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Cherry growers hoping for bumper harvest
CHERRY season has officially begun, with nets going out to cover what is expected to be a bumper season. From early pickings at Cobram all…
Rosebud contractor fined for illegal 1080 use
A PEST contractor has been fined $4000 at the Dromana Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to providing 1080 bait products to a person not authorised…
Shepparton producers scoop the maize pool
A MAIZE crop grown out of Shepparton has taken out a national award, with all three top placegetters from the same region. Ian and Mary…
A season halved
FARMERS in Central Victoria have been granted a month’s grace following patchy rainfall in October. Producers within a 40-kilometre radius of Alexandra received between 20-40ml…
Saved from drought
BRUCE McCormack can still remember the day he shot 500 of his father-in-law’s sheep. The year was 1982, and the government provided bullets for free….
A palate for success
IT was 6pm, and Dylan McMahon was rushing out the office door. It had been a busy day, and he was looking forward to heading…
From little things, big things grow
THE rain began to drum gently on the roof of the Purcell family home. Clouds had been gathering all day, dark and foreboding, and finally…
Victoria’s first organic co-op
By the end of this month, Mount Alexander Fruit Gardens will herald in a new era of farming.
Witherswood shutting the stockyard gate
AFTER 25 years in the industry, John and Joan Woodruff will oversee the complete dispersal of their renowned stud, Witherswood Angus, across a three stage…
Anvil Angus to say goodbye to stud
STEPHEN Handbury is putting his family first. Stud principal at Anvil Angus, he has made the toughest decision of his adult life – the stud…
Treechange leads to a Beechworth world first
PRECARIOUSLY balancing on the top of a ladder, Gamila MacRury pauses midway through picking olives. It is harvest time – she hopes to ferment more…
From tomatoes to tourists
IAN and Marilyn Lanyon epitomise successful farming. Unlike many, they have embraced change at every opportunity – chosen to diversify, to grow and to adapt….
Hard work equals success for LamBacon entrepreneur
AS far as she is aware, Toni Barton is the first person in Australia – and most probably the world – to produce lamb bacon.
Northern farm values rise by 6.4 per cent
A report by Rural Bank reveals Northern Victorian farm values jumped 6.4 per cent overall – but many across the same region recorded a sliding…