving the quality of Victoria’s merino ewe flocks. Culminating in the presentation of the $1500 cash prize winner, the competition encourages
North East residents and industry participants to view production systems and best practice management, with the RASV offering a free shuttle bus service to the competing properties. For a schedule of property opening times and more information visit www.rasv. com.au/flockoftheyear.
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entered a period of enormous opportunity in both existing and potential markets driven by growing global wealth and demand for our premium quality and safe food and fibre products,” Mr Finlay said. “Again, we congratulate Mr Joyce and look forward to the continued elevation of agriculture as a federal policy and economic priority,” Mr Finlay said. In response to the appointment of the other Nationals members to Parliament Mr Finlay said it was important the ministry held an understanding of one of the nation’s greatest drivers of export revenue, employment, growth and innovation. “We have seen the elevation of MPs who have an understanding of agriculture, re-
gional Australia and associated issues to portfolios which are critical to the ongoing success and growth of our industry,” he said. “Australian agriculture is entering a growth phase and is likely to generate $1.2 trillion between now and 2030, while this year alone, agriculture is predicted to reap a record farmgate return of $57.6 billion.” Mr Joyce retained the agriculture and water resources portfolios in the recent cabinet reshuffle and said he believed the work that he started with his department to turn around soft commodity prices, in implementing the Murray Darling Basin Plan and “the significant investments we are making in water infrastructure should continue”. Deputy Leader of the Nationals Fiona Nash will take on roles in three key areas as Minister for Regional Development, Regional Communications and Rural Health.
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BARNABY Joyce’s elevation to leader of the Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister appears to be a popular choice among agricultural groups and farmers who feel that their rural interests will at last have a “real voice”. The Member for New England and Minister for Agriculture ran unopposed in the recent leadership ballot, following the retirement of veteran parliamentarian and Member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) led the way in congratulating Barnaby Joyce on his success. NFF president Brent Finlay said that the federation was “heartened” by the fact someone with strong ties to the agricultural sector and who was aware of current rural issues had replaced Mr Truss. Minister Joyce was also an advocate for regional Australia in the role of Deputy Prime Minister. “Australian agriculture has
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*THE inaugural music festival, Music in the Vines is set to take place on Saturday, March 5 at Suffoir Vineyard in Macarthur. The event which has headline act Troy CassarDaley will also include other regional artists, local food and wines from the Henty wine region. Other artists include Shane Howard Trio, Phil Holmes, Rhys Crimmin, Nancie Schipper, Kayla Dwyer and Cooper Lower. The Macarthur pub will be providing meal specials on the day and a courtesy bus from all local accommodation spots to the vineyard. For more information visit ww.musicinthevines. com.au.
*HEREFORDS Australia and Meat & Livestock Australia are holding field days on tips and tricks when handling weaner cattle in Bairnsdale on Wednesday, March 9 and in Wagga Wagga on Friday, March 11. The Gippsland workshop will be held at 110 Tower Road, Mt Taylor and the southern NSW field day will be at Erringoarrah Station, Wantabadgery. Both events start at 1pm. Guest speakers will be feedlot consultants Kevin Sullivan and Lachlan Strohfeldt, who will be demonstrating low stress cattle handling skills and outlining the correct way to train and yard wean cattle to prepare them for feedlot entry. To register for workshops contact Andrew Donoghue on (02) 6772 1399. *GIPPSLAND Dairy Youth are holding its annual ‘Dairy All Breeds Youth Show’ on Sunday, March 13 at the Korumburra Show Grounds starting at 10am. Now in its 16th year, the show will have a display
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Dookie, Cosgrove landholders fight council over possible tip By JODIE FLEMING
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works closely with the council, Forum members questioned the council on why this was the ďŹ rst time they had heard about the study when they meet with council representatives each month. Many residents and Forum members feel that the council had deliberately not informed the town’s representatives because it knew it would be met with much disdain. Landowner and owner of Tallis Wines, Alice Tallis, asked those from COGS who attended the meeting, including Mayor Dinny Adem and Councillor Jenny Houlihan, why no one had ever heard of the feasibility study taking place particularly given the amount of time certain groups in Dookie have spent building up the town as a tourist attraction. “For the past 20 years and in a big picture sense, there has been quite intense community consultation and we have undergone a community plan together
