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  • Rural news roundup

    News on preventing crop diseases, reducing feral deer, and eradicating avian influenza.

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  • Online project against weeds

    The Wye to Wongarra Landcare Group has created a video to inform the Otways community about some of the area’s most noxious weeds.

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  • Rural news in brief

    Results from Colac’s sheep sale and store cattle sale, VCC water council roles on offer, advice for eradicating serrated tussock, and a proposed shakeup of ag chemical regulations.

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  • Debate over thorny issue

    Landcare groups and Colac Otway Shire Council are calling for the State Government to bring more landowners to heel when it comes to controlling weeds on private properties. 

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  • Rural news in brief

    A call for councils to avoid rate rises; crop disease guides released; and help controlling gorse.

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  • Farmers look to tackle tussock

    Colac district farmers should check their paddocks for serrated tussock with summer rain potentially boosting the noxious weed’s growth. Summer rain can cause a second seeding for serrated tussock and can lead to germination of more seedlings in autumn. Victorian Serrated Tussock Working Party community engagement officer Ivan Carter said serrated tussock had a lime […]

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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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  • Toxic weeds pose threat to livestock

    The poisonous introduced weed Cape tulip is a serious problem for farmers and gardeners in parts of Surf Coast Shire.

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