AgLife Digital – May 26, 2021 edition

May 26, 2021

A hive of activity In light of World Bee Day, Laharum apiarist Greg Mathews highlights the role of the bee in safeguarding Australia’s food and environment.

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rampians apiarist Greg Mathews believes World Bee Day this year was an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of bees for food and the environment.

Mr Mathews helps run his family’s business Grampians Olive Co. at a Laharum olive plantation, south of Horsham.

The family started the beekeeping venture about six years ago to add another aspect to its main business of growing organic olives and producing olive oil.

Mr Mathews said bees were ‘fundamental’ in building pollination security and preserving food security on a global scale.

His comments came after World Bee Day on May 20.

“Bees do so much for our food chain. There are so many crops that just wouldn’t exist without them,” Mr Mathews said.

“We’ve got to do everything we can to preserve and grow the global bee population – the future of food production depends on it.”

Mr Mathews said to give his bees the best chance to produce quality honey, the hives had access to flowering olives and wildflowers planted on his

GOOD BEES–NESS: Greg Mathews tends to his beehives at Grampians Olive Co. on World Bee Day on Thursday last week.

Picture: PAUL CARRACHER farm, adding unique flavours to the honey they produced.

“The bees live on the olive grove.

They forage on the olive trees, which helps with the pollination, and they have access to the national park and wildflowers,” he said.

“We also grow wildflowers, which works well for the bees when the olives aren’t flowering. It also creates different flavours in the honey.”

Mr Mathews said bees had been a long-standing interest for the family.

He said his father, who is a member

of a Wimmera beekeeping group, was a beekeeper in his university days.

“My dad’s been a beekeeper for more than 50 years,” he said.

“For me, it’s a hobby and something we enjoy doing. We’ve sold a bit of honey through our farm shop, and it’s

become an important product for us.”

Mr Mathews said he particularly enjoyed watching the process of the hive in action when producing the honey.

“It’s amazing to see thousands of these bees and they all know where their place is – it all works like clockwork – it’s just amazing that they can all be so co-ordinated,” he said.

“It’s nature at its finest and they don’t really need human intervention, but rather, we’re just there to guide them and help them stay healthy.”

Mr Mathews said the family also had a major focus on organic practices as part of its broader farming system with olives and wildflowers.

“I’ve tried to transfer the practices of what I would do in my home vegetable garden onto a larger scale,” he said.

“There’s no reason why I could justify using harsher chemicals on a broader scale – I believe we should only sell produce to customers that was good enough for our family to consume.

“It’s also about taking care of the land and trying to improve the soil rather than using spray and chemical fertiliser that conventional growers do that affects the long-term health of the soil.”

Safeguarding Australia’s food Building pollination security and safeguarding Australia’s food was the theme of World Bee Day last week.

Agriculture Victoria researchers have developed diagnostic tests to identify varroa mite and deformed wing virus – two of the most destructive biosecurity threats to the bee industry.

Dr Linda Zheng, who is part of the research team, said an uncontained incursion of varroa mite and associated bee viruses could potentially cost producers and consumers of pollination dependent crops up to $1.3-billion across 30 years.

Varroa mite is a parasite that sucks the blood of bees. It can weaken and kill honeybee colonies and transmit honeybee viruses such as the deformed wing virus.

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most devasting viral disease of European honeybees. Additionally if the virus is detected along with a mite infestation of the hives, the hive mortality could be up to 80 or 100 percent,” Dr Zheng said.

Dr Zheng is undertaking research supported by Agriculture Victoria’s Livestock Biosecurity Funds to combine the two world-first loop-mediated isothermal amplification, LAMP, tests.

“The varroa mite is the vector that transmits the deformed wing virus, so it makes perfect sense to combine the LAMP tests into one, so one test can be used for both targets,” she said.

“Combining the two LAMP tests will improve efficiencies, cut costs and reduce the time taken by biosecurity officers in the field, leading to a more immediate response in the event of a detection.”

The deformed wing virus and varroa mite are not present in Australia, despite a detection of varroa mite on a cargo ship in Melbourne port in 2018.

Biosecurity officers’ surveillance operations, conducted over six months, confirmed it had not spread.

Dr Zheng said Agriculture Victoria was developing a range of diagnostic tests to support bee health including in-field and high-throughput diagnostics for some of the high priority exotic pests of bees.