with those in the council and nowhere has there ever been a recycling venue mentioned,â€? she said. “The conversations were always around tourism and prime agriculture and the natural beauty of the area and all I can say is don’t cut the hand off that feeds you.â€? One of the major issues landholders have is with the site assessment matrix values that were used in the feasibility study which, according to many landholders, is fundamentally awed. Jeanette Ryan, whose family has farmed land in Dookie for the past 150 years, said the draft study is “hopelessly awedâ€?. “The land you are looking at is prime agricultural land and normally prime agricultural land is not chosen as a resource site of this type and there is also the matter of salinity overlays in the area which seems to have been overlooked in the study,â€? she said. “I suggest the people you had conduct the study
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LANDHOLDERS and residents of Dookie and Cosgrove are up in arms over a planned feasibility study that earmarks the entrance to the town for a possible recycling centre. Melbourne-based company Urban Enterprise Pty Ltd has prepared a draft of the Resource Recovery Precinct Feasibility and Site Selection Study at the request of the City of Greater Shepparton (COGS) as the council searches for an appropriate site for a recycling waste centre. According to Greater Shepparton City Council strategic planning team leader Michael MacDonagh, the main purpose of the study was to investigate potential sites for the establishment of a resource recovery precinct in the City of Greater Shepparton. At a meeting held in December last year, the council endorsed the draft study, releasing it for public consultation, which has greatly angered many farmers and residents of Dookie who believe it will destroy their valuable agricultural land and the town’s tourism drive. Resource recovery includes biological waste processing and materials recycling such as composting, biogas cogeneration, and metal, glass and paper recycling. The draft study identifies six new potential sites for the location of a resource recovery precinct and selects preferred sites based on an in-depth assessment of the potential sites. At a well-attended public meeting held early last month chaired by the town’s Dookie and District Development Forum, which supposedly
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LABOUR SHORTAGE: Agricultural groups believe that the high rate of tax placed on backpackers will scare away international workers who make up a large percentage of Australia’s fruit and vegetable picking workforce.
19 per cent, achieved through deactivation of the tax-free threshold would be fairer to both backpackers and the industries that rely on them for seasonal work. NFF president Brent Finlay said farmers from a range of commodities across Australia have expressed concerns surrounding the tax, which is well demonstrated by the strong response to the online petition. “Let’s make no mistake, this tax poses a serious threat to thousands of Australian agricultural businesses,” he said. “While government may be set to raise $540 million of the forward estimates through implementation of the 32.5 per cent rate, softening this to 19 per cent would
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Producers welcome Nationals’ new leader IRELANDS Angus stud principle Corey Ireland, who breeds Angus cattle at Kyeamba (45 kilometres south east of Wagga Wagga), said that it was great to have someone like Barnaby Joyce, with an agricultural background appointed as the Nationals’ leader and Deputy Prime Minister. “Agriculture and food in this country is so great and it is terriďŹ c to see someone who will really support it in the top position,â€? Mr Ireland said. “It is such a growing market and with Mr Joyce there it should make the process a whole lot easier.â€? Undera cropping farmer Rob Backway who crops 600 acres
of wheat, canola, manola and lucerne seed said that he thought Mr Joyce would do a good job in his new role. I saw an interview with him during the week and the one thing I like about him is that he is straight to the point and he doesn’t beat around the bush,â€? Mr Backway said. Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) president Peter Tuohey said that Mr Joyce had the hopes of rural Australia resting on his shoulders. Victoria’s peak farmer organisation is optimistic that a positive working relationship can continue under the new leader as he has a connection to the rural sector that instils conďŹ dence in
farming communities. “Barnaby Joyce is a wellknown advocate for regional Australia and I’m sure he will approach his new role as leader of the Nationals with the same enthusiasm he has shown in the past,� Mr Tuohey said. “He understands the problems we face in rural areas, and I’m optimistic his passion will further a good working relationship between the VFF and the Federal Government.� Mr Joyce described his appointment as “an awesome responsibility� and one that is not taken lightly, but with “all the respect that it deserves�. He said his priorities included the representation of those in
regional Australians by ensuring their standard of living is advanced and to make sure a better return goes through the farm gate, the delivery of service and those basic services come as an affordable rate to those people. When questioned on his intention to take up land rights issues relating to mining and farmers land rights, Mr Joyce said the Nationals were “always looking for proper balance�. “We will be stone, motherless broke if we closed down the mining industry,� he said. “There is no economic sense and every regional town would tear us to pieces. “In places such as central Queensland with Adani, it is
