Agriculture

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Partners build achievements for Landcare

LODDON Plains Landcare Network has notched up 15 years working to protect and enhance biodiversity in the region. Facilitator Will Sanson told the network’s annual general meeting that fostering a strong community of passionate landholders...

By Loddon Herald

Head off harvest fire risk

CFA wants farmers to take proactive steps to reduce the risk of header fires as harvest activities intensify in the coming weeks. Last fire season, CFA responded to 27 header fires, with 77 per cent in the north-west and west of the state. The...

By Loddon Herald

Perspective: Nuclear can avoid pain of VNI West

By ANNE WEBSTER FARMERS and communities along the proposed VNI West corridor learned their fate this week as the route for the 240km of Victoria–New South Wales Interconnector West (hence VNI West) through Mallee was finalised to a 70-metre-wide...

By Loddon Herald

Recycled posts taking on pesky roos

FARMERS seeing crop yields hit by kangaroos are looking for solutions to protect future harvest. Inglewood’s Brett McEwan said there had been a big spike in kangaroo numbers across the district after three wet winters. “They have been breeding...

By Loddon Herald

Crack at growth: land release, egg farm to bounce back

THE Bridgewater boom is on the cusp of acceleration. The final stages of Bridgewater Rise housing estate will be released for sale this month. And the dormant Bridgewater Poultry site will bounce back into egg production next year with new owners...

By Loddon Herald

Brigades win bale battle on first day of restrictions

BRIGADES stopped the spread of a truck and hay fire on Monday, the first day of summer restrictions in the Loddon Shire. Large bales were being carted on Blossom Hill Road, between Woodstock West and Shelbourne, about 4pm when hay burst into flames...

By Loddon Herald

Turbine talk blows at wrong time as harvest starts

LAST week’s release the VNI West preferred corridor and jockeying by wind energy companies to put turbines on farm land have hit farmers at their busiest time of the year. With harvest underway across most of the region, Vaughan Toose his focus...

By Loddon Herald

Disgruntled reference group members on verge of walking

COMMUNITY engagement for the VNI West project could face a major setback with a predicted mass walkout of reference group members. The project has faced constant community criticism since the proposed route was abruptly changed more than 18 months...

By Loddon Herald

Crossed wires! Farmer gets mixed messages

TRANSMISSION Company Victoria’s release of its preferred easement for the controversial VNI West renewable energy transmission line has been branded a shemozle by one farmer. Powlett’s Leigh Parry and wife Helen whose family owns irrigation...

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

Shing stands firm against water buybacks

Politics & Council

VICTORIAN farmers had done significant heavy lifting on water savings, said state Water Minister Harriet Shing. Ms Shing said in Laanecoorie on Friday that she wanted to ensure there was a balanced approach to returning water to the environment. She...

By Loddon Herald

Benchmark price set after tightly-held farm sold

A NEW benchmark price has been set for tightly-held Loddon agricultural land. The historic 1305-acre Longview property at Fernihurst sold at auction last week for $5.1 million. It was the first time in 152 years the property had been on the market...

By Loddon Herald

Respect buys a neighbour

THE Coutts and Rollinsons have been neighbours at Fernihurst for more than a century. It was that local knowledge of the Longview property in Coutts family ownership for 152 years that saw Rollinson patriarch Bob become the new owner after last...

By Loddon Herald

2024 Boort Show - all the results

Vintage Machinery, Tractors and Cars Best Restored Tractor pre-1960: Kevin Sutton 1. Best Vintage Car pre-1973: Carlton Daniells 1. Best restored vintage car pre 1973 David Allen 1, OURXT 2. Wool Most Outstanding Exhibit Carmichael Farms Fine...

By Loddon Herald

Ken stays hooked on real shades of grey

FLOODS have tempted Ken Holland to walk away from farming over the years but an attachment to what he calls Australia’s own cattle breed has kept him on the land at Fernihurst. The former nurse and third generation district farmer remains as...

By Loddon Herald

Sand drilling set to resume ay Mysia

FALCON Metals will re-start exploratory roadside drilling before Christmas for their mineral sand project at Mysia. The update was given to the Australian Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Falcon said preliminary testing in the Farrelly prospect, 12km...

By Loddon Herald

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