Rural

  • Strong start for dispersal sale

    An Irrewillipe East couple is rapt with a successful first sale of their dairy herd.

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  • Local farmers do battle in dairy union election

    Larpent’s Mark Billing and Cobden’s Ian Morris have made their cases as the two candidates for United Dairyfarmers of Victoria vice-president.

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  • Rural news in brief

    Colac and district land care groups, property managers and their neighbours can apply for funding to control gorse on their properties.

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  • High-quality cattle on offer

    An 800-head penning of high-quality cattle are expected to go under the hammer at Colac’s store cattle sale today.

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  • Smaller yarding at Colac weekly sale

    There was a slightly smaller offering at the Colac Regional Saleyards at its latest weekly sale, compared with the previous week.

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  • Drone switch pays off on farm

    Beeac farmers Bill and Tom Alston feature in a new WorkSafe farm safety campaign.

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  • Engineering student earns a career boost

    Apollo Bay’s Patrick Armstrong is one of 20 AgriFutures Horizon scholars for 2021.

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  • A-maize-ing potential in corn harvest

    Yeodene dairy farmer Mick Buttegieg is hoping for dry conditions until the end of April ahead of his corn harvest.

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