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Leader of the Nationals in the Senate, Nigel Scullion, continues on with the Indigenous Affairs portfolio and Darren Chester has been appointed Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Other appointments included Matt Canavan having been appointed to the Outer Ministry as Minister for Northern Australia, Michael McCormack as Assistant Minister for Defence and Keith Pitt will be introduced into the Ministry as the Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister. “These are all portfolios that are important to the people of rural and regional Australia,� Mr Joyce said. “The ministerial team we have unveiled, coming from both the north and the south of our nation, and representing every National Party state and the Northern Territory will ensure that the interests of all regional areas will be taken into account in government decisions making. “This is a strong National ministerial team with the skills, vision and experience to achieve the outcomes that our constituents demand and we will all work hard for the betterment of our nation,� he said. Mr Finlay added it was now crucial agriculture be one of the Federal Government’s policy and economic priorities as Australia headed towards an election. “The burgeoning prospects for growth in the sector places agriculture at the forefront of the national agenda,� he said. “We now look to government to provide a strong policy framework to underpin an innovative, productive and prosperous rural sector.�
absolutely vital that mine goes ahead, while‌you can go to other areas where there are proper questions being asked about the challenge between prime agricultural land and mining. “This is not a binary argument. “So often people try to take it to a ‘yes or no, good or bad, black or white’ resolution. “It is more complicated than that, but solvable nonetheless. “We must be wary in prime agricultural land that we protect their rights and understand the incredible value that that land has for our nation, not just for next year or the year after, but for 10,000 years in the future,â€? Mr Joyce said.
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A SEED potato grower from the Otways and chair of Seed Potatoes Victoria (SPV) Dean Bone has been appointed to the AUSVEG VIC executive committee. Mr Bone’s farm is located at Kennedy’s Creek in the Otways and he grows more than 40 hectares of seed potatoes. Having been in the industry for about 30 years, AUSVEG VIC state manager Kurt Hermann said Mr Bone is ‘a well-regarded figure’ in the Victorian seed potato industry and his appointment to the AUSVEG Vic executive committee will enable the organisation to enhance the level of representation available to seed growers across the state. “While Mr Bone’s appointment is an important milestone for the industry, AUSVEG VIC will continue to work with all of the state’s potato growers to ensure that they have an effective voice on the issues important to them,” Mr Hermann said. “We must continue to build membership numbers, particularly within the state’s fresh and
processing potato industries, and we would ideally like to see these sectors put forward nominees of their own for the AUSVEG VIC executive committee. “This is an excellent opportunity for growers’ right around the state to take a hands-on role and ensure that AUSVEG VIC is upholding a strong and effective voice for growers. “Getting Victoria’s vegetable and potato growers to take an active role in AUSVEG VIC will be critical to the organisation’s success in the future. “I would like to personally congratulate Mr Bone on his appointment,” he said. Mr Hermann added that he looks forward to working with Mr Bone and other “hardworking industry representatives” on the AUSVEG VIC executive committee to build this “vitally important sector of the Victorian economy”. AUSVEG VIC is the leading body representing the interests of the state’s 840 vegetable and potato growers providing producers with a united voice and strong representa-
tion with all levels of government. Previously known as the Vegetable Growers Association of Victoria, AUSVEG VIC recently opened membership to Victoria’s potato growers for the first time. Meanwhile, according to the latest result from AUSVEG’s Economic Confidence Survey confidence in the industry has increased by 19 per cent during the December 2015 quarter. The survey consists of questions relating to how confident growers feel about key economic indicators, including macroeconomics, investment, the market and government policy. The confidence index was constructed based on the results from an initial survey conducted for the quarter ending March 2015. AUSVEG economist Andrew Kruup said that Australian vegetable growers are becoming more optimistic about the current economic climate. “The rise in confidence this quarter is being driven by increased grower confidence in government policy and invest-
ment, with figures indicating levels have increased by 35.5 per cent and 28.8 per cent in these two categories respectively,” he said. “The increases in these two categories suggest growers may be more willing to invest in their businesses, which has the potential to increase their productivity and profitability.” Mr Kruup added that the contributing factors which may have led to this increase in confidence could include a more stable political environment at both Federal and State levels, an increase in export activity, and interest rates remaining at their lowest in the past 20 years. “Growers must take all of these factors into account when developing plans for business investment. “This increase in confidence is a positive sign that growers could be more willing to invest in their businesses, which could create jobs and strengthen the economic status of the Australian vegetable industry as well as the national economy,” Mr Kruup said.
