EDITOR'S PICKS

Drought summit not just quick fixes: PM

Scott Morrison has announced ahead of a summit that large trucks will no longer have to stop at state borders when carrying hay to drought-stricken farmers.

AAP Newswire

2 minutes ago

Willett’s world championship fourth

Mulwala shooter James Willett competed in the men’s trap event in the 52nd ISSF World Championships in Changwon, South Korea recently where he shot a score of 122/125. This was the first event for the Olympic cycle with Olympic quotas and a total...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

MRC cuts $80,000 out of tourism

MURRAY River Council has pulled more than $80,000 and cars from Echuca Moama Tourism and Murray Regional Tourism, protesting ‘‘mismanagement of the wharf area, particularly the port’’. Councillor Tom Weyrich called for the controversial...

Charmayne Allison

Big day out in a little town

Katamatite Lions Club will once again be holding their “Big Day Out in a Little Town” on Sunday, September 23. This family day beginning at 9am at the Lions Park will be full of fun, festivities and great community spirit and there will be...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Big day out in a little town

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Malaysia ex-PM set to face more charges

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is set to face a total of 21 money laundering charges in relation to the 1MDB scandal, police have said.

AAP Newswire

24 minutes ago

Moira Shire litter prevention finalist

Moira Shire has been named as a finalist in the Litter Prevention Award category for this year’s Keep Victoria Beautiful Tidy Town Awards. “Council is delighted to have been named as a finalist in the Litter Prevention Award category of this...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Green light for Cohuna solar farm

Construction on a solar farm at Cohuna will begin next year as part of the Victorian Government’s renewable energy target.

Country News

Finance

Impairments cut Lew’s Premier profit 20%

Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments posted a 20 per cent drop in full-year net profit, to $83.64 million, though revenue climbed on Smiggle’s global growth.

AAP Newswire

Malaysia ex-PM set to face more charges

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is set to face a total of 21 money laundering charges in relation to the 1MDB scandal, police have said.

AAP Newswire

24 minutes ago

Moira Shire litter prevention finalist

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Green light for Cohuna solar farm

Construction on a solar farm at Cohuna will begin next year as part of the Victorian Government’s renewable energy target.

Country News

Finance

Impairments cut Lew’s Premier profit 20%

Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments posted a 20 per cent drop in full-year net profit, to $83.64 million, though revenue climbed on Smiggle’s global growth.

AAP Newswire

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Emergency services called to SAM site due to concerning smells

CFA and police were called to the new site of the Shepparton Art Museum at around 11.40am today because of a growing community concern about the smell of petrol in the area. The Shepparton CFA Hazardous Material Response Unit attended the scene to...

Ashlea Witoslawski

14 Sep 2018

Sport

Nathalia into big dance

Nathalia did it the hard way, but eventually secured another Murray Football League grand final berth with an 8.5 (53) to 7.7 (49) win over Rumbalara at Mercury Dve. Tom Nihill, Bowen Smith and Tom Boyd were the heroes for the Purples, who recovered...

Tyler Maher

15 Sep 2018

Lifestyle

Dealing with testing time

Michael Jones has always been a ‘‘she’ll be right’’ kind of bloke, up for a laugh and a drink with his mates.

Ashlea Witoslawski

Moama’s cops ‘overwhelmed’

MOAMA police are drowning, trying to deal with the region’s drug and crime issues, according to the Police Association of NSW.

Ivy Jensen

17 Sep 2018

Echuca at the cutting edge with new surgery

HISTORY was made at Echuca Regional Health yesterday with an Australian-first shoulder surgery.

Charmayne Allison

14 Sep 2018

Roar or soar—mates duel over AFL teams

Richmond supporter Ray Behrends and Collingwood fan Sam Renato are the best of mates but tomorrow they become mortal enemies as their precious teams go head-to-head in battle for an AFL Grand Final spot.

Myles Peterson

Cancer Breakfast new venue

Yarrawonga Friends in Common will host the 2018 Cancer Awareness Breakfast at ClubMulwala on Thursday, October 18 with this year’s breakfast focusing on Melanoma. Jay Allen “the Melanoma Man” from the Melanoma Institute of Australia will be...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

8 hours ago

Vic opposition plan to rein in population

Limits on housing approvals in areas experiencing booming population have been proposed by Victoria’s Liberal-National opposition.

AAP Newswire

13 minutes ago

Galleries

Grahamvale PS footy dress-up day

Students at Grahamvale PS dressed up in their AFL team’s colours on Thursday

Ray Sizer

14 Sep 2018

US ready to resume North Korea talks

The US is ready to restart talks with North Korea and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has invited North Korea’s foreign minister to meet in New York next week.

AAP Newswire

Index does not go far enough

STATE DAIRY farmer groups have claimed the federal Government’s new national Milk Price Index lacks vital information on processing costs. The index was launched last month and aims to help farmers make decisions about their businesses. Australian...

