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BREAKING NEWS: Water rationing for Boort, Dingee, Calivil farmers

HUNDREDS of irrigators in the Boort, Dingee and Calivil districts will have water rationed from March 5. Goulburn Murray Water this morning announced the start of rationing, just days after saying it was continuing to monitor water orders. In its...

By Loddon Herald

Session expands sheep knowledge

DOZENS of district farmers attended a sheep information morning in Pyramid Hill last week. Heidi Sutherland from Miller’s Ag, who joined the team late last year, brought her animal health experience to the information presented, and was supported...

By Loddon Herald

Trial review spotlight on managing cost jumps

MANAGING the rising costs of production to still make a profit and summer weed control will be the focus of Birchip Cropping Group’s trial review day next week. BCG members will have the opportunity to learn from Planfarm Advisory farm business...

By Loddon Herald

Immersion day for rural scholars

YOUNG agricultural scholarship recipients had a day of career immersion in Boort last week. Jack Gould (Pyramid Hill College), Fynn Clymo (East Loddon P-12 College) and Kathleen Hocking (Boort District School) were among students part of the North...

By Loddon Herald

Course keeps chemical checks current

LODDON farmers are updating their accreditation in the use of chemicals with a new series of courses by industry trainer Karl Liffman. More than a dozen district farmers attended a one-day update session at Bridgewater on Monday with further...

By Loddon Herald

Bill yodels Swiss breed virtues

By CHRIS EARL BILL GOVETT travelled Australia in the early days of convincing dairy farmers to try the brown Swiss breed. The challenge to convince them that the bigger-framed cow would boost their milk production. A more robust and reliable breed...

By Loddon Herald

Water ration threat to efficiency

WATER regulations and the prospect of irrigation channel rationing early next month could risk efficiency and flexibility, farmers told Goulburn Murray Water on Tuesday. Irrigators from the Boort and Pyramid Hill districts put questions to GMW which...

By Loddon Herald

Branches plan ‘boss forum’

NEW Victorian Farmers’ Federation president Brett Hosking will bring his vision for the future of the state’s peak agricultural organisation to a community forum next month. St Arnaud branch has organised the forum with assistance from...

By Loddon Herald

Judges’ deep dive in oil

JUDGES took a deep dive into Cobram Estate Olive’s Boort operations last Friday as they wrapped up the first week of on-site inspections of eight businesses in the running for a major national award. Kate Lorimer-Ward and Simon Marnie have a tight...

By Loddon Herald

Swiss honours come this way

TANDARRA Brown Swiss cattle breeder Ben Govett and Matt Dennis have taken out the grand champion prize at International Dairy Week in Tatura. Their Tandara Dynamite Sarajevo 150 (Dynamite) was named senior champion at the premier show and capped off...

By Loddon Herald

Fire land culls ‘will help with recovery’

KANGAROO culling needed to be increased after fires to boost recovery of parks and farm, a veteran professional shooter said this week. Newbridge’s Glenn Cole said calls to stop kangaroo culling in the Grampians after fire destroyed more than...

By Loddon Herald

Hay! It’s true Aussie spirit

MORE than 2000 hay bales rolled out of Bridgewater on Saturday morning bound for South Australian farms gripped by drought. Trucks loaded with the round bales had come from across central Victoria to the staging point at the town’s recreation...

By Loddon Herald

WATER CURB THREAT

By CHRIS EARL IRRIGATORS across Loddon communities will be hit with water rationing within weeks. Goulburn Murray Water is blaming “one of the busiest” irrigation seasons in its 30-year history for the decision. But former GMW board member and...

By Loddon Herald

Water theft spike worry

GOULBURN Murray Water is warning people against illegally pumping water from storages and waterways following a spate of incidents. GMW says there have been several cases of people parking at boat ramps or besides waterways on public roads and...

By Loddon Herald

Stinger’s urban move

MORE than 180 registered bidders have helped Glen Ray prepare for retirement. The Calivil district farmer and truck driver known as Stinger is making the move into Bendigo with wife Sue. Their Tandarra property has been sold and last Friday bidders...

By Loddon Herald

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