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large portion of a $127 million capital investment and part of the company’s five-year plan to rejuvenate its manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure in the key product areas – nutritional powders, cheese and liquid milk. Among the investments will be a $74 million injection
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THE wine industry breathed a sigh of relief as wine taxes were left untouched by the Federal Government’s tough budget, as high exchange rates, a consolidated retail sector and a high cost base continue to plague local producers. Winemakers’ Federation of Australia chief executive Paul Evans said a recent industry review revealed very low levels of profitability across the wine sector and many cases of local businesses operating below cost despite Australia producing “a truly globally competitive” product.
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“The last thing the Australian wine industry needs right now is a tax hike and the federation has advocated strongly on this matter, so we welcome the fact that common sense has prevailed in Canberra,” Mr Evans said. The wine group had set out an action plan to maintain the sector’s global competitiveness that would boost profitabil-
ity through a global marketing strategy. “This plan recommends responsible reform to the (wine) rebate to ensure it continues to deliver its original policy intent of supporting small and medium wine businesses and regional communities,” Mr Evans said. “These measures include stopping New Zealand winemakers from claiming a rebate of up to $500,000 every year for the wine they sell in Australia – and this is an opportunity for reform the Federal Government must not delay further. Continued page 3
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conference at Ballarat Lodge, Ballarat from Tuesday, June 17 to Thursday, June 19. Themed ‘What’s driving your pasture business?, conference presentations start on Wednesday, June 18 and will cover pasture, productivity and livestock management drivers. Alongside guest speakers, presentations and tours of local farms and research sites, the conference will also feature a comprehensive trade display area with a wide range of exhibitors to cater to producers. For more information email office@grasslands. org.au. *THE Australian Fodder Industry Association (AFIA) together with Murray Dairy is hosting a free ‘Fodder in Dairy Workshop’ on Thursday, June 19. The workshop will provide useful information as well as create networking opportunities for those involved in the fodder
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*THE DEPI veterinarians are seeking sheep brains to be tested as part of the National transmissible spongiform enephalopathies (TSEs) surveillance program. The brains will be used to test for proof of freedom from TSE and livestock producers who supply them are eligible for payments of $100 each. To be eligible, sheep need to be 18 months of age or more (but not more than five years) and display at least two clinical signs compatible with ‘scrapie’ – the form of TSEs seen in sheep. For more information visit www. animalhealthaustralia. com.au/programs/ biosecurity/tse-freedomassurance-program/ national-tse-surveillanceprogram. *THE 2014 BestWool/ BestLamb conference will be held in Bendigo on Tuesday, June 24 and Wednesday, June 25. The conference dinner will be held on the evening of June 24, with a full day of conference proceeding the following day on June 25. For more information visit www.depi.vic.gov. au. *NOMINATIONS for the Australian Farmer of the Year awards are now open. There are 12 award categories and an overall Australian Farmer of the Year award who is chosen from the award category winners. The awards are judged on innovation, sustainability and overall contribution to the Australian agricultural sector. Award categories include Livestock Producer of the Year, Young Farmer of the Year and Fibre Producer of the Year. A celebratory dinner will be held on Wednesday, September 10 in Melbourne. Entries close on Friday, June 27. Nomination forms are available at www. farmingahead.com.au/ FarmerOfYear.
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WINE RECOVERY: Winemakers’ Federation of Australia chief executive Paul Evans said the federation will continue to work with government on developing a responsible wine tax reform package that will help the industry.
the government’s commitment to developing key infrastructure projects in regional Australia. “Given that the money for infrastructure is a direct result from a rise in the fuel excise, it’s important that this is directed to projects that are most needed, and that regional Australia beneďŹ ts,â€? Mr Tuohey said. “If the funding is raised in the bush, it needs to stay in the bush.â€? Horticulture growers and other users of specialty chemicals will gain $8 million towards getting more of these chemicals to market in Australia with the funding of a minor use program. “We’re also pleased to see the government’s $100 million election commitment to agriculture speciďŹ c research and development over the next four years – but a major concern is the signiďŹ cant slashing of $11.5 million over four years to Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC).â€? Another area of concern for the VFF is the $146.8 million cut from CSIRO’s budget, with an estimated 500 jobs to go. According to Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF) president Noel Campbell, the government has struck a difďŹ cult balance between the need to ďŹ nd savings and the ability of the agricultural sector’s future, including dairy, to grow and prosper.