“This research helps support Australia’s preparedness – if there is a disease outbreak that threatens bees, Agriculture Victoria has the capacity to provide surveillance and diagnostic services, as we have one of a few laboratories in Australia with bee diagnostics capability,” she said.

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BEE SECURE: Agriculture Victoria researcher Dr Linda Zheng with a world-first loop-mediated isothermal amplification, LAMP, test in the field.

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ictorian farmers’ peak body has spoken of both disappointing and welcome elements in last week’s State Budget.

Victorian Farmers Federation president Emma Germano said the budget failed to invest in regional freight routes but had included some key investments for agriculture.

She said the State Government had missed an opportunity to drive growth in the regions by not investing in freight routes and regional road maintenance.

“Regional communities and farmers will be disappointed that just weeks after calls for the lowering of speed limits on regional roads, the government has failed to adequately invest in the maintenance and upgrades required to make rural and regional roads safe,” she said.

“Last year $6.9-billion was invested in regional Victoria, a strong signal of the importance of our regional economy to the state’s prosperity. This year that number is $3.7-billion.”

Ms Germano said some welcome areas of investment included regional mental-health services, traceability and emergency services.

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looks forward to seeing this funding flow through to improving rural and regional mental-health outcomes,” she said.

“The important investment into traceability and product integrity will support the future of Victoria’s food and fibre industries and the VFF looks forward to working with the government in implementing this program.

“The Black Summer bushfires demonstrated the vulnerability of our regional communities to the threat of fire. It’s a vital investment in our emergency service capabilities continuing in this budget with the $71.2-million CFA digital radio upgrade, investment in the replacement of Country Fire Authority stations at Serpentine, Metcalfe and Irymple and $104-million for recovery initiatives including financial counselling and mental-health support.”

Ms Germano said the VFF was disappointed the budget did not include funding to provide Victorian farmers access to an On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme, but understood Victorian and federal governments were in discussions on the matter.

Ms Germano said the introduction of new taxes could stymie growth in regional areas.

“The government has introduced

new taxes that could stifle agricultural investment and housing stock growth in regional Victoria,” she said.

“The stamp-duty increase and windfall tax will all hit farmers and regional developers.

“Combined with the failure to fund the $20,000 first-home-owners grant, this will seriously impact the development of desperately needed new housing stock in regional Victoria.

“It’s tough enough to find a house in regional Victoria and, unfortunately, this budget is only going to make it tougher.”

Other key budget investments identified by VFF include – • $3.6-million to fund the operation of the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme for one year.

• $15.9-million for Murray River bridge crossing upgrades.

• $41.6-million to improve heavy-vehicle road access and priority bridge upgrades.

• $20-million for the agriculture climate-change pledge announced before the budget.

• $5.8-million for the Rural Financial Counselling Service.

• $6.3-million for Victoria’s fruit fly strategy announced before the budget.

• $1.4-million for the Victorian Rural Women’s Network.

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BE READY: CSIRO research head Steve Henry is scheduled to be in the Wimmera as part of a regular assessment program in mid to late June. His visit will address rising mouse numbers.

Greater insight on mice Researchers responding to the impact and spread of mice across eastern Australia will gain a clearer understanding next month about what the plague means for the Wimmera-Mallee.

A CSIRO research team headed by Steve Henry has been busy working in hard-hit areas of New South Wales.

Mr Henry is scheduled to be in the Wimmera as part of a regular assessment program in mid to late June.

“We’ll get a greater understanding about circumstances in the Wimmera when we get there,” he said.

While farmers have reported varying levels of mouse activity, much of the Wimmera-Mallee has so far been relatively free of the massive increase in mice numbers experienced in other states.

The CSIRO is collaborating with various organisations, including Birchip Cropping Group, in assessing and dealing with ways to deal with mice.

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BCG operations manager Kelly Angel said the region had so far been in ‘a lucky patch’ regarding the plague.

“We’re not in the same panic-station circumstances that are happening further north. But there are still a few mouse numbers around,” she said.

“Many growers are proactive with management and it will be a case of being vigilant in keeping track of what’s happening and having bait on hand to deal with obvious areas of infestation.”

A CSIRO team works with landowners and organisations and in gaining an understanding of environmental dynamics over time and seasons, visits the Wimmera in March, June and September as part of an annual schedule.

Ms Angel encouraged farmers concerned about growing numbers of mice on their properties to explore the availability of higher-strength poison bait, now available as an emergency response to the plague.

