The Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is encouraging farmers across the Mildura electorate to use National Farm Safety Week as a time to reflect, learn and commit to safer practices. Running from 20–26 July, this year’s campaign, “Second Chances – Who Knows How Many You’ll Get?”, focuses on the everyday close calls that happen…
The Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is encouraging young farmers to apply for support through the 2025 Upskill and Invest Young Farmers Scholarship Program. The program provides scholarships of up to $10,000 for early-career farmers aged 18 to 40, with up to $5,000 available for education or training, and an additional $5,000 to invest…
Nationals Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has warned the Minister for Agriculture and the Department to have a plan to deploy resources and prevent a Varroa Mite outbreak in Victoria. “Australia has had twelve months notice of this pest being a potential threat to our agricultural industry and with the Mite detected in Sunraysia the…