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‘Farmers Picnic’ this Sunday at Ventnor: See you there!

FARMING this year has been anything but ‘a picnic’ especially with the extended dry conditions not breaking until it was too late for autumn growth. The result has been that many started feeding out early, and they haven’t stopped, in most...

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25 Jun 2025

Leongatha Store Sale a mixed affair

MEAT & Livestock Australia’s Brendan Fletcher observed a mixed affair at Thursday’s Leongatha Store Sale, heavy cattle and lightweight steers holding firm in price due to demand from feedlot and northern buyers respectively, while the...

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24 Jun 2025

An unexpected journey to breeding and showing alpacas

WHAT began as a solution to a fox problem about 13 years ago slowly evolved into an alpaca farm, a venture to get good quality fleece and an Alpaca of the Year win. Greg and Jenny Bradshaw were living in Hastings when they began losing sheep to...

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Courtney O'Brien

24 Jun 2025

News

Wood’s words of wisdom echo loud and clear against ESVF ‘tax’

OPPOSITION to the Victorian Government’s most unpopular-ever tax, the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund (ESVF), isn’t going away. A well-attended farmers’ rally at Apex Park on Friday, June 13 kept the issue on the boil locally. And at...

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23 Jun 2025

Local schools lead in biodiversity grants

FROM Inverloch to Phillip Island, a wave of environmental action is sweeping across the Bass Coast, powered by passionate students, innovative educators, and the support of the 2025 Victorian Junior Landcare Biodiversity Grant program. These grants...

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Nicole May

18 Jun 2025

Varroa – it’s only a matter of time

Agriculture Victoria advises all beekeepers to continue to monitor their hives regularly and report both positive and negative inspection results via BeeMAX

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Courtney O'Brien

17 Jun 2025

Heavy cattle continue to sell well at Leongatha VLE

IT WAS another busy day at Leongatha VLE with Thursday’s Store Sale attracting 4500 head, Meat & Livestock Australia analyst Brendan Fletcher rating the quality on offer as “very good”. His report noted there were over 700 heavy Angus...

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17 Jun 2025

Milk price step-ups continue ahead of new season

KROWERA dairy farmer Andy Thomas spoke of the annual game of ducks and drakes that takes place between processors in setting milk prices for the new season, with Bulla and Australian Consolidated Milk (ACM) having already upped their opening offers...

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17 Jun 2025

Tarwin Landcare control pittosporum in Cape Liptrap

VOLUNTEERS from Tarwin Landcare Group (TLG) and the Walkerville Residents and Ratepayers Association (WRRA) joined forces with Parks Victoria staff last week to control pittosporum in the Cape Liptrap Coastal Park. Sweet pittosporum, known as the...

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Nicole May

13 Jun 2025

Milk price games continue

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12 Jun 2025

‘Managing a dry season’ at Koonwarra Hall today

SOUTH Gippsland Landcare Network is sponsoring a timely event for local farmers, and others, at the Koonwarra Hall on Wednesday this week, May 28 from 1pm to 3.30pm. The day will feature information on a range of dry season initiatives with Fion...

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28 May 2025