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ustralia has the privilege of being the first cab off the rank to negotiate a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom, post Brexit.

Negotiations had been progressing apace with the deal destined to be sealed next month. But, as with most of these FTAs, agriculture is the big sticking point, particularly with countries such as Britain where farmers are heavily subsidised to the tune of billions of pounds a year.

So it was not to be unexpected that the National Farmers Union of the United Kingdom would stage a backlash.

Welsh cattle producers accused our beef herd of not meeting animal-welfare standards. Other farmers said our beef wasn’t fit to consume because we used hormone growth promotants.

National Farmers Union of the UK president Minette Batters posted a vlog on the NFU website laying the battle lines.

“We have been engaging with all levels of government and in the past few weeks, things have massively escalated. The Australians are really laying out a hardline approach to trade, wanting free and frictionless access to our markets, mainly beef, sugar and lamb,” she said.

“We absolutely are remaining focused on holding the Prime Minister – Boris Johnson – to their continuing commitment that they will not undermine farmers in future free-trade agreements.”

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our beef imports would flood into their country.

“There are welfare concerns – with Australian livestock production – but my bigger concern is the scale. The average suckler herd – cows that suckle calves for up to 10 months – in this country is of course 30 animals. You are competing with the largest exporter of beef in the world… with huge feedlot systems… of more than 50,000 head. Of course their costs of production are much lower.”

In response, National Farmers Federation president Fiona Simson issued a statement, committing Australian farmers to their close relationship with UK cousins, but putting matters straight.

“The volume of Australian red meat to the UK in the context of the UK’s total red-meat imports and Australia’s total exports, is very, very small,” she wrote.

“In 2020, the UK imported 314,000 tonnes of beef, with only 1567 tonnes coming from Australia, about 0.15 percent of all Australian beef exports. In 2020 the UK imported 67,500 tonnes of sheep meat, about 14 percent of which came from Australia.

“The aim of any free-trade agreement is to provide both parties options. Australian red meat producers would like to have the option to export to the UK if and when the UK needs it.”

YIELD INCREASE: Grampians Olive Co. business owner Greg Mathews is celebrating a win, with olive production up on last year.

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Olive industry bouncing back A Grampians olive grower is among Victorian producers celebrating an above-average harvest this season.

Grampians Olive Co. business owner Greg Mathews said harvest was in full swing and production was significantly up on last year.

“We’re flat out at the moment – we’ve got a really good crop this year,” he said.

“We started harvest at the beginning of May and we’ll be going to the end of June.

“It’s really good quality and really good quantity too.”

Mr Mathews said this year’s

harvest represented a ‘bounce back’ after low production and a trading slump due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We managed to get through COVID because we had a lot of support through website sales,” he said.

“The pandemic also coincided with us having lower production, so when our restaurant was closed, we had a lower crop anyway.

“It’s all slowly getting back to normal. We’ve reopened our farm shop and we’re getting a lot of support.”

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business is headed by two generations of Mathews, Andrew and Susan and son Greg.

The family’s main business includes 28,000 heritage olive trees, which produce a low yield of organic olive oil with concentrated flavour.

The family-owned olive plantation has history spanning more than 70 years. Immigrant farmer Jacob Friedman originally planted the farm in 1943 under the name Grampian Olive Plantations Co.

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ilson Bolton in Horsham has entered a new era with the business expanding operations under the guidance of dealer principal Brian Thomas and general manager Matt Webb.

In addition to other business operations, Wilson Bolton has recently expanded services to sales, servicing and parts for commercial equipment and trucks.

To celebrate the expansion, Wilson Bolton will have truck and machinery ‘open days’ today and tomorrow to showcase a range of excavators, skid steers and track loaders, compact tractors, forklifts, machinery attachments and Fuso trucks.

The open days will be from 10am to 6.30pm at the dealership at 22 O’Callaghan Parade.

Mr Webb said Holden’s departure from the Australian market last year presented Wilson Bolton with a unique opportunity to review its business direction and how it could evolve its Wimmera services.

“We soon identified that the Wimmera was lacking a business that offered a comprehensive service for those in the transport, construction and earthmoving industries,” he said.

“With that said, we were excited to add Clark Equipment to our business in October 2020, with flagship brands Bobcat, Doosan, McCormick tractors

Victoria’s peak farming group has welcomed $6.4-million in State Government funding to help protect the state’s horticulture industry against the risks of Queensland fruit fly.

