Cobram Courier

Katamatite and Strathmerton get wins leading into finals

Yarroweyah was always outsiders going into the final round of the Picola and District Football League season and, with Mathoura beating Katunga, a Hoppers win would have only been a consolation.

Dylan Arvela

Kingsley Mundey delivers presentation on Vietnam Veterans Museum

International businessman Kingsley Mundey was in Cobram on Monday to give a presentation at Cobram Bowling Club.

Dylan Arvela

Katty batter Blighty to earn week off in finals

Yarroweyah has finished a tough Murray Netball League season with an arduous trip to play Deni Rovers side, which was gunning for a top four finish.

Dylan Arvela

Katty batter Blighty to earn week off in finals

Yarroweyah has finished a tough Murray Netball League season with an arduous trip to play Deni Rovers side, which was gunning for a top four finish.

Dylan Arvela

Community Strengthening Grants boost for local kinders

Cobram District Children’s Service Committee recently received $5000 for Punt Road Kindergarten and Childcare Centre.

Dylan Arvela

Barooga and Cobram play out Zaidee’s Cup

Barooga and Cobram under-17s football and netball sides contested the Zaidee’s Rainbow Foundation Cup on Saturday.

Dylan Arvela

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Breaking News

Woman jumps from moving car in Moama

A WOMAN in her 40s is likely to be flown to Melbourne after jumping out of a moving car in Moama earlier today. Murray River Police District Inspector Paul Huggett said Moama and Echuca police and Ambulance Victoria were called to Perricoota Rd near...

Ivy Jensen

13 Aug 2019

Woman who jumped from car at Moama looked like she was “hit by truck”

A WOMAN who jumped from a moving vehicle in Moama today looked like she had been ‘‘hit by a truck’’, an eyewitness said.

Ivy Jensen

Another car torched in Echuca

A VEHICLE was set alight at an Echuca car yard this morning — the second car fire in four days. Crime scene officers from Bendigo are examining the scene at Thompson Holden where a used Kia Carnival was torched about 6am. Detective Senior...

Ivy Jensen

Man dead after mobility scooter crash

A Seymour man has died after crashing his mobility scooter earlier this month Emergency services were called to Station St on August 5 about 11.15am. The 89-year-old man was driving north west on the footpath when he collided with a public bench...

David Rak

Echuca car yard could have become fiery ‘inferno’

AN ECHUCA car yard was lucky not to become a fiery inferno after an arsonist torched one vehicle and drilled holes in the fuel tanks of five others early Monday.

Ivy Jensen

13 Aug 2019

Local audiences entertained by St Kilda Film Festival

The St Kilda Film Festival returned to the region on the weekend.

Dylan Arvela

13 Aug 2019

Rod Magill thanks community for ongoing support

After an accident in early June left me seriously injured and my family changed, I was taken aback by the community support for myself and my daughters.

Cobram Courier

Different paths lead to Cobram for graduate teachers

Cobram Secondary College welcomed two new full-time teachers to the school this term, with the Melbourne University graduates having vastly different paths to the town.

Dylan Arvela

EVENTS

Euroa Village Farmers Market

Come along & support the Euroa Village Farmers’ Market, proudly presented by the Rotary Club with the support of the Strathbogie Shire Council & the State Government of Victoria. Proudly accredited with the Victorian Farmers Markets...

Simone Dunne

17 Aug

Yarck Country Market

The Yarck Country Market takes place at the Yarck Hall on the third Saturday of every month, from 9:00am to 1:30pm. The market helps to fund the hall maintenance and provides an outlet for local produce, jams, craft, plants and drinks including...

Simone Dunne

17 Aug

Moira Film Group screening of Christoper Robin - Yarroweyah

Are you a movie buff? Gather your friends for a wonderful afternoon movie with the friendly community of Yarroweyah. Yarroweyah Memorial Hall committee host a movie on the third Wednesday of the month at the Yarroweyah Memorial Hall from 1:30pm to...

Cobram Courier

21 Aug

Social Art Sessions with Cobram and District Artist Society Group - Barooga

Cobram and District Artist’s Society meet every Thursday 10am to 3pm at Barooga Community Hall. Everyone welcome to share friendship and a common interest of art - if you like to draw, sketch, paint - acrylic, oil, water colour, charcoal, pen...

Cobram Courier

22 Aug

Regional

Sirius College raises funds for Cancer Council

Students at Shepparton’s Sirius College could be mistaken for a field of yellow flowers yesterday at the annual Cancer Council fundraiser.

Madeleine Caccianiga

Kyabram Free Press

GVAC win a clubhouse upgrade

THE Goulburn Valley Auto Club were treated to a very pleasant surprise last week when one of their members won Triple M’s Clubhouse Rescue competition.

Kyabram Free Press

6 hours ago

Product names under threat from EU trade deal

How would you feel about ordering a King Valley sparkling white, instead of a prosecco?

Simon Ruppert

Ben Nexhip can finally breathe easy

BEN Nexhip can still pinpoint the moment his life reached a crossroads.

Charmayne Allison

8 hours ago

Finley High School send representative to ‘Secretary for a day’

Finley High School student Megan Marsden has spent the last two days having an input into education system development as part of a Department of Education program.

Southern Riverina News

09 Aug 2019

Judy’s league honour

The emotion of receiving a Picola & District Football Netball League life membership was evident when Judy Plattfuss was brought to tears on Saturday.

Zoe McMaugh

Wind farm progressing rapidly

Work at the Cherry Tree Wind Farm is progressing, with the pouring of 15 of the 16 wind turbine foundations now completed.

David Rak

Campaspe News

Calls to save NRS handset fall on deaf ears

CANBERRA is due to cut the cord on a National Relay Service on February 1 next year, with many deaf and hearing-impaired Australians saying it means a return to the dark ages.

