News
2020-21 milk prices down
Colac and district dairy farmers have entered the new financial year with lower milk prices but hope a good spring and autumn will keep costs at bay.
Poultry industry inquiry calls
Poultry farmers and supermarkets are calling for an industry inquiry after retail chicken prices stagnated while other meat prices surged.
Weekly market returns to pens
Leaner cows averaged 10 cents a kilogram dearer at Colac’s weekly cattle market, but beef cows, grown steers and grown heifers were unchanged in value.
Colac cash for green initiatives
Four Colac and district community groups will share in $15,000 in funding for food sharing initiatives, environment projects and supporting young artists.
Education on new work manslaughter laws
The Victorian Farmers Federation is encouraging farmers to be aware of the new workplace manslaughter laws that came into effect this month.
Suspicious fire sparks inquiry, walkers rescued
Deliberately lit bushfires on the Otways coast are under investigation and have shocked a Colac fire chief, who said the dangerous behaviour needlessly put the safety of volunteers at risk.
Cars towed from crash
Two people escaped injury but two cars had to be towed from the scene of a crash at Larpent this week.
Close encounter with whale
A humpback whale and a pod of dolphins have put on a spectacular show off the coast of Apollo Bay, delighting a local fisherman and his family.