The fly poses a significant risk to horticulture crops throughout the state and is a major barrier to exporting fruit interstate and to international markets such as China.

Victorian Farmers Federation horticulture president Nathan Free said the money would help protect Victoria’s significant horticulture industry.

Mr Free said while the fly affected a large range of horticulture crops, the pests were often found on residential properties and wild plants.

“These kind of collaborative community, industry and government projects are key to protecting regional Victoria’s productivity and our reputation for high-quality produce,” he said.

“If we don’t properly fund our biosecurity, we risk our market access across the world and forever disadvantage our horticulture industry.”

Mr Free said the VFF was pleased the funding would go towards a regional fruit-fly co-ordinator, which growers held in high regard.

EXPANSION: From left, Wilson Bolton sales team members Justin Beugelaar, Luke Hutchinson and Sam Leith with an example of some of the business’s new range.

and Clark forklifts all now offered “Our service department has also expanded to provide genuine and through our dealership. received a makeover to accommodate non-genuine machinery parts, as well “More recently, we welcomed Daim- for larger tooling, hoists and diagnos- as the trusted Alliance Truck Parts to ler Truck and Bus to Wilson Bolton, tic equipment,” Mr Webb said. cover all makes and models of trucks.” which comprises Fuso, Freightliner, “Our dedicated diesel technicians are Wilson Bolton continues to provide Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses along equipped to carry out a full range of sales and services for Mitsubishi vehiwith the aftermarket Alliance Truck servicing and repairs to all makes and cles, pre-owned vehicles, RACV InsurParts brand.” models of machinery and trucks, and ance, vehicle servicing, ACDelco and As part of the expansion Wilson if you break down on the job site, our GM trade parts and emergency towing.

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weekly group program in Warracknabeal designed to help improve the mental health of men and farmers in particular through exercise is gradually gaining momentum.

Mental-health advocate Justin Knorpp started Active Farmers’ activities about nine weeks ago in an effort to encourage men to ‘get off the land and come into town’ to both socialise and exercise.

He said about 17 people had so far responded to the invitation to gather at Warracknabeal’s Anzac Park from 6pm on Monday nights with an average of about seven or eight becoming ‘regulars’.

“It’s been awesome. It’s slowly evolving and we’re keen to get more people involved. It’s for men in general as well as farmers and it’s all about getting blokes together,” he said.

“It’s great that we have other trainers in town running classes, but their participants are predominantly women, so I have targeted men specifically, because basically, men are hopeless at reaching out.

“With isolation being a lot more prevalent on Wimmera farms, I’ve heard stories of blokes spending their days on paddocks with only a dog for company. What we’re doing is providing an opportunity for them to

GAINING MOMENTUM: Mental-health advocate Justin Knorpp started Active Farmers’ activities in Warracknabeal nine weeks ago.

Picture: DYLAN DE JONG break from a daily routine or lonely grind to meet up with others to strengthen body and mind.”

Active Farmers is a national notfor-profit movement that started in Tasmania.

Mr Knorpp said a health professional had also been offering health assessments for participants.

“It’s just been about reaching out and wanting to help,” he said.

“What the sessions do is provide people with mental as well as some

physical benefits. It gets blokes connecting, socalising, off the farm for a while to have a bit of fun and a laugh as well as some circuit-training exercise.”

Mr Knorpp grew up in Melbourne, has been in Warracknabeal since 2005 and revealed he, like many others, had to deal with health issues.

“This benefits me just as much as others and the more people we can get coming the better,” he said.

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along who said he hadn’t done anything like this for 10 to 15 years and was feeling the benefits. He was actually disappointed he missed a couple of weeks because of sowing.

“The hope is that there is a flow-on effect and participants take something back to their farms. For example, when they’re doing things like cropping or harvesting, they jump off out of the tractor for 10 minutes or so, have a bit of a stroll and clear the head.”

Keeping rail freight moving The Rail Freight Alliance has welcomed a Federal Government $2-billion commitment to establishing a new intermodal terminal for Melbourne.

Alliance chair Glenn Milne said the terminal was a critical piece of infrastructure for a Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail Project and without it the full benefits of the project would not be achieved.

He said matching funding from the State Government was essential and the alliance hoped funding arrangements could be finalised as soon as possible.

“Congestion, air quality, the rising cost of Melbourne’s tollways and enhancing a liveable Melbourne are issues for the Victorian government,” he said.

