Rural

  • Heritage festival will highlight rural industries

    THIS year’s Colac Heritage Festival will shine a spotlight on the district’s sheep, wool and potato industries.

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  • Colac rodeo every second year

    A COLAC charity rodeo will be a biennial event after organisers decided to stage the rodeo every second year.

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  • Farmers enjoy bigger harvest

    COLAC district harvesters say they are pleased with the season’s harvest so far.

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  • Meet the no-shear meat sheep

    Colac district farmers John and Jayne Chapman are breeding a sheep that doesn’t need shearing.

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  • Good year for Colac’s saleyards

    PRICES and livestock numbers increased during a resurgent year at Colac’s saleyards.

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  • District harvester helps set state record

    COLAC district farmer Geoff Shields joined contractors and farmers across Victoria to set a state record harvesting the largest amount of grain in a single day.

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  • New atlas of groundwater aquifers

    NEW maps will help farmers understand groundwater in south-west Victoira.

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  • Art-loving farmer’s dream comes true

    COROROOKE farmer Andrew Beale’s dream to convert an old church into an art gallery and theatre will become reality this month.

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