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Jessie receives award for tops in agriculture
LOCAL Mansfield girl Jessie Reed was recently awarded the Alister Say Memorial Award in agriculture for outstanding work through her school based apprenticeship. Jessie commenced…
All about the breed at Black Diamond
“I’M farming through and through,” Murray Van der Drift of Black Diamond Speckle Parks and Macorna Limousins said with a laugh. “I can talk cows…
Generations in the saddle
IT happens twice each year – before the sun is up, Bruce McCormack prepares his family for their High Country muster. It is a tradition…
Black sheep in the Mangione family
MARILYN Mangione’s grandparents on both sides were farmers working the land in the Clyde and Cranbourne region. Marilyn’s mother as a child always had to…
Camels pioneer dairy industry
The Camel Milk Company Australia is busy. On a single day in early November, Channel Nine was there conducting an interview as news had just…
Investing in dairy
IN an industry that has had standardised milk for so long, with limited offerings from small independently owned pop-up dairies, Inglenook Dairy was initially a…
Eggs from the embers
ON the day of Black Saturday, Diego Tuyol chose to stay and defend, a decision he feels he should not have made in retrospect. Old…
Sher Wagyu is a boutique operation
“HOW often do I eat Wagyu?” “Oh, not more than five times a week,” Nick Sher said with a laugh. And so Nick sums up…
Discovering Wrenwood
FOUR years ago, Lizabeth and Jayson Souness bought Wrenwood, a small acreage farm in Bungowannah, with the intention of opening a farm shop, gallery and…
Gold fever in Tolmie
FIRST impressions of Kevin Marriott, of Tolmie Gold Saffron, is his inherently positive outlook on farming and his appreciation for all the lessons learned, good…
A truffle obsession
“FROM early childhood I used to go out with my father and collect mushrooms for eating,” said Dr Peter Stahle, Victorian truffle farmer and president…
The cattle are home in Merrijig
EVERY year, Bruce McCormack wonders if it will be the last. The last time his children and grandchildren saddle up and ride into the high…
The final goodbye
THE hammer came down for the final time at Witherswood Angus last month, when John and Joan Woodruff said goodbye to the last of their…
Wrapped in the future
AS a young boy, Angus McLean would contract hay and silage across his home – taking toilet rolls from room to room, visiting different farms…
Going it alone
MICHAELA is a strong and dedicated dairy farmer from Labertouche. Since having to let go of her full time farm hand two years ago due…
Victoria’s Best Young Auctioneer
JOE Allen of Elders in Euroa has come out on top of the 2018 ALPA Victorian Young Auctioneers Competition. Mr Allen came first place in…