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Letters to the editor: Levee bank, energy

Levee bank question Sir, Thank you for the very enlightening article about the Boort levee bank project (Loddon Herald, April 10). It is inexcusable that Indigenous approval delayed the project by three years as protection from flooding the township...

By Loddon Herald

Saleyard roof pledge from Littleproud

THE push for a roof over selling yards at Bendigo Livestock exchange had a boost this week with Nationals leader David Littleproud’s $3 million election campaign commitment. Stock agents and City of Greater Bendigo was the upgrade of the...

By Loddon Herald

Network spearheads new farm initiative

LOCAL farmers on Monday sho-wed there was strong interest for the newly-funded climate-positive farming initiative spearheaded by Loddon Plains Landcare Network and backed by the North Central Catchment Management Authority. The meeting...

By Loddon Herald

Flushing little lake boosts irrigators’ water access

THE flushing pump has been turned on to send water from Little Lake Boort into the the Number 3 Channel. Little Lake Boort committee member Paul Haw said the extra channel water could be used by irrigators. “In a small way this helps the farmers...

By Loddon Herald

We’re still talking, says wind turbine company

VIRYA Energy will start environmental and planning assessments for a 164-wind turbine project with a battery energy storage system near Boort this year. The company has been criticised for failing to consult with some landholders for its Meering...

By Loddon Herald

Levy fight: Unanswered questions on new tax, writes Mayor Dan Straub

EMERGENCY Services and Volunteers Fund Levy - a new tax. Who is really asking for it? As the conversation continues, escalates, erupts, we are still wondering where the push is coming form to effectively enforce an equivalent of a 24.7 per cent hike...

By Loddon Herald

Levy fight: Four-point action plan from VFF

THE State Government should fix a broken fire services levy instead of “piling on new tax” as the Victorian Farmers’ Federation ups pressure against the new levy. The VFF four-point plan released on Friday by president Brett Hosking wants...

By Loddon Herald

Levy fight: Volunteer firies raise double-hit spectre

VICTORIA’S peak organisation for volunteer firefighters say they will be forced to rattle more tins and keep driving an ageing fleet of trucks. “Just 22 per cent of $1.8 billion (new levy revenue is year two) is going to volunteer agencies. You...

By Loddon Herald

New tax gets big fat NO from readers

PREMIER Jacinta Allan has been accused of “bleeding the cow until it can’t deliver milk” as anger rises against the State Government’s new emergency services levy. An exclusive Loddon Herald online poll shows hardly a trace of support for...

By Loddon Herald

Policies are wasting water

Bad decision impacting farm economies, writes Geoff Kendell FARMERS across the Murray-Darling Basin — the lifeblood of Australia’s food and fibre production — are under increasing pressure. Government changes have reallocated 3200 gigalitres...

By Loddon Herald

Locally-grown olives will help Cobram as US tariffs imposed

A MAJOR olive grove invested by Cobram Estate in California will buffer the company from new US tariffs. Joint-CEO Leandro Ravetti said that while the purchase of 1340 hectares close to its existing Californian groves had not been made with a view...

By Loddon Herald

Decade-long wait ends as levee rises

WORK has started on the Boort levee bank, almost a decade after the Loddon Shire flood mitigation project was funded. A roadblock to completion of $500,000 levee has been negotiations with the Bendigo-based Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Corporation...

By Loddon Herald

Interest is high ahead of major online auction

A 313.5 hectare property in the heart of Fiery Flat’s prime cropping country is expected to become a hot potato when it sells under the virtual hammer through AuctionsPlus on April 17. River Farm’s five titles will be offered as a whole and...

By Loddon Herald

February fleece tops market

GREG and Jo Bear have seen good prices paid for their February wool clip that went under the hammer last week. The Loddon Vale farmers were among the standouts at the Elders offering - their 157 bales with an average 20 microns picking up the...

By Loddon Herald

Satisfied with risk reports, says council

GREATER Bendigo City Council is standing by its decision to allow a waste plant to operate within metres of the livestock exchange. “Biosecurity risks were considered at every stage of the approvals processes and will be appropriately managed by...

By Loddon Herald

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