All your tree needs covered
IF you are looking for trees or shrubs, then Peter Sandow and his sales executive, Lily Goodwin, have you covered.
Helping Vic producers access global markets
AGRICULTURE Victoria is helping the state’s agricultural producers expand their businesses and reach new markets with a webinar series that started yesterday.
Biosecurity webinars
OVER the next month, Agriculture Victoria will be holding a series of free webinars to help farmers improve their farm’s biosecurity.
Tackling dairy workforce shortages
DAIRY Australia launched a new national marketing campaign on Saturday, September 24, to help tackle the workforce shortages.
Heywood dairy farmer invests in “happy girls”
FORGET crime or romance novels, Heywood farmer Katrina McRae likes to read the latest data about her cows when she goes to bed at night.
Focus Farm Field Days
The Jancourt East Focus Farm Field Day will be held on Thursday, September 29, between 11.00am and 2.00pm at the Blasche’s dairy farm.
Petrol Price rise imminent
PETROL prices are expected to jump on September 29 when the fuel excise cut ends.
Putting print out to pasture
LIZ Mackley’s journey from leading a busy newsroom to a farmhand on a large-scale dairy operation is as interesting as it is unusual.
100 years of Bulldogs
DARRYL Melano has always had a love of all things machinery – that’s probably why he turned that obsession into a business – but did you know that, for the past 15 odd years, Darryl has been collecting one of his other loves – Lanz Bulldog Tractors!?
Two-day Sheepvention?
NEXT year’s Sheepvention is likely to be shortened and several other revisions to the running of the event have been foreshadowed after a review meeting went through items relating to everything from trader placement to tweaking the running of competitions.
Farmers get active for mental health
ACTIVE Farmers is a not-for-profit organisation whose vision is to build stronger and more resilient farming communities.
Keeping up with employment changes
IN early August WestVic Dairy welcomed Industrial Relations Lawyer Jennie Corkhill to the region, for her long awaited HR update sessions.