Rural

  • Time to focus on hay safety

    Farmers are preparing for a dry summer, and hay is in hot demand, being loaded, carted, unloaded and stacked in sheds and paddocks across the country.

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  • Prices increase slightly at sale

    Colac Regional Saleyards recorded 202 head of cattle at its weekly fat sale on Thursday.

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  • Quality rams ready for sale

    This year’s Colac Ram Sale will provide farmers with a great opportunity to add high-quality rams to their flock.

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  • Funding for permanent solar

    Swan Marsh dairy farmer Peter Mulheron says a $100,000 grant will provide a significant boost to the introduction a permanent renewable energy system to his property.

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  • Monthly sale boosts industry

    Colac’s monthly store sale which yarded more than 1000 cattle has given the local livestock industry hope, but the industry is remaining wary of future trends and weather conditions.

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  • Billy finds his calling upon return to farm

    From Telstra to the family dairy farm. Despite the difference, Jancourt East’s Billy Buckingham says there’s a lot of skills that overlap between the two industries.

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  • Reflection of farming generations

    The sale of a family farm has prompted Colac’s John Modra to reflect on what people acquire over decades and the challenges faced when it’s time to move on.

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  • HELPING HANDS: Family shares the farming experience

    Running a small sheep operation at Marengo has been a family bonding exercise more than anything for the Van Santen family.

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