“The dairy industry understands this was always going to be a tough, no-frills budget with little in the way of major new spending initiatives in agriculture,� Mr Campbell said. “Pleasingly, however, the government has delivered some key priorities for the dairy industry, while also honoring commitments to support drought affected farmers and provide additional rural research and development funding.� The ADF were pleased with the government’s re-commitment to the ‘Roads to Recovery’ and ‘Black Spot’ road infra-
structure programs which will have a positive beneďŹ t for dairy farmers who rely on local roads being well maintained so that milk and cattle transporters can easily and safely access their properties. Other areas that ADF were happy with includes the $15 million funding to support small exporters in sectors where there are speciďŹ c export certiďŹ cation registration changes, the $20 million funding to strengthen Australia’s biosecurity and quarantine arrangements and the $8 million to improve access by farmers for minor use agricultural and veterinary chemicals.
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“Taking this measure alone would provide signiďŹ cant annual savings of at least $25 million to the Commonwealth which could help fund the additional marketing activities we need in the wine sector to re-engage global consumers and recapture market share. “The federation will continue to work with government on developing a responsible wine tax reform package that will help the industry during a difďŹ cult period of transition and recovery,â€? he said. In what could have been a lot worse for the agricultural sector, the tough budget delivered by the Federal Government has left those on the land fairly unscathed despite the major funding cuts to Landcare. The major funding cuts to Landcare may trigger a major refocus on land conservation works within the North East. Landcare management programs have been stripped back by $484 million. Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey said that $300 million has been allocated to establish a Green Army of 15,000 young people to undertake Landcare works. The program will support 250 projects in 20142015, 500 projects in 2015-2016 and 750 projects in 2016-2017. North East Landcare stalwart Pat Larkin said the change would make a “hell of a lot of difference to Landcareâ€? and his main concern was to what degree conservation projects were carried out. “As long as the innovations of Landcare are continued such as revegetation, stream management, along with salinity and erosion reversal programs, the Green Army could be a good replacement,â€? he said. “Soil health development programs have also been very useful. “I’m not surprised funding has been reduced for Landcare, as there have been cuts across the board with the budget.â€? The Green Army will consist of Australians aged 17 to 24 years to gain training and experience in environmental and heritage conservation ďŹ elds. They will be able to explore careers in conservation management, while participating in projects that generate real beneďŹ ts for the environment. Green Army teams of 10 will be deployed across the country to help communities deliver local conservation outcomes. Projects will be guided by local community needs and contribute to Austra-
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No complaints in sowing wet April rain and further good falls in May – now the wheat’s emerging INSIDE THE FENCE with Murray Gilby
WHAT brilliant opening rains for the farming community. We had 100 millimetres during April followed by a further 32 millimetres during the first 10 days of May. Our sowing program has suffered a few delays, mainly waiting for stubble paddocks to dry enough to spray and sow, but we aren’t complaining. Our wheat program has now been completed and we are starting to see plants emerging. The wheat has been sown on canola stubble that has been boarded flat, and this has allowed earlier emergence than would otherwise be expected. We have had to use a different strategy with the barley paddocks. There has been a heavy covering of grasses and broadleaf weeds, so we decided to spray with
MURRAY GILBY, with wife Denise and son Colin, farm a 700 hectare cropping property at Kotupna, 30 kilometres east of Echuca. The farming enterprise includes cropping canola, barley and wheat, along with an agricultural contracting business, supplying customers with all their cropping needs.
knockdowns first to obtain a good kill then spray Stomp or Treflan before sowing. This ensures that the second application of spray will hit the ground and not be held up by the lush growth. We also hired a disc chain that we used over 200 hectares to work down growth and level out lumps of stubble from last year’s sowing program. About 120 hectares of this 200 will be sown to peas. This year, besides our TM Agricultural biostimulant program, we are trialling a new Best product called TM Germinator. This is applied direct
to the seed before sowing. TM Germinator is designed to help create early vigor in the crops by having the nutrients readily available because they have been directly applied to the seed. We have had a hectic few weeks with the transport side of things even as we try to get the sowing under control. Grain and Milk Maker have been flying along the highways. What looks to be a quiet week, quite often turns into a busy one – all it takes is a phone call or two. I can usually mange to help out for a few hours each day, so between us we are getting things done.
LINKS: Beechworth’s Karen Nankervis (left), Myrrhee’s Cheryl Graham, Stanley’s Colette McNeill and Trish Curtis at the Connecting Rural Business Women conference in Beechworth in May.
Women network BEECHWORTH business coach and project manager Kristy Howard has encouraged women in rural and regional areas who are starting their own enterprises to keep an eye on small jobs and contracts as aids to cashflow. The agricultural scientist told participants at the 2014 Connecting Rural Business Women conference in Beechworth that she set out five years ago to share her skills with like-minded entrepreneurial women who were raising families. Dr Howard – a meat and livestock specialist who has subse-
quently worked in farmers’market development and devising rural marketing strategies – said that she had survived in a developing consultancy business, based in Beechworth, but that a young family had changed her approach. “I set out to work to inspire people to achieve excellence in all aspects,” Dr Howard said. She said that this involved encouraging individuals and communities to move from “the safe to the scary” – challenging people’s abilities to do more. Dr Howard was one of the key
workshop speakers at the conference. It attracted almost 100 women from regional Victoria, New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland. The opening keynote speaker was Gold Coast-based media and communications specialist Karen Phillips. The conference – in its fourth year – was officially opened by Cathy McGowan (MHR, Indi) by video. Ms McGowan was visiting Papua New Guinea.
