PREMIUM News Can’t get enough of animals By Andy Wilson Oct 6, 2023 Pyper relaxes with two-year-old fallow deer ‘Bambi’ after winning six waterfowl awards and first and second place in the poultry craft competition with models of a farm and an Indian Runner duck at the recent Melbourne Royal Show. The Beechworth Primary School Year 3 student also works at Farmer Darryl’s mobile animal farm, a regular feature at the show, and is determined to take her love for animals to greater heights. “I want to be a vet,” she says. By Andy Wilson Country News journalist
News Something’s fishy in that damA forum will look at the impacts of climate change on native fish numbers in local waterways and what farmers can do to help. By Country News
News Inevitable: farmers will need to count their carbonAs shareholders and investors demand more climate-friendly food, farmers will sooner or later take up carbon calculators to sell their produce to processors. By Andy Wilson
News Emissions keep going upA CSIRO report released at COP29 says carbon emissions have reached a record high. By Andy Wilson