Rural

FARMERS are calling on Treasurer Jim Chalmers to urgently rule out changes to the Fuel Tax Credits Scheme ahead of the Federal Budget.

HOW safe is your farm? That’s the question RACV and Neighbourhood Watch want Victorian farmers to answer as part of the new How safe is my farm initiative.

FROM hand stooking hay and blade shears, wagons and horse drawn ploughs to raised boards, electric presses and hand pieces, and computerised tractors with satellite navigation. Has there ever been a period of greater change in farming?

RISK management is second nature to farmers. We mitigate risks every day; we slash fire breaks to prevent or contain fires, we vaccinate our stock to avoid disease, we fix the boundary fence to prevent stock getting on the road.

THE Bureau of Meteorology earlier this week updated its long-term climate outlook with a return to average rainfall conditions more likely in the south-west after a very wet spring in 2022.

NOTHING lasts forever and although generational change might sometimes seem to be almost an illusion because it arrives so slow, the stark reality is farms and the families that run them and pass them on to their children must one day make the decision to begin and go through that transition.

THERE has been a livestock saleyard in Warrnambool since 1883, with the current site in Caramut Road established in 1970.

RACHEL McGrath has taken on many challenges in her farming life, but returning to study has inspired her to do even more.

THE Hamilton and District Legacy Fleece Show is finally going ahead this upcoming week at the Showgrounds with about 200 fleeces from the region on exhibition to raise money for the organisation.

A CROWD gathered at the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange on Thursday to participate in a Men’s Health Fundraising Auction to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer.

WITH paddocks drying up and hungry livestock looking across the fence to the growing vegetation along roadsides, the prevalence of sheep and cattle breaking out of their confinement is often higher this time of year.

RAISING awareness and funds for prostate cancer is the focus of a Men’s Health Fundraising Auction being held at the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange (HRLX) tomorrow, with all proceeds going to The Male Bag Foundation.