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Scholarship opens farmer’s eyes By JODIE FLEMING BRYCE Riddell never would have anticipated the opportunities that have come his way after being awarded a prestigious Nuffield Scholarship two years ago. The Yarrawonga farmer comanages his family-run business consisting of a commercial Angus cattle herd and lucerne and oaten hay production. The family also run a lucerne cubing plant also based in Yarrawonga, where they produce both lucerne hay cubes and a range of other hay cubes for domestic and export markets. After seeing one of his neighbors awarded a Nuffield Scholarship, Bryce “kept track of what he was up to” and decided that when applications were open again he would throw his hat into the ring as he had some ideas he wanted to look into regarding agriculture on a global scale. The 29-year old has used his scholarship to investigate alternative hay crops and value adding for the hay industry. “I always believed that there was more to the export hay industry than what we had already seen, and it was an industry in which I had been brought up with domestic hay production, not so much the export side,” Bryce said. “When I was awarded my scholarship I spent considerable months making contact
WORLD-CLASS HAYMAKER: Nuffield Scholarship recipient Bryce Riddell said he could never have anticipated the opportunities winning the scholarship has allowed him to undertake.
with hay growers, seed producers, hay processors, hay users and also hay importers in other countries.” After completing a six-week travel program with fellow scholars, Bryce embarked on his own studies by identifying key areas of export hay production around the world. “When I undertook my personal studies after the Nuf-
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SUPREME SUMMIT: Hayden Green, Summit Limousins, Mittagong, exhibited Summit Payday H28 to supreme exhibit of the 2014 Limousin National.
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Liquid seaweed for frost protection DR COLIN YOUNG
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frosts have increased over the last fifteen years in the NSW/Victoria grain growing areas. This trend is expected to continue, so unless growers take some precautionary measures, losses from frost damage in cereal grains will increase. Frost may occur at a time when the natural frost hardiness is still significant with no loss of crop. On the other hand, a frost of just two or three degrees Celsius below zero can wipe the entire crop out in the frost sensitive period. For these reasons products for reducing frost damage are often investigated in carefully controlled situations in laboratory conditions. The solution Field trials are an important aspect of new development for any agricultural product, but frost field trials
are notoriously difficult to undertake. Field trials are a hit and miss type of investigation and should only be used, particularly in the case of frost damage control, after the science has been elucidated. Much money is wasted every year because the limitations of field trials are not appreciated. That is not meant to imply that once a product has been developed from scientific investigation it should not be subject to evaluation in the field. Of course it should. The timing and severity of damaging frost in large areas is beyond the control of man. Most frost field trials are inconclusive because the frost is either too mild or in some rare occasions too severe or does not occur at a sensitive period or does
not occur at all that year. In brief, field trials, in the case of evaluating frost damage control measures, suffer from numerous problems including: There may not be a damaging frost in that year. There are almost always a range of lowest temperatures reached across the trial area, often differences of several degrees. Statistical analysis of essentially different replicas is meaningless. The frost may be so severe that the total crop is wiped out. Different parts of the trial area may be at slightly different growth stages and consequently the susceptibility to frost damage will be variable. What is needed is to think outside the square, the answer, or at least a significant part of it, is already in the scientific archives. Liquid seaweeds have moved away, to some extent at least, from the snake oil salesmen of yesteryear to being investigated in detail by scientists in the world’s best universities. Industry leaders in Australia such as Fair Dinkum Fertilizers and Marinova (in the health food industry) and several overseas
companies (particularly in Canada and Ireland) have invested heavily in the development of new products based on knowledge obtained by scientists financed by the major pharmaceutical and health food companies. Because of the very extensive research by health food and pharmaceutical companies on the bioactive compounds in seaweed there is a better understanding of the possible mechanisms of frost protection attained from the use of liquid seaweeds. There are numerous
methods to reduce frost damage involving cultural practices, variety selection and spray treatments. Growers usually adopt a strategy involving a selection of methods. Successful spray treatments are limited, in most situations, to seaweed based products, hydrophobic dusts and polymeric anti-transpirants. In the past, the cost of these treatments has limited the use to mediumto-high value per acre crops, such as fruit and occasionally canola. In Australia, liquid seaweed sprays are the most
widely used products but these have to be applied every 10 to 12 days throughout the frost danger period. The typical cost per application is $10 or more per hectare. Liquid seaweeds are thought to work by supplying substances called compatible solutes, probably betaines, and substances that trigger production of compatible solutes and compounds that modify the cell wall. There are other compatible solutes that may work including sugars, polysaccharides and polyphenols. Continued page 26
