Rural

  • Machinery sparks fires

    MACHINERY started two grass fires in two days during Colac district’s hot spell.

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  • A blueberry’s not just a blueberry

    GELLIBRAND berry farmer Bob Shoebridge says there is more to the humble blueberry than meets the eye.

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  • Award helps spread sustainable message

    BARONGAROOK West farmer Neil Widdicombe says winning a regional farming award helped him spread the message of sustainable farming.

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  • Apple grower predicts smaller harvest

    COLAC district apple grower Juli Farquhar says birds and cool spring weather will mean a smaller crop this year.

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  • Food network could benefit everybody

    A TOURISM tourism leader says Colac district residents could eat fresher food and district farmers could win a supermarket price war if they supported each other.

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  • Deluge dampens farmers’ outlook

    POTATO farmer Jim Gannon says he will lose a portion of his crop after a record-breaking deluge at Pennyroyal, south-east of Colac.

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  • Bureau pulls plug on state’s wettest spot

    THE Bureau of Meteorology has stopped recording the weather from the wettest farming area in Victoria, ending six decades of history.

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  • Multi-million-dollar Colac investment

    ONE of Colac’s biggest companies has made a long-term commitment to the city with a multi-million dollar expansion.

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