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VFF calls on State Government to prioritise infrastructure in upcoming budget INFRASTRUCTURE investment should be a priority in the State Government’s upcoming budget according to the Victorian Farmers Federation’s (VFF) prebudget submission. VFF president Peter Tuohey said that rail and water projects top the lobby group’s list of infrastructure priorities, as does more funding to rid rural Victoria of mobile black spots. “We’re working closely with the government to
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Boonaroo Angus takes out prestigious title at RASV Heifer Challenge BOONAROO Angus has taken the title of 2016 Champion in The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) Heifer Challenge which took place during this year’s Beef Week. After being named a finalist last year, the Corndale-based heifer managed to take out this year’s title much to the delight of its owners Shane and Jodie Foster. The Fosters have run the 3800 acre farm located at Casterton for the past 12 years where they also produce prime lamb sheep. As well as the prestigious honour of taking out the Champion title, Mr and Mrs Foster took home a $3000 cash prize for their prized heifer. “We have been finalists for the past three years so we were really thrilled to bits to win this year,” Mrs Foster said. “We just had our Beef Week open day after the announcement and it was amazing how many people had heard through social media and how many people were thrilled for us and came to look at the heifers. “I was amazed how much credibility winning brings with it as there is a lot of competi-
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WINNING PEN: After being a finalist in last year’s RASV Heifer Challenge, Boonaroo Angus took out this year’s Champion in the on-farm competition.
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March 2016
Wodonga’s 38th annual premier multibreed bull sale is on again THE annual Wodonga Beef Breeds bull sale will take place on Friday, April 15 beginning at 11am, in what will be the 38th multibreed sale to take place. The sale will be held at the Northern Victorian Livestock Exchange at Barnawartha and will feature Angus, Red Angus, Charolais, Simmental, Limousin
and Santa Gertrudis bulls. Organiser of the premier sale John Atkins said that after a good sale last year with some of the breeds, this year is looking to be successful for both buyers and sellers. “With prices having been very good for a while, even for the old bulls, the sale will definitely offer
some really good bulls with very good genetics,” Mr Atkins said. “This sale really does service the smaller breeder that doesn’t hold an on-farm sale, but has great bulls to sell.” For catalogues and more information contact John Atkins on 0428 690 267 or Trevor Parker from Corcoran Parker on 0428 578 074.
RECORD BULL: The Robinson’s purchase of Granite Ridge Kaiser K26 will be used alongside the stud’s AI program.
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STUD principals Alan and Jan Robinson of Jarobee Angus recently set a new record with their purchase of Granite Ridge Kaiser K26 from South Australia as they await his arrival to their Beechworth property. The all breeds bull will be used at Jarobee, along with its extensive AI programs, with Mrs Robinson thrilled that the animal’s spread of EBVs alongside his phenotype ticks the boxes of the traits
the stud strives for. “He has everything we require - growth, fertility, calving east, temperament and type,” she said. “The Granite Ridge stud principals, Colin Flanagan and Pat Ebert described Kaiser as the best bull they have ever bred. “Mr Flanagan said his pedigree is magnificent and the he is the best Te Mania Foe Son they have had with maternal strength and out of supreme cows. Granite Ridge Kaiser
will be on display at Jarobee Angus’ autumn bull sale to be held on Friday, March 18 starting at 11am on-farm at Beechworth. Semen will also be on sale from K26. “We welcome inspections anytime by appointment, and we look forward meeting with you and discussing your breeding programs,” Mrs Robinson said. For more information phone Alan or Jan Robinson on 0429 324 124.
