Rural

  • Ten-year deal boosts dairy industry

    A NEW 10-year milk supply deal between Woolworths and Fonterra Australia will provide certainty for Colac district dairy farmers.

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  • Council overhauls rating system

    FARM land will continue to attract the lowest rate in the dollar under Colac Otway Shire Council’s latest rates overhaul.

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  • No antidote to cypress tree deaths

    COLAC district landholders are disheartened after a meeting to discuss cypress tree deaths across the district.

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  • Dairy farmer boosting skills

    COLAC district dairy farmer Andrew Beale says he wants to improve his lobbying and presentation skills as part of a national leadership program.

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  • Praise for ‘angel’ firefighters

    FIREFIGHTERS who helped save Birrregurra’s historic Mooleric homestead from a 250-hectare fire this week are “angels”, the homestead’s manager says.

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  • Spud farmer backs Jamie Oliver bid

    WARNCOORT farmer Ali Cirillo wants celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to open a Ministry of Food Pop-up Kitchen in Colac with district-grown potatoes on the menu.

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  • Farmer wants region to fight mining

    A BIRREGURRA farmer says “people power” can stop coal-seam gas mining in the Colac region but communities might only have 12 months to act.

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  • Council to abandon C70 amendment

    COLAC Otway Shire Council is likely to abandon a controversial planning amendment which fuelled a public backlash against the council last year.

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