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FROST damage is responsible for significantly reducing yields of cereals, canola and fruit in Australia. Worldwide damage from late frosts is at least $6 billion and some years in Australia alone it is at $1 billion. Although frost damages crops at other times in Australia it is particularly frost in late spring that is the most damaging. Besides the immediate economic damage, frost restricts production of sensitive crops because of fear of frost and uncertainty about the likelihood of a damaging frost occurring. The extent of the problem can be judged by the fact that GRDC have spent more than $10 million investigating strategies to minimise frost damage in broad acre crops over the last decade and plan to spend $3 million this year. Despite some advances the grain industry suffered more frost damage in the last season than in any of the last six years. Damage by radiation frosts in spring to cereals, canola and pulses is a significant problem. GRDC estimate of losses in a typical year run at about $300 million. It is an indisputable fact that the number and severity of late damaging
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Liquid seaweed for frost protection From page 25
There is extensive scientific work on sugars, polysaccharides and phenols to show that they increase resistance to abiotic stress such as drought, soil salinity, heat stress and freezing. The number of articles in scientific journals has increased dramatically in the past five years. Scientific work on compatible solute sugars has focused on sucrose and trehalose. Some commercial products for frost damage reduction contain sucrose, but these are always in formulations with other frost damage reduction agents. Numerous attempts
have been made to increase the frost hardiness, salt and drought tolerance of crops by genetic modification. There are a number of organisms that have a significant proportion of trehalose and by genetic modification it is possible to successfully increase the amount of trehalose in crops that normally have no trehalose content. However, most crops genetically modified in this manner suffer growth abnormalities making commercial acceptance unlikely. The genetic modification that leads to production of trehalose often
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FEAR OF FROSTS: There are numerous methods to reduce frost damage involving cultural practices, variety selection and spray treatments.
level of compatible solute. GMOs that have inserted genes which produce compatible solute, such as betaines and some sugars are more frost tolerant than the parent plant without the inserted genes. However, the inserted genes often induce other changes making the GMO not suitable for crop production. Furthermore, it is obvious that the increase frost resistance obtainable from a chemical or seaweed spray depends on the crop concerned and also the extent and type of crop damage, which may be a one critical stage or over several growth stages.
There is ample evidence to support the claim that liquid seaweed can give an extra two to three degrees Celsius frost tolerance in stone and pome fruits and slightly less on grapes. There is widespread use in Australia of liquid seaweeds for this purpose. Fair Dinkum Fertilizers make frost protection products that are sold both in Australia and overseas. There is laboratory evidence that liquid seaweed application can give an extra three to four degrees Celsius frost tolerance in barley and canola. However, extrapolation from laboratory results to field conditions is a little
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Mastitis in freshly calved heifers may result from infection that has occurred during their development since puberty, or in the few weeks immediately before calving. Heifers may be particularly susceptible to infection during the calving period. This is because they tend to spend longer calving, especially on the ground, and they can suffer from some degree of udder oedema that may reduce the ability of the teat and udder tissues to resist bacterial challenge. Factors to aid environmental mastitis control in heifers includes : ‡ PLQLPLVLQJH[SRVXUHWRPXGG\FRQGLWLRQV ‡ PLONLQJWKHPRXWDVVRRQDVSRVVLEOHDIWHUFDOYLQJ ‡ DSSO\HIIHFWLYHWHDWVDQLWLVHUDIWHUHYHU\PLONLQJ
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Environmental mastitis is caused by organisms that survive in the cow’s surroundings, - including, in soil, manure, bedding, calving pads, water, or on body sites of the cow other than the mammary glands. Infection of the udder with these organisms is often opportunistic, taking advantage of circumstances that favour environmental contamination and changes in the mammary gland’s susceptibility to infection. There are many bacteria in the environment and some biological characteristics then enable them to multiply within the udder. Most cases of environmental mastitis occur within a few weeks of calving, when the cow’s natural defence mechanisms are low and their udders have been in contact with mud and manure during calving. However, exposure of teat ends to environmental bacteria can occur at any time - before heifers have their first calf, during calving, at milking time or in paddocks during the lactation or dry periods.. During lactation, factors that predispose cows to infection with environmental bacteria include: milking udders that are wet or dirty, or administering intramammary infusions if the teat orifice is not clean. During the early and late dry periods, absence of the keratin plug in the teat canal may make cows highly susceptible to infection. Bacteria that commonly cause environmental mastitis are Streptococcus uberis or Escherichia coli. Other environmental organisms causing mastitis include other coliform bacteria, Pseudomonas, Nocardia and Corynebacteria. The udder is very susceptible to infection at calving and many infections detected in early lactation are established at calving time.
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D USE now
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