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Backing for pest fight Federal Government budget commitments include $29.1-million to support farmers and land managers in a perennial fight against pest animals and weeds.

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud and Environment Minister Sussan Ley said the funding was part of a broader $400-million biosecurity support package.

Mr Littleproud said pest animals and weeds reduced agricultural productivity and damaged natural resources.

“That is why the Australian government remains committed to supporting on-ground efforts to fight the significant impacts of feral animals and weeds on our producers,” he said.

“The investment complements significant reforms we are committing to across our biosecurity system, to ensure it is modern, efficient and keeps Australia safe from pests and diseases that would harm our agricultural industry.

“Innovation in pest-animal management is fundamental to the transformation of Australia’s biosecurity system and achieving the industry’s vision of reaching $100-billion in value by 2030.”

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“Feral pigs can wreak havoc on turtle populations; deer, pigs and hard-hooved animals destroy fragile native habitat and feral cats claim the lives of millions of birds and small reptiles each year.

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“While the virtual tour covers off on many aspects of what people need to know, there is nothing quite like going to the campus and feeling the ‘vibe’ – which has blossomed incredibly in the past decade,” she said.

“Society has latched onto the potential of Australia’s agricultural industry and people have started to recognise that Longerenong is at the forefront of this charge when it comes to handson tertiary training.

“Gee whiz, there is such a growing interest in agriculture, especially considering we were confronting far-from-encouraging sentiment only 15 years ago.

“What’s been wonderful now at the college is the evolutionary shift to include the most

up-to-date farming technological approaches and training in the world with traditional farming-skill training and development.”

Ms Winfield said the college, at Dooen north of Horsham, was strongly promoting the open day across Victoria and expected a large number of registrations as well as broad general interest.

She said the open day would provide students with an opportunity to hear about career opportunities and course outlines, meet current students and ‘basically get a general idea of what’s on offer and where it might lead’.

Longerenong College’s benchmark courses are Advanced Diploma of Agribusiness Management, Diploma of Agronomy and Certificate IV in Agriculture. It also provides apprenticeship courses and wool classes.

The college is also based on a fully operational 1070-hectare broad-acre mixed farm, which has been subject to a transformation with the implementation of a Demonstration of Agriculture Technology Application, DATA, farm.

The college is undergoing a major infrastructure overhaul with work involving its agribusiness centre and classrooms and a $6.5-million accommodation development getting the nod.

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Agriculture Minister David Littleproud announced earlier this month a $233.6-million allocation to help implement a National Soil Strategy and associated measures as part of a Commonwealth Interim Action Plan.

“Healthy soils are essential to ensuring a thriving and competitive agriculture sector,” he said.

“Through our $120-million investment in the National Soil Monitoring and Incentives Pilot, we’re trialling new measures to bolster our understanding of Australia’s soil conditions and improve how our soil can be better managed.

“We’re going to tap into the vast amounts of soil data and information already held by farmers.

“We’re also providing incentives to farmers to increase soil testing on the condition they feed this important information back into the program.”

The Wimmera-Mallee includes some of the most productive but fragile soils in the state and many of its farmers have been at the forefront in developing sustainable farming approaches.

Mr Littleproud said the government commitment was a ‘win-win’ for farmers, to help them focus efforts to

improve productivity and profitability and help meet the sector’s ambitious goals of $100-billion in value by 2030.

“It will also help governments, researchers and other users of soil data to deliver better products and services to farmers, such as more targeted extension services and better tools to improve their drought resilience,” he said.

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Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor said the government was also committing $37-million in the budget to support a National Soil Carbon Innovation Challenge.

“We will support the efforts of Australia’s best and brightest as they develop the technologies to achieve the Technology Investment Roadmap’s goal of reducing measurement costs to less than $3 a hectare per year,” he said.

“The key to unlocking the untapped potential of our soils is reducing the cost of measurement, so farmers, suppliers and researchers can understand the impact different management practices have.

“Our approach to reducing emissions is innovation, not elimination.

We will work hand-in-hand with farmers to increase soil health, productivity and resilience.”

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Ley said $67-million would also go to expanding Australia’s organic waste-processing infrastructure under the Food Waste for Healthy Soils Fund.

“FOGO is a term that few might be familiar with, but Food Organics and Garden Organics will play a critical role in reducing pressure on landfills, in increasing productivity for farmers and in sequestering carbon,” she said.

