Rural News

Livestock

Dairy sale tops at $5000

A multi-vendor sale at Shepparton Regional Saleyards on August 22 topped at $5000.

Rodney Woods

Water

Changes to inter-valley trade from Goulburn System

A review of the inter-valley trade rules for the Goulburn River is under way following concerns about the environmental impact of prolonged high volumes of water.

Sophie Baldwin

Water

Changes to inter-valley trade from Goulburn System

A review of the inter-valley trade rules for the Goulburn River is under way following concerns about the environmental impact of prolonged high volumes of water.

Sophie Baldwin

Working Dogs

Dog dash challenge

Eleven industrious canines from across the country have hit the track running for the 2019 Cobber Challenge in the search for the nation’s hardest-working farm dog.

Liam Nash

Ooshie farmers start Facebook page

When Katandra couple Stephen Black and Melissa Portingale destroyed a rare Simba Ooshie on national television to highlight the negative impacts of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and online bullying, they had no idea the storm it would create.

Sophie Baldwin

22 Aug 2019

‘Really good’ crop dependent on September rains

September may be an important month when it comes to football codes, but it is set to play a huge role in the outcome of hay, silage and grain crops this season.

Rodney Woods

21 Aug 2019

Viticulture

With love from Italy: Mario and Madeleine Marson pour soul into every drop

Had the cards fallen differently, Mario Marson could have an Argentinian passport.

Vanessa Wiltshire

21 Aug 2019

Viticulture

The quiet rise of Heathcote’s new reds and whites

Viticulturalist Hugh Jones is a fan of reds — in more ways than one.

Vanessa Wiltshire

21 Aug 2019

Agent Tony Pianto’s funeral

The death of life-long livestock agent Tony Pianto was marked at the Shepparton Regional Saleyards on Tuesday.

Geoff Adams

Cropping

Plan ahead for spring silage

When planning your spring silage, the choice of silage method will depend on machinery and contractors available and relative cost.

Geoff Adams

Horticulture

Unlocking new horticulture markets

A Nuffield research report has revealed numerous currently available methods for Australian horticulture producers to boost the efficiency and productivity of low-tech greenhouse systems and unlock new market opportunities.

Sophie Baldwin

Cropping

Ten steps to better silage

Geoff Adams

Abattoir shock for family

A young couple thought they had found the ideal, quiet, rural location between Shepparton and Kyabram to raise their five children, but got a surprise when a neighbour told them what was planned for the area.

Geoff Adams

Viticulture

How a Melbourne architect is building transition into pomegranates

As Melbourne and provincial cities such as Bendigo expand, would-be tree changers and aspiring farmers are casting their eyes to smaller, hidden communities.

Vanessa Wiltshire

Water

Irrigator’s costs just keep climbing

It has been more than two-and-a-half years since beef producer and hay grower John Dickson has run a drop of irrigation water over his 70ha Cohuna property, Cullen Park.

Sophie Baldwin

No surprises for Kerang contractor

The crop may not have been his, but there was no surprising Kerang hay contractor Colin Radcliffe that the Victorian Best Canola Hay Visual Appearance award went to a crop he harvested.

Rodney Woods

Kyabram hay maker takes out national award

Frank Fanning has put the town of Kyabram on the map after winning the Best Lucerne Hay Feed Test Analysis and the Best Lucerne Visual Appearance in Victoria and across Australia at the 2018-19 Feed Central National Hay Quality awards.

Rodney Woods