Spring 2024 Newsletter

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“Protecting the environment, encouraging productivity, engaging our community to ensure sustainable farming for current and future generations.” September 2024 President’s Report Jack Tucker, President  Hello and welcome to the Spring edition of our newsletter. The record hot (and windy!) August that we have just experienced, on top of the record dry growing season to date,

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Winter 2019 Newsletter

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Cropping wetlands… it’s not worth the cost  With farmers preparing to implement their winter cropping program, Glenelg Hopkins CMA is reminding landholders that it could cost more than they anticipate if they sow into wetland areas. The extended dry seasonal conditions this year mean many wetland areas or boggy paddocks are now dry, and there

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Autumn 2019 Newsletter

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Autumn Woodland Bird Monitoring  On Sunday the 14th of April, the Upper Hopkins Land Management Group conducted their autumn round of Woodland Bird Monitoring. This completes five years of bird monitoring across these 3 sites. The sites being a remnant bushland site in the Ararat Hills Regional Reserve, a farm land remnant bush site on

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