Rural

  • Movement controls after bird flu outbreak

    Agriculture authorities have put movement controls in place for the Golden Plains Shire after two egg farms near Lethbridge recorded cases of H7N7 avian influenza virus.

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  • Organic aspirations taking shape

    Carlie Barry is not short of vision, or work, for her farming enterprises as she heads towards becoming organically certified while selling beef direct to consumers and milking her jersey herd.

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  • Strong demand predicted for store sale

    Stock agents are expecting to yard 500 head at the Colac Regional Saleyards for this month’s store cattle sale on Friday.

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  • Mixed quality market at Colac yards

    Young cattle prices rose while cow prices eased at Colac’s weekly sale.

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  • Rural news in brief

    News about social media use for farmers, dairy awards, and beef market forecasts.

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  • Masks mandatory at saleyards

    Colac Regional Saleyards’ August store sale will have extra measures in place, with buyers required to register on the day to have a seat during the sales.

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  • Cooriemungle cow wins

    A Cooriemungle farmer can claim he has the best of the best after winning a class in the Jersey Australia Challenge this year.

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  • Seed trials benefit industry

    A Larpent farmer is encouraging Colac and district farmers to trial different grasses on their properties after agreeing to donate land for a seed trial this season.

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