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March 2016
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Double the power, choice and service THE ‘Flight’ of the Swallow to Alpine will commence with the combined Alpine Angus/ Welcome Swallow autumn bull sale at the Alpine Angus Sale Complex at Rosewhite on Wednesday, March 30 commencing at 1pm. The offering of more than 120 HBR and APR Angus plus five registered Charolais bulls promises beef producers double the bull power, double the choice and double the after sales service. Bull buyers will be able to get a preview of the sale line up on Friday, March 11 when all Alpine and Welcome Swallow sale bulls will be on display from midday, after the Myrtleford Calf Sales. A barbecue lunch and wine tasting is also on offer. According to stud principal Suzy Martin, the merger of the Alpine Angus and Welcome Swallow programs has been proceeding smoothly. “We now have a new
TOP PERFORMER: All sale bulls at Alpine/Welcome Swallow are backed by a comprehensive quality assurance program.
logo developed to reflect the merger and now the catalogue format has also been updated,” she said. “As a result of the merger a very strong team has assembled at Alpine Angus. “The merger has involved close cooperation by all the whole team these past six months across all the many and varied
activities needed to manage a seedstock enterprise – from communicating with clients to washing bulls to deciding matings and developing marketing strategies and so the list goes on,” Mrs Martin said. Alpine and Welcome Swallow share a determination to keep looking for outcross
genetics that have great performance, structure, temperament and female production efficiency. This is well reflected by the sires represented in the upcoming sale which include Connealy Earnen, KC Haas GPS, LCC New Standard, KM Broken Bow, Milwillah Gatsby, Booroomooka Frankel F510, Coonamble Gazza,
Largo Full House, Carabar Docklands, Te Mania Gaskin and A A R TEN X. “For this sale, well over half of the line-up are at or below average for birth, with many having a huge growth spread the average 200 day and 400 day weights for the sale bulls being in the top 15 per cent of the Angus breed. “In other words, the bulls on offer are much more than heifer bulls. “There are also many very powerful individuals in the line-up designed to join with mature cows and add power and efficiency to your female herd with the focus always being on the two key profit-drivers for any beef producer – namely the number of live calves and the kilogram per beef grown per hectare,” she added. Alpine and Welcome Swallow also share a passion for breeding easy doing bulls with excellent phenotypes – with shape and fleshing ability. Bulls must be also
easy going as according to Mrs Martin, “poor temperament is just not tolerated”. All sale bulls are backed by a comprehensive quality assurance program including semen testing, a full vaccination program, independent
structural assessment, plus a three-year guarantee (conditions apply). “We do offer free delivery within 250 km from Alpine,” Mrs Martin said. For more information visit www.alpineangus. com.au.
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March 2016
McHale Fusion Vario stopping the traffic WHEN Kellie Berry is hay baling and wrapping for her clients in the Hunter Valley, she often sees drivers slow down to watch the Fusion Vario - McHale’s variable chamber high-output baler wrapper combo. Since its release here in 2012, many farmers and contractors have opted for the smooth versatility of the Fusion 3 Vario and according to Mrs Berry, the machinery is easy to manoeuvre and fast. “The bales are nice and tight, and with the inbuilt camera, I can see exactly what’s going on,” she said. “I can’t get over how easy it is to use. “Everything is done automatically, and when I turn it off, the work’s finished. “No need to go back and do the wrapping. “I’ve never seen anything so good and so efficient. “It’s massive time saving for us and for the clients,” she said. Kellie and Brian Berry are the owners of Wirralee Partnership Contract Baling offering hay contracting, direct drill seeding and fertiliser spreading to clients mostly within a 40km radius of their home base at Dungog. Having purchased the Fusion Vario in late August 2015 through Thompson’s Farm Gear at Wauchope and Modern Motors at Dungog, Mrs Berry said they looked at other brands
QUICK AND RELIABLE: Husband and wife contracting team Kellie and Brian Berry of Wirralee Partnership Contract Baling picked the McHale Fusion Vario because it has a more integrated build, high-quality engineering and a strong reputation for reliability.
including the Lely Tornado and the Kuhn baler wrapper but the decision came down to the machine that had a better, more integrated build, high-quality engineering and a strong reputation for reliability. “It’s what our clients count
on – reliability,” Mrs Berry said. “We’ve got to be there when they need us and get through the work without breakdowns. “When we talked to farmers and contractors at field days, the word we kept hearing with McHale was reliable.”
