rural scene

  • Successful milk season is thanks to farmers’ efforts

    Record profits for the region’s dairy farmers are positive, but largely thanks to a favourable few years in the industry, WestVic Dairy board member Jacqui Suares says.

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  • Survey captures record-high milk profits

    The 2022-2023 Dairy Farm Monitor Project has found Victorian dairy farmers had a record profitable year, thanks to high milk prices and carefully managed high costs.

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  • District producers claim medals

    Colac’s district farmers have demonstrated their high-quality produce and stock at this year’s Royal Melbourne Show.

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  • 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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