rural scene

  • Otways orchard ripe for picking

    Nature’s way is at the core of Gellibrand farmer Juli Farquhar’s apple orchard.

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  • Deans Marsh producers grow tastes of Tuscany

    When Michael Coates and Anne Mutimer purchased their Deans Marsh property 11 years ago, the pair never pictured themselves operating a gold-medal-winning olive grove and vineyard.

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  • New opportunities for local students

    Colac Secondary College students with a passion for agriculture and horticulture can now develop skills and work towards a qualification onsite at school, thanks to the construction of new shed.

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  • Season of ‘phenomenal growth’

    As the grape harvest season approaches, Deans Marsh’s Blakes Estate Winery is expecting a great yield, after a season of “phenomenal growth.”

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  • Meat processors go full boar

    From a simple hobby with just two pigs, to a full-time gig processing 20 pigs a week and distributing meat to 30 restaurants across Victoria – a lot has changed in 10 years for Xavier and Laura Meade.

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  • Farm emissions explained

    Understanding the complex issues of on-farm methane emissions and carbon trading will be tackled at a major forum in Winchelsea in February.

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  • Sharing decades of experience for a carbon neutral future

    Otway Agroforestry Network co-ordinator Andrew Stewart believes the future of Australian farming is carbon neutral, and has 30 years’ worth off first-hand experience to prove it.

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  • Rascal demonstrates his natural instincts

    After just his first year of sheep-dog trials competition, Rob Staley says his border collie Rascal is showing promising signs.

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