Emma Field

Major PALM scheme employer Plantgrowpick is trading again after entering voluntary administration last year. The company has vowed to make good on its debts to workers, but concerns about its ongoing viability have been raised.

Dairy companies have averted a six-day strike by offering factory workers an improved pay deal.

Victoria is facing milk shortages with unprecedented strike action planned by dairy workers.

The Victorian Farming Federation revealed in the Federal Court that there was no mechanism in its constitution to remove its president, a situation the judge suggested sounded "pretty undemocratic".

Growers can now make hay while the sun shines after China lifted its two-year ban on hay exports.

As consumers adjust to the impact of the rising cost of living, Coles has increased its own-brand milk price by 10 cents per litre. But for farmers, it feels like redemption.

The peak body is now supporting a management strategy for the parasite, believing eradication that's involved the euthanasia of millions of bees has failed.

Australian farmers are set to cash in, as a new report shows the agricultural export trade to China to be valued at $16.6 billion annually.

The Victorian Farmers Federation remains in turmoil as about 200 members support a second call for an extraordinary general meeting in an attempt to dissolve the board and spill elected positions.

The varroa mite is detected in beehives in another almond orchard at Balranald in southern New South Wales, taking the current outbreak in the Sunraysia and Riverina regions to four properties.

NSW authorities confirm the varroa destructor mite has been found at a new site in the Riverina as Victorian authorities establish emergency biosecurity zones to protect crop pollination.

Global wheat prices jump $33 per tonne overnight after Russia bombs the Odesa grain port and threatens to destroy any cargo ships leaving Ukraine.

Progress on developing a national horse traceability system remains months away, as more than a dozen horses die shortly after falling ill in Victoria.

Mount Alexander Shire will lobby the state government to voice its support for a ban on commercial roo shooting in the region.

Days after the rejection of a motion from grain growers to have the Victorian Farmers Federation board dumped, it has been revealed that dairy farmers have formed an advocacy body of their own.

The Victorian Farmers Federation says an attempt by 156 members to hold an extraordinary general meeting was "defective", amid growing tensions in the organisation.

The price of a bottle of milk is expected to rise as major dairy processors continue to pay farmers more for their milk.     

A meeting of about 80 VFF members has passed a resolution to gather the signatures required under its constitution to hold an extraordinary general meeting with its sole intention to dissolve the board and spill all elected positions.

This fruit picker is supporting his family in Vanuatu to recover from cyclones. He hopes changes to the Pacific worker program will help him send more money home.

Dairy farmers who were part of a class action over slashed milk payments in 2016 estimate they will get about 10 per cent of what they lost.

Farmers claim they found out via social media that new powerlines could be built across their properties, as a regional Victorian council supports the state government's latest plan.

The Victorian government signs off on a preferred development plan and accelerates work on the controversial Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West project to the surprise of newly affected landowners. 

The aged care regulator has delivered a scathing report into eastern Victorian nursing home Royal Freemasons Moe after an investigation into the death of a resident in May 2022.

The first farmgate milk price for the new dairy season is released, nine days before the deadline for processors to publish minimum prices.

Projects set to deliver the bulk of Victoria's alternative to Murray-Darling water buybacks have been put on hold as the state government pushes for a deadline extension.