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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
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‘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
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
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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

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
News

Hands-on fencing experience

GOTAFE’s Agriculture Department held a fencing demonstration day at the William Orr Campus on August 14.

Sophie Baldwin
Cropping

Netting better than all the rest

The best just got better, according to the team at Tama Australia, who have been extensively trialling and working through field validations on the TamaNet+ for Australian conditions.

Rodney Woods
Cropping

How good is this Howlong farmer’s hay?

Howlong’s Richard Baker took advantage of the difficult conditions to dominate the 2018-19 Feed Central National Hay Quality Awards.

Rodney Woods
Cropping

Reliable machinery is the key to feed operation

With 900 hungry cows in the herd and seven employees to manage in the business,  machinery reliability is an important factor in Andrew Newnham’s dairy operation.

Geoff Adams
Cropping

Healthy start to hay season

Crops are currently looking healthy in the Goulburn Valley, south-west Victoria, on the north coast of NSW, south-east South Australia, central South Australia, south-west Western Australia and north-west Tasmania, according to Dairy Australia.

Geoff Adams

Trending stories

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Simba Ooshie sale lands couple with lion’s share of abuse

What does a Woolworths’ Lion King Ooshie and the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have in common?

Sophie Baldwin
News

Teenager stabbed in Shepparton

Police are currently on scene investigating the circumstances after a man was stabbed in Shepparton this afternoon. Police were called to Wright Ave around 2.20pm where they found a man with a number of stab wounds. A 19-year-old Shepparton man has...

Shepparton News
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
Breaking News

Drugs stolen in Echuca Amcal robbery

POLICE are investigating after Echuca’s Amcal Pharmacy was held up this morning. The Hare St robbery occurred about 8.55am where a man threatened staff members before stealing a large amount of pharmaceutical drugs. No-one was injured. The man was...

Ivy Jensen