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Embracing cannabis
PREVIOUSLY known for its fruit growing, dairy and cropping, Shepparton and the surrounding area is looking to diversify and take advantage of gaps in the…
Regenerative farming
DANIEL Kelton of Alexandra’s Holistic Pastoral wants to see the land he is farming transformed to “waist high grass, wet all year round despite ever-increasing…
Everybody loves a winner, or two
DON Hamley of Port Phillip Bay Scallops has been entering the Australian Food Awards for a few years now. And for a company that has…
Guano – a tale of two birds
IT was the best of times. It was the worst of times. This might have been the thoughts of the guano miners shovelling and bagging…
Marketing the future
For small scale farmers who have employed more labour intensive models of farming focusing on best practice, it is often difficult to demand the prices…
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…
SPC sale confirmed
IT has been confirmed that Goulburn-Valley based SPC has been purchased by the Shepparton Partners Collective, a joint venture assembled purely to acquire the fruit…
Shepparton migrant workers to receive $50,000
A LABOR hire company will change the way it pays its workforce after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation found it had failed to correctly compensate…
Season over
BRIAN Mobbs owns and operates High Spa Angus, a breeding operation focused on diverse genetics and quality progeny. Last month, Brian sent 80 weaners to…
Farmers forgotten
“We need help – it’s as dry here as anywhere else.” So said Mansfield farmer James Tehan, responding to news that Mansfield, Murrindindi and Mitchell…
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…
Rain across region needed now
“IT’S dry as chips.” So said Elders stock and station agent Ryan Sergeant late last month. Mr Sergeant was repeating the phrase that farmers across…
Be prepared
Prepare. That’s the lesson to be taken from the current season, according to farmers in the Shepparton region.
The green fight continues
THE Peninsula branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation has renewed calls for two ag officers to be employed in planning at the Mornington Peninsula Shire….
United we stand, divided we fall
THE Goulburn Valley is losing dairy farmers at an unprecedented rate, thanks to skyrocketing water, feed and grain prices. Water hit $500/ML last month, meaning…
Local farmers targeted by activist group
THERE are concerns that more than 100 farms in the North East and Goulburn Murray region have had their location – and in some cases,…