James Arbuthnott

12 hours ago

Preps are just getting started

TWO weeks ago Foundation students at Heathcote Primary School celebrated their first 100 days of school. Last week it was Holy Rosary’s turn. Teacher Stephanie Slayter said she was enormously proud of her students and that it was “incredible” to...

Vanessa Wiltshire

Blessing of the Bikes to continue in Tatura

The All Saints Anglican Church in Tatura put the wheels in motion for a new tradition at the weekend with the town’s first Blessing of the Bikes service.

Madeleine Caccianiga

29 Jul 2019

Real Estate Sleep Out Yarrawonga

With temperatures set to drop to as low as 5 degrees on Monday, August 19, the team at First National O’Meara Kennedy Real Estate (OKFN) will brace themselves with blankets and beanies to brave the cold for a good cause. The Real Estate Sleep Out...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Neil Martin retires after 46 years’ service

Neil also affectionately known as Blue has retired from Federation Council following 46 years of loyal service. Federation Council’s Mayor, Cr Patrick Bourke said Neil started work with Corowa Shire Council in 1973 as a draftsman and more recently...

Corowa Free Press

MNL preview wrap - round 17

The penultimate round of the Murray Netball League’s regular season is on today across the region and, as always, the action promises to be exciting. One of the highlights of the fixture is the contest between fifth-placed Cobram and seventh-placed Finley, with the Cats keen to claim another scalp before finals start. The Tigers had a comfortable 33-goal win against rival Barooga last week and will look to keep that form rolling today. ‘‘It was probably one of the better games we have had all season,’’ Cobram coach Kate Bird told the Cobram Courier. ‘‘We said we weren’t going to let them jump on top, even though they are lower down the ladder, it doesn’t matter, it’s Barooga verses Cobram, so it’s always going to be tough.’’

Tyler Maher

Rural

Photo competition celebrates the Year of the Paddock Tree

Ravaged by drought, battered by winds and seared by fire, the lone paddock tree has stood the test of time.

Geoff Adams

Water

Irrigation allocations increase

Allocations in the Goulburn-Murray Water irrigation system have taken a substantial move upwards.

Geoff Adams

Animal Health

Preventing lameness in your herd

LAMENESS IN cattle can occur at any time of the year but extremely wet conditions are associated with higher rates of lameness in dairy cows. This is because prolonged exposure to moisture causes the hoof to soften and increases the risk of...

Gemma Chuck

Dairy

Lachlan Marshall starts the process of destocking

Lachlan Marshall’s Blighty dairy farm has hit the trigger point he was hoping it would never make.

Sophie Baldwin

Livestock

Ram sells for $35,000 in Hamilton

A ram by the name of Moorundie 219 sold for a top price of $35,000 at Sheepvention in Hamilton last week, eclipsing the previous record of $31,000.

Sophie Baldwin

Markets

Australian milk production continues to slide, while global markets present opportunities

THE 2018–19 season will most certainly be remembered as an exceptionally challenging season for the Australian dairy industry. Universally high feed costs, record high temporary irrigation water costs and widespread dry seasonal conditions have...

Sofia Omstedt

Country News

Tragowel dairy farmers diversify into a farm stay

Dairying has been a tough gig over the past few years.

Sophie Baldwin

Horticulture

$10m to help combat pest

A further $10million has been invested into sterile fruit fly research as part of a three-year Hort Innovation-managed project.

Country News

24 Jul 2019

Dairy

‘Bold new measures necessary’

More than 130 delegates representing all Australian states and elements of the supply chain in the dairy industry met in Melbourne on July 30 and 31 to frame the key elements of the Australian Dairy Plan.

Country News

09 Aug 2019

Activist almost turned young farmer off agriculture

A pork farmer has told federal politicians that one of his daughters considered dumping her long-held plan to get involved in the business after animal activists invaded the family’s farm.

Geoff Adams

Machinery & Products

Air drills integrate seeding technology

BUILDING ON the best features of the 1990CCS Air Seeder that has been the standard for small grains seeding for the last decade, John Deere has introduced the redesigned N500C Series Air Drills for 2019. These new air drills integrate the latest in...

Dairy News

Management

Looking for a reason to smile

HAPPY COWS mean happy farmers and young Western District farmer Rachael McGrath is doing her best to keep smiling. At 25, Rachael is taking over management of her family farm which has endured years of adversity and setbacks. With a good 2019...

Rick Bayne

Water

McKenzie and Drum talk about water

Country News caught up with Federal Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie and Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum last week at the University of Melbourne’s Dookie Campus. Reporter Rodney Woods put the topic of water on the agenda.

Rodney Woods

Cropping

Survey into skills project

NSW grain and cotton growers are being encouraged to have their say in a statewide survey to gather critical information about the impact of the AgSkilled initiative in meeting the training needs of their respective industries.

Country News

08 Aug 2019

From the Experts

California faces similar dairy issues

MULTIPLE DEMANDS on irrigation water, stricter environmental controls and pressures from animal activists are some of the issues that are similar for Californian dairy farmers and those in Australia. Animal scientist Dr Russ Hovey drew some...

Dairy News

14 Jun 2019

Meet the millennials helping revive the ‘ghost town’ of Graytown

What could possibly entice a couple in their early 20s to move to a “gold mining ghost town” in Central Victoria?

Vanessa Wiltshire

National & world

National

Radio boss warns Jones over NZ PM remarks

Macquarie Media’s chairman has told Alan Jones his contract will be terminated if he repeats commentary of the same nature as his remarks about NZ’s PM.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

Finance

oOh!media slumps up to 42% on guidance cut

Shares in outdoor advertiser oOh!media have plummeted by more than 40 per cent on an earnings downgrade

AAP Newswire