Agriculture Victoria

  • Renewed calls to release virus

    A fisheries authority is renewing calls for the government to release a carp virus following an increase in the pest in Lake Colac.

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  • Protect stock in dry with containment

    Colac and district farmers can manage their stock during dry seasonal conditions with the use of a stock containment area.

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  • Agriculture Victoria confirms profit decrease for dairy farms

    Agriculture Victoria has clarified that figures in the Victoria Dairy Farm Monitor indicated a decrease in profits from the previous year, and shared information about the support available to farmers.

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  • Local farmer to face court on animal cruelty charges

    A south west farmer will face Colac court later this month charged with animal cruelty offences.

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  • Pressure on producers as egg demand rises

    Since the lock down of multiple south-west Victorian chicken farms amid a bird flu outbreak, local egg producers are facing increasing demand to fill the supply gap.

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  • Local egg production unaffected by bird flu

    Colac district farmers have reassured customers egg production will continue amid this week’s detection of bird flu at farms in the Meredith and Terang regions.

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  • Time to eradicate footrot

    Does your flock have virulent footrot? Do you have the time, energy, resources and will to try to eradicate it from your flock?

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  • Toolkit to help farmers prepare

    Agriculture Victoria’s new Fire Preparedness Toolkit is designed to assist farmers and land managers to prepare their farm for the fire season.

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