“This important initiative grows industry capacity, diverting up to 3.4-million tonnes of organic material from landfill to productive use in agricultural soils.

“It will generate $401-million in industry value, create up to 2700 additional jobs and establish an important model for wider recycling and soil partnerships.

“Delivering cost-effective, highquality organic matter to farms will help improve productivity and find a valuable use for this untapped resource.

“It will help improve soil organic carbon, deliver more productive farms, protect our biodiversity and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.”

The Federal Budget also funds a new education accreditation in soil science developed in collaboration with Soil Science Australia, and a National Soil Science Challenge grants program to help researchers address fundamental gaps in soil science.

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Agriculture Victoria will present a ‘hands-on, interactive masterclass’ for farmers at Wallup Hall on June 23 to provide support for people needing to develop practical skills in risk management.

The ‘Excellent Farm: Crops, people, money and you’ event will be from 9.30am to noon and feature presenter Dr Kate Burke.

Dr Burke uses evidence, experience and humour to outline what matters for sustainable, profitable farming.

She is the author of Crops People Money and You, The Art of Excellent Farming and Better Returns, a book described as The Barefoot Investor for grain growers.

She also has 30 years of experience in agriculture, working mostly in north-west Victoria.

Agriculture Victoria has organised the session based on an eventful start to the Wimmera season in the absence of no clear seasonal climate indicators, but also in the wake of record land prices on the back of successful cropping years.

Farmers are also dealing with price volatility, staggered crop emergence and challenging nitrogen decisions with a mix of pessimism and optimism about the coming year.

The Wallup session will have a strong focus on participants using knowledge from their own farms to help manage challenges from 2021 to beyond.

Dr Kate Burke Topics – • Better returns – What really drives profit?

• Crops and livestock – What drives potential and revenue at the whole farm level? The influence of climate ‘moods’ on your farm performance.

Yield targets for guiding nitrogen management and grain-marketing decisions – think options, not averages.

• Money – Taking the whole-of-farm long-term view to generating revenue and spending wisely.

• People – Decision-making for robust and regret-free farming. You – The role you play in risk management.

Organisers have urged people to bring farm maps and grain-yield and gross-margin records for crops if available.

People can find out more from Heather Drendel by calling 0427 868 705 or emailing heather.drendel@ agriculture.vic.gov.au.

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armers will be able to continue to gain financial support to improve safety elements in their workplaces on the back of State Government funding.

The State Government announced a further $2-million towards a Farm Safety Rebate Scheme, following a previous $3-million allocation for the popular program.

Agriculture Minister MaryAnne Thomas said the scheme provided rebates of up to $5000 to improve on-farm safety.

She said the government had received more than 800 applications across 45 municipalities, with examples of equipment and infrastructure eligible for the rebate including child-safety fencing, animal-handling equipment, dedicated chemical storage sheds and wash stations, emergency shut-off switches and reversing cameras for tractors and vehicles.

“The Labor government is supporting farm businesses to take the lead in making practical changes to their workplaces by

improving the sector’s focus on safety,” she said.

“This is part of our $20-million Smarter, Safer Farms commitment to improve safety and skills for Victorian farmers.”

Ms Thomas said the government was partnering with Victorian Farmers Federation to provide farm-safety advice and support for Victorian farmers through a Making our Farms Safer project.

The VFF has $3-million in funding to employ two farm-safety officers and provide new farm-safety resources to Victorian farmers.

WorkSafe Victoria also provides agriculture-safety information in addition to an occupational health and safety essentials program, a free workplace safety-consultation service. A Kidsafe program also promotes child safety on farms.

“Safer farms mean safer farmers, families, employees, suppliers and contractors and this is vital to ensuring our agriculture sector continues to thrive,” Ms Thomas said.

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TIME OUT: Glenn Jenkinson and his sons Sam, 9, and James, 7, take a break from sowing barley at their Kalkee property. The Jenkinsons are about halfway through sowing their crops.

Some farmers in the WimmeraMallee have already finished their cropping programs for this year, while others are just getting started.

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Feedback sought for animal welfare act Wimmera community and industry leaders will have an opportunity to provide their feedback on a new animal welfare act before it is introduced to Parliament later this year.

A public consultation period highlighted Victorians supported modernising the animal welfare act, with reforms indicating a widespread backing for key proposals that will further strengthen welfare provisions.

