rural scene

  • From Europe to Jancourt East

    From a 33-hectare farm with 90 cows in The Netherlands, to a 190-hectare Jancourt East dairy herding more than 250 cows, the Pol family are adjusting well to life on the other side of the world.

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  • Tests confirm bird flu at eight farms

    Avian influenza virus has been confirmed at an eighth Victorian farm, which was already in quarantine.

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  • Top dogs battle it out

    Victoria’s best of the best in the working sheep dog world made the trip to Cressy Recreation Reserve over the weekend.

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  • State’s top dogs ready to test skills at Cressy

    Victoria’s top working dogs will put their skills to the test at Cressy this weekend in the Bill Paton Memorial Trans-Tasman Trial Run for a chance to represent the state later this year.

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  • Technology lifts feed efficiency

    Over his entire farming career, Pelican Rise’s Chris Meade says he has never seen agricultural technology develop as rapidly as it has in the past few years.

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  • Positive signs for rural market

    Although the Colac district’s rural property market is no longer seeing the peak numbers of Covid times, Charles Stewart managing director and rural property consultant Michael Stewart says the current climate is positive.

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  • Rain positive but unlikely to impact store sale

    Charles Stewart livestock agent Matt Nelson says although this week’s rain was a “positive step” for cattle markets, it’s too early to have a major impact on numbers at today’s store sale.

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  • Buyers can expect good quality stock

    Despite a smaller yarding, Nutrien livestock agent Phil Douglas says buyers can still expect quality stock at this Friday’s April Store Cattle Sale.

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