Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) announced on Monday 21 July that its $39 million Low Emissions Intensity Farming Systems (LEIFS) initiative will help grain growers to reduce on-farm emissions. The GRDC said the LEIFS will explore and demonstrate the benefits of monitoring, managing and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) accounts at the farm scale.…
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Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough discovery about the invasion success of plants, with the revelation that large-scale genetic changes are the common ragweed’s secret to rapidly adapt to new environments. The research discovered 37 large-scale genetic changes, including ‘supergenes’, that have enabled the noxious weed to rapidly invade diverse environments worldwide. Super-genes are…
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I found this nest a couple of weeks back in the Sandon State Forest and recognised it immediately it belongs to the Olive-backed Oriole, a spring breeding migrant.
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Nominations for the 2025 Bob Hawke Landcare Award opened last week, and for the first time in its history the criteria have been expanded to include groups and organisations to be eligible for the $30,000 prize.
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