Rural

  • Mixed price results in expanded yarding

    Cattle numbers surged but prices fluctuated at Colac’s weekly cattle market.

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  • Rural news in brief

    Farming news from across the region and beyond.

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  • Farmer joins board

    Sam Simpson has stepped up her involvement in the herd improvement industry with her recent election to the DataGene board.

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  • Comfortable cows at massive Simpson dairy

    A Simpson dairy farm has happy cows after investing in a massive housing shed to protect the dairy cows during winter.

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  • Prices and competition down

    A good to very good offering of milk vealers featured prominently in Colac’s weekly cattle market, reaching up to 422 cents a kilo, but prices eased overall.

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  • Rural news in brief

    News about blackberry treatment, fruit fly warnings, preparing for fire season, sheep sales, and more…

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  • New chapter for dairying couple

    Alan and Janine Carson will be saying goodbye to some very special girls when they sell their prized Cairnbrae jerseys  next year.

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  • Electric fence burns tree, sparks fire warning

    An Irrewillipe farmer has warned landowners to check their fences regularly after he found his electric fence was burning a tree branch.

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