The State Government will use public and industry feedback sought on key

proposals for legal framework to replace the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986, the POCTA Act. Consultations addressed improving the management of seized animals and supporting options that reduced the amount of time an animal was held while legal proceedings took place, such as transferring ownership.

Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas said the proposals aimed to improve existing provisions under the act and supported Victoria’s reputation

for high standards of animal welfare.

“The POCTA Act has supported Victoria’s reputation for fostering a high standard of animal welfare for more than 30 years – and there is widespread support for strengthening it,” she said.

“It is time for new and improved laws that reflect the needs of our modern agricultural industries and the expectation of the public.”

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Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas announced the funding, part of the 2020-2021 budget, while visiting Ellinbank SmartFarm in Gippsland.

The investment is designed to reinforce Victoria’s agriculture sector and protect the long-term security of farmers by bolstering response systems in the event of biosecurity threats.

Ellinbank SmartFarm use sensors to provide traceable data on each dairy cow’s welfare, as well as the quality of the milk produced and its origin. This traceability system allows the customer to see the paddock-to-plate journey through all stages of production, processing and distribution.

Ms Thomas said in a citrus-industry traceability pilot supported by the State Government, unique codes on stickers were placed on oranges in Mildura. When scanned along the global supply chain, the codes confirm a Victorian orange’s bona fides.

Ms Thomas said the State Government’s new investment would build on similar projects with digitalised and interoperable systems – important tools in growing export reach.

She said in the year to November 2020, there were about 197,000 people employed in Victoria’s food and fibre production and manufacturing sectors – 89,000 in production and 108,000 in manufacturing.

“These traceability systems will underpin Victoria’s reputation across the globe as a producer of quality food and fibre products,” she said.

“Improved traceability is an emerging capability in the food supply chain that provides assurances to trading partners and consumers about how and where their food is produced.

“This new investment will be rolled out across the state with a focus on research and pilot projects, reinforcing Victoria’s 10-year Agriculture Strategy, which is working to promote and build confidence in the sector for international and domestic markets.

“It’s never been more important for our producers to be able to market paddock-to-plate traceability and provide assurances on their product’s integrity – both at home and around the globe.

“Our farmers are rightfully renowned for their produce. With this investment, we’ll back that reputation and the jobs that rely on it.

“This work will further move our agricultural traceability systems towards modern, digitalised systems – meaning more of Victoria’s food and fibre on the world stage.”

Barley yellow dwarf virus research A Victorian scientist has published a significant paper for the grains industry and growers, reporting on yield losses caused by barley yellow dwarf virus infection in wheat and barley.

Agriculture Victoria molecular epidemiologist Narelle Nancarrow said her three years of research would help growers understand the importance of disease control and the devastating effects viruses can have if left untreated.

“We investigated the effects of barley yellow dwarf virus on wheat and barley under typical south-eastern Australian conditions, and we harvested the grain to measure yield and yield components,” she said.

“We found the virus infection severely reduced grain yield by up to 84 percent in wheat and up to 64 percent in barley, with the grain number being the most affected.”

Aphids transmit barley yellow dwarf virus, BYDV, which significantly reduces the yield and quality of cereals worldwide.

With previous studies showing BYDV prevalent in cereal fields in south-eastern Australia, especially in higher rain

YIELD LOSS: Barley yellow dwarf virus infection in a barley crop. regions, yield losses caused by infection might be flying under the radar.

Ms Nancarrow said there was little that could be done after a plant was infected with the virus, therefore prevention and management were vital.

“Typical symptoms of BYDV infection include stunted growth and yellow or red leaf

discoloration that starts at the tip of the leaf and spreads towards the base,” she said.

“Leaf discoloration is typically bright yellow in barley, and yellow and-or reddish in wheat.”

Ms Nancarrow said she hoped the publishing of this research was a timely reminder to grain growers about the importance of managing disease risk yearround.

“It is important to control the grasses and volunteer cereals around the crop that could potentially be reservoirs for viruses and aphids, and to monitor crops regularly for the presence of aphids, virus symptoms and beneficial insects,” she said.

Management options include use of an appropriate insecticide if aphid numbers are high, particularly at sowing or early in the growing season, taking into consideration insecticide resistance and the effects on beneficial insects.

Ms Nancarrow said people seeking more information could visit a barley yellow dwarf virus page on the Agriculture Victoria website, agriculture.vic. gov.au, or read the research paper online at www.mdpi.com/ 2076-2607/9/3/645.

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