The Weekly Times

13/04/2025

ICYMI: Dairy giant Fonterra is lifting farmgate milk prices for autumn — but one processor has been singled out for its laggard approach. Discover why.

Dairy processing giant Fonterra has become the first to announce an autumn step-up in milk prices, lifting its rate by 20c/kg of milk solids.

13/04/2025

ICYMI: The Allan Government is sacking fisheries enforcement officers, without knowing how many fish recreational anglers harvest.

The Allan Government is gutting the number of fisheries enforcement officers it employs from 69 to 36, without knowing how many fish recreational anglers harvest each year.

12/04/2025

🏉 ICYMI: With the best teams from the best leagues since 2000 selected, the best team from all of Vic Country has been named.

After selecting the best teams from the best country footy leagues since 2000, the next challenge has been accepted — picking the greatest Victorian Country team of the last 25 years.

12/04/2025

🐑 ICYMI: Consumers want proof that wool is produced in a sustainable and animal welfare friendly way – and there’s moves to make a certification process for all Australian growers.

Easier access to an industry-wide standard that assures customers of the welfare and sustainability credentials of wool could soon be more accessible to all growers.

12/04/2025

📍 ICYMI: A 7915ha cattle farm in Central Queensland has been sold post-auction for more than $27m after it was initially passed in. See the details.

A Central Queensland cattle farming family have expanded their landholdings after securing a tightly held farm at auction for millions.

12/04/2025

ICYMI: A prominent Victorian farmer has donated $100,000 to an independent challenger in an effort to unseat a Coalition frontbench MP at the upcoming federal election.

A prominent farming family is putting their money where their mouth is in the fight to wrest a formerly safe Liberal seat away from the Coalition at next month’s federal election.

11/04/2025

📌 The sale of 225,000ha of NSW farmland, including the famous Boonoke and Wanganella stations to foreign owners has collapsed. See the details >>> https://bit.ly/3YqHEw0

11/04/2025

🐑 Worm resistance could be a new breeding value, as a research project readies itself for market. Curlew Merinos stud co-principal Elise Kealy is one of 30 farmers taking part: bit.ly/3XTZaJ8

11/04/2025

🥩 Australian red meat exports have surged in the first three months of the year. Find out which countries are driving the demand for our beef and lamb >>> bit.ly/3FZ3XTs

11/04/2025

⭐ Juggling a dairy farm and a sick child is a challenge no parent should face alone. April Anderson shares her story to highlight the importance of the Good Friday Appeal >>> bit.ly/426ksWj

11/04/2025

🌿 Rain in northern cotton growing regions has resulted in picking delays. See what it means for yields >>> bit.ly/4jrYmmW

11/04/2025

📍 A 250ha macadamia orchard and a 2300ha property with a 260ha young pecan orchard have been sold to a global family office. See the details: bit.ly/4j5sK6I

11/04/2025

🏉 A large contingent of VFL stars are heading back to country footy on Saturday. But there are also some notable omissions >>> bit.ly/4lqxNQT

11/04/2025

📍 One of the biggest cash pledges this election cycle has a regional focus. But some say there’s devil in the detail >>> bit.ly/4i8ji19

10/04/2025

📍 Australian Wagyu Association chief executive Matt McDonagh says there is twice as much inbreeding in Wagyu as what they thought. 👉 bit.ly/3G4qhee

10/04/2025

🏉 Country footy has started in almost every league and the race to be the state’s leading goalkicker is also underway. See the players to watch in 2025 >>> bit.ly/3XV44pb

10/04/2025

🐟 The Allan Government is sacking fisheries enforcement officers, without knowing how many fish recreational anglers harvest. See the details: bit.ly/3XVSRom

10/04/2025

📍 Victorian Farmers Federation chief executive Brendan Tatham has resigned. 👇

Victorian Farmers Federation chief executive officer Brendan Tatham has resigned after two and a half years in the job, finishing up this Friday.