The Fusion Vario can produce bales of hay and straw from 0.6m to 1.68m, and silage rolls from 1.1m to 1.45m. The two-metre pickup has five tyne bars with tynes spaced at 70mm to allow maximum crop intake, which
feeds through uniformly to a spiral-toothed rotor. Mrs Berry said activating the drop floor clearing was very simple when she caught up a piece of wood as it is all achieved hydraulically from the cabin.
Bales are formed by three, wide high-strength, endless belts driven off two drive rollers. The constant pressure system maintains density from the core outwards. The net wrap system is designed for easy loading and the amount of net applied adjusts automatically when the size of the bale is changed. Twin satellite vertical wrapping can apply six layers of film in 30 seconds. The operator is notified when film runs out and wrapping continues at a slower speed until the second satellite is finished and the driver can replace both rolls at once. The Berrys’ Fusion Vario has done 5250 silage and hay bales this season with a John Deere 150 horsepower tractor. “At the end of the day, you drive out of the paddock and you’re done. “No more late nights. “I really love this machine, it just works. “And when clients ring to book us, they know we’ve got other gear, but they say just bring the McHale,” Mrs Berry said. McHale machinery will be at this year’s Farm World, Lardner Park in Warragul at Site K2 on Thursday, April 7 to Sunday, April 10. For more information visit www.mchale.com.au.
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VICTORIA is in the enviable position of having an allocation of 100 per cent on the Murray system and 90 per cent on the Goulburn as of February 15, 2016. This is a condition that is and will be very much influenced by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) releases for environment. Currently figures for Victoria at December 31 last year show the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH) was holding Goulburn at 78,337 megalitres (ML) and Murray at 188, 435 ML. Both systems allow carryover into July 2016. The storage capacity at February 15, 2016 of the Hume and Dartmouth (Murray including NSW and South Australia) is at 2,756,245 ML and Eildon and Waranga is 1,554,926 ML (Goulburn). Unused irrigation and bulk allocation has the Murray in Victoria at only 993, 081 ML and Goulburn at 834,075 ML,
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better connected system to trade temporary water across valleys. This transfer of IVT will provide a temporary water price that is very close to the southern MDBA. The Murrumbidgee is currently closed to IVT, however depending on allocation increases in NSW and the releases by CEWH to Murray environment sites, Murrumbidgee may reopen in 2015-2016. A review is needed of the IVT rules as the CEWH flows have skewed the allocation data. Food and fibre are struggling to find allocation water. MBDA Victoria and NSW need to take into account the connected systems to the Murray. Like the Ovens and Kiewa systems, some form of recognition of the unused allocation is needed given that farmers are paying for this water and watching it flow to Lake Mulwala. Relaxed IVT rules would make for more trade across the valleys.
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Silver lucernes shining in their field SILVERADO and Silverosa GT lucernes continue to build their reputations and shine in the field as premium lucernes for both irrigated and dryland use in northern Victoria, the Riverina and southern and western NSW. Upper Murray Seeds senior agronomist Don Kirkpatrick, who has had many years of experience in pasture production, said Silverado is the best, highly winter-active lucerne he has ever seen. The breeder of Silverado, Ian Kaehne, who formerly bred Sceptre, Eureka and Hunterfield lucernes, said the aim in breeding Silverado was to add persistence, high forage quality, maintenance of high yield and tolerance to prolonged periods of set stocking to the very winter-active type of lucerne, or “breed the type of winter-active lucerne Australian farmers want”. “This objective has been well and truly achieved,” Dr Kaehne said. “There are now many persistent dryland stands, some up to seven years old, which have maintained high production, even when under a prolonged set stocking and hay cutting regime. “Under irrigation, Silverado is maintaining high levels of forage yield after five years. “Some seed production stands,
which combine irrigated seed and hay production with dryland prolonged set stocking, are up to 11 years old. “The new benchmark in very winter-active lucerne performance has been set by Silverado,” he added. Silverosa GT, also bred by Dr Kaehne, was bred by crossing patented salt tolerant lucerne, which is also extremely tolerant to continuous grazing, with Silverado. “The aim in breeding Silverosa GT was to combine salt tolerance and additional grazing tolerance with the well-established performance of Silverado. “After only three years on farm, Silverosa GT is earning a reputation for high performance. “It has excellent seedling growth leading quickly to high yield, high forage quality and suitability to prolonged intensive grazing. “It’s salt tolerance permits the extension of lucerne growing from sites equivalent to 5000ppm to near 10,000 ppm,” Dr Kaehne said. Silverado and Silverosa GT are marketed nationally by Alburybased seed wholesaler, Upper Murray Seeds. For more information contact Upper Murray Seeds on (02) 6040 6464.
