Agriculture Victoria
Management advice for livestock attacks
Sheep deaths in the Cressy district have prompted a warning from Agriculture Victoria about the risk that foxes and stray dogs pose to livestock.
Farmer faces more charges
A Colac district farmer will return to court today charged with further animal cruelty offences.
Renewed calls to release virus
A fisheries authority is renewing calls for the government to release a carp virus following an increase in the pest in Lake Colac.
Protect stock in dry with containment
Colac and district farmers can manage their stock during dry seasonal conditions with the use of a stock containment area.
Agriculture Victoria confirms profit decrease for dairy farms
Agriculture Victoria has clarified that figures in the Victoria Dairy Farm Monitor indicated a decrease in profits from the previous year, and shared information about the support available to farmers.
Local farmer to face court on animal cruelty charges
A south west farmer will face Colac court later this month charged with animal cruelty offences.
Pressure on producers as egg demand rises
Since the lock down of multiple south-west Victorian chicken farms amid a bird flu outbreak, local egg producers are facing increasing demand to fill the supply gap.
Local egg production unaffected by bird flu
Colac district farmers have reassured customers egg production will continue amid this week’s detection of bird flu at farms in the Meredith and Terang regions.
