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Locust Pressure Turns Pest Control Into a Machinery Planning Issue
29 Oct 2026: Paige Estritori
Recent ABC Rural reporting from north-west Victoria has highlighted a fast-moving locust control problem, with farmers in the Mallee concerned about hatchings ahead of harvest and Agriculture Victoria saying numbers are at their highest level in 15 years, though not expected to reach plague levels. For machinery planning, the story is a reminder that pest pressure can quickly shift from an agronomy issue to a capital and cash-flow decision.
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Biodiversity Offsets Add a New Finance Layer for Landholders
29 Oct 2026: Paige Estritori
New biodiversity offset agreements in Central West NSW are putting a fresh financial question in front of some landholders: how should long-term conservation income be weighed against restrictions on future land use? Recent ABC Rural reporting detailed NSW Government agreements covering more than 15,000 hectares to offset land affected by transmission infrastructure in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone, with the model expected to extend to other renewable energy projects.
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