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Hunters fined and given good behaviour bonds for illegal activity TWO men from the Mornington Peninsula have been found guilty at the Mansfield Magistrates Court for possessing a dead Eastern Grey Kangaroo without authorisation as well as an unsecured firearm and spotlighting equipment in a deer habitat near Myrtleford. The hunters were intercepted
in June 2015 by Victoria Police and Game Management Authority (GMA) officers, driving along Walshs Road on the Delatite Arm of Lake Eildon, shining a spotlight into the bush. They were stopped and their vehicle searched, finding a butchered Eastern Grey Kan-
garoo on the tray of the vehicle. Officers went on to find a large spotlight, a high-powered rifle and ammunition. The men received 12-month good behaviour bonds, the kangaroo meat was forfeited to be destroyed and they were ordered to pay $500 to the court fund.
Possession of unsecured spotlights and firearms in recognised deer habitat 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset is an offence under the Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2012. GMA director Simon Toop said GMA officers and Victoria Police will continue to conduct
operations targeting illegal spotlighting from public roads and on public land. “Illegal hunting can put people and wildlife at risk, plus it damages the reputation of law-abiding hunters,” he said. “Hunters are generally a lawabiding group, but some choose to do the wrong thing, and in do-
ing so, can be prosecuted, have their equipment confiscated and lose their game and firearms licences,” Mr Toop said. Hunters and the general public are urged to report any illegal hunting to the GMA by calling the Customer Service Centre on 136 186 or contact Victoria Police.
Adventure Camping & Fishing and Firearms sales team on hand to help get you ready for duck opening THE sales teams at Wangaratta’s Adventure Camping & Fishing and Firearms are all fired up for the opening of this year’s duck season, with a huge range of everything you need for a successful hunt in store. Firearms manager Joe Gigliotti is optimistic about this year’s season and is encouraging hunters who may need their firearm serviced before the start of the season, which begins on Saturday, March 19, to head into the well-stocked store where any servicing or firearm smithing work can be arranged. “I am optimistic about this year’s season and I am just hoping it is as good as last year, which wasn’t great, but there is still water around some areas,” he said. “Hunters that have done their homework and done some scouting around where there is still water, should be able to maximise the take of any birds that come their way.
“We have already had steady sales with steel shot and firearms sales starting to increase as we get closer to the opening,” Mr Gigliotti said. Adventure Camping & Fishing and Firearms have a massive selection of rifles, shotguns, bows, knives, ammo and shooting/hunting accessories. The Rowan Street store has some selected specials to coincide with the opening of duck season, including savings on gun safes and special deals on Miroku M70 GR1 and MK10 GR1 shotguns and Webley & Scott 912K shotguns while stocks last. Also in store is a full range of cartridge belts and bags, duck callers, camo clothing and waders. Opening hours are 9am5.30pm, Monday to Friday and Saturday 9am-2pm. For more information visit www. adventurecampingandfishing. com.au.
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THE announcement of a full-length duck hunting season in late-January was well-received by the hunting fraternity as the prospects of a season are never guaranteed. Victorian Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford declared a 12-week season from Saturday, March 19 to Monday, June 13, with a reduced bag limit. The bag limits are set at eight birds for opening day and four birds per day thereafter. No Blue-winged Shoveler’s are included in the bag for the entire season. Along with bag limits, hunters must adhere to the opening time for the zone of Victoria they are shooting in. The eastern zone opens at 7.10am, central opens at 7.20am, and the western zone at 7.30am. Maps are located on the GMA website (gma.vic.gov.au) and in the 2016 Hunting Guide. SSAA Victoria encourages all duck hunters to visit the GMA website before hunting and to monitor the site during the season to keep up to date with any wetland closures and modiďŹ cations. With the declaration of a duck season, waterfowl hunters also have a full quail season to look forward to. The season runs from 30 minutes before
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