rural scene

  • Environmental transformation

    Upper Barwon Landcare Network facilitator Andrea Montgomery says maintaining healthy waterways is key for maintaining our local farms well into the future.

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  • New dairy advocacy group ‘open’

    Dairy farmers across the Colac district and the rest of the state can now look to a new association for advocacy, after the Dairy Farmers Association of Victoria opened for business.

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  • Start preparations for fire season now

    Larpent CFA captain and dairy farmer Mark Billing says Colac district farmers must begin preparations for an early fire season.

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  • Pilot program a no-brainer

    Swan Marsh’s Peter Mulheron says signing up for a green energy pilot program and welcoming engineers Ben Lam and Wei Chi Lee to his dairy farm was a no-brainer.

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  • ‘Bittersweet’ result for milk farmers

    Colac district farmers involved in a class action against Fonterra Australia over its infamous 2016 price cuts have dubbed the outcome “bittersweet”.

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  • End of an era for holstein stalwarts

    “It’s the hard times that really make you appreciate where you are now, and make you appreciate the good times.”

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  • Dairying dream for Bay family

    Nathan Telford and Caroline Grinter don’t always have spare time to stop and enjoy the sea views of their Apollo Bay dairy farm, but when they do, they appreciate their corner of the world just a little bit more each time.

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  • Local dairy leader optimistic

    Larpent dairy farmer and WestVic Dairy board member Jacqui Suares says favourable farmgate milk prices for the 2023-24 season should re-build local farmers’ “confidence” in the dairy industry.

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