rural scene

  • Lack of summer rain across dry landscape

    With summer over, farmers across the Colac Otway Shire are preparing for the potential of another dry season.

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  • Potential lifeline for district

    The proposal of a “world-first” reform to provide basic universal outdoor mobile coverage across Australia could positively impact the Colac district on days of an emergency.

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  • Working dogs tested at Mount Hesse trials

    Organiser Ross McIntosh says the Mount Hesse Farm Dog Trials are an ideal opportunity to show off the history of the property.

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  • Dog trials create community

    The Cressy Dog Trials stands as more than an opportunity for the skills of top working dogs to be put to the test.

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  • District farmers make history at dairy week

    “It was something that I’ve been working towards and dreaming of probably for the last 10 or 15 years.”

    Simpson district farmers have made history at International Dairy Week.

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  • Worst year on record for rain

    Irrewarra farmer John Martin says there were winners and losers for the 2024 rainfall season, with his farming properties hit with what he described as “his worst year on record”.

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  • Yards prepared for largest sale

    The biggest weaner sale of the year is set to return to Colac this week, with an expectation of quality pulling in buyers from beyond Victoria’s borders.

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  • Dry conditions impact market

    A dry year has forced Colac and district farmers to bring their cattle to market early, with one farmer describing the year as the “worst conditions” he’s seen in 70 years of farming.

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