Dairy News

Local

Big day out in a little town

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Moira Shire litter prevention finalist

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Willett’s world championship fourth

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Cancer Breakfast new venue

Yarrawonga Chronicle

8 hours ago

Tony Seccull memorial award

The 2018 ‘Tony Seccull’ memorial award has been presented by Tony’s elderly parents, Patrick (Snr) and Alicia of Mulwala, at a ceremony at the Sydney Police Centre on Wednesday, August 29. Introducing the award, Master of Ceremonies Senior...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

23 hours ago

Golf’s 950 entries

Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort’s 2018 five-day September tournament last week attracted 950 entries from 60 golf clubs in Victoria, NSW, SA and Queensland. At the mid-week dinner following Wednesday’s Mixed Pinehurst event, club president...

Robert Muir

A walk in the park

Parkinson’s is a disease of the brain which effects body movement and is not discriminative to who it strikes as it affects people from all walks of life. It is a quite common disease with approximately 80,000 Australians, including 27,000...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Challenge a table tennis Olympian

The 2018 Yarrawonga Mulwala Agricultural Show will this year boast a table tennis clinic with Rio Olympian and Commonwealth Games Australian representative Heming Hu in attendance. On the day of the show, Saturday, October 6, there will be an...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

7 hours ago

Ski Club drought donation

The Mulwala Water Ski Club last week donated a whopping $11,341 to the National Farmers Federation Drought Relief Fund who associate with Rotary Australia to distribute to the most needy. The Ski Clubs promotions have run for the last 4 weeks with...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

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EVENTS

Benalla Lakeside Craft & Farmers Market

Every fourth Saturday of the month including January. All funds raised are donated to the Benalla Community. Make it Bake it Grow it Sew it

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Ruth Jellif

22 Sep

Nagambie Farmers’ Market

The Nagambie Farmers’ Market is held on the fourth Sunday of each month from 10am to 2pm at the Tahbilk Winery. It features butter, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, nuts, wine, olives, olive oil, beer, ice-cream, pies, flour, jams and...

Country News

23 Sep

Wallan Olde Time Market

The Wallan Olde Time Market is run by the Wallan Scout Group as a fund raising solution for providing funds for quality scouting in the township of Wallan. The market features new and used items from brica-a-brac, garden products, cakes, tools...

Country News

13 Oct

Violet Town Community Market - Copy

The Violet Town Community Market is held on the 2nd Saturday of every month Entry is free however a gold coin donation to a local organisation of the month would be welcomed. Dogs are not allowed on the market site. Service dogs permitted. The...

Ruth Jellif

13 Oct

Rich Glen in awards finals

Rich Glen Olive Estate has been announced as a finalist in the Ricoh Australia Customer Service Award, part of the Victorian Regional Achievement and Community Awards. Rich Glen Olive Estate is the number one tourist attraction in Yarrawonga on...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Hoppers back-to-back premiers

Rennie has achieved back-to-back premierships when it defeated Picola United by 38 points at Jerilderie last Saturday. In blustery, challenging conditions favouring one end’s pocket all day, the Craig Ednie-led Hoppers won 9.8.62 to 3.6.24 to be...

Robert Muir

8 hours ago

Real Estate

Find your place

For Sale | $410,000

15 Coco Crescent, Yarrawonga

For Sale | $825,000 - $907,000

59 Anchorage Way, Yarrawonga

For Sale | $329,000

34 Robinson Way, Yarrawonga

Regional

Roar or soar—mates duel over AFL teams

Myles Peterson

Don’t miss the the pool party

AFTER multiple burglaries and setbacks, a benefit concert to raise money for the Kyvalley Swimming Pool will be held this Sunday

Kyabram Free Press

Farm to power 50,000 homes

Solar is coming to Winton.

Vivienne Duck

MRC cuts $80,000 out of tourism

Charmayne Allison

Halls decision

Today is ‘D-Day’ for the Finley School of Arts and War Memorial Hall.

James Bennett

Time to shine

The Katamatite community is looking forward to celebrating the annual Big Day Out in a Little Town event.

Cobram Courier

39 minutes ago

Adventures enjoyed by all

It has been another massive and fun term for the Seymour Cub Scouts.

Seymour Telegraph

Rochester Primary School

Rochester Primary School.

Campaspe News

Skilly’s in the pink for charity

SKILLY’S Tyre and Auto will don pink this Friday, September 21, for Pink Fitters day.

Lachlan Durling

Energy pressure

Some say a microgrid could serve to relieve pressure on the energy grid in Tatura, while others suggest it may only serve as part of a mix in ensuring reliability and reducing prices.

Thomas Moir

Number one

An outpouring of emotion flooded the netball courts at Jerilderie’s Monash Park when the final whistle sounded to mark the Deniliquin Rovers’ first ever Picola & District League A grade title on Saturday.

Jamie Lowe

Deputy Mayor re-appointment

By Robert Muir Cr Shaun Whitechurch was re-appointed as deputy mayor of Federation Council at yesterday’s monthly meeting, for the next 12 months. Cr Whitechurch became the inaugural deputy mayor of Federation Council upon council’s first...

Robert Muir

Sport

Nagambie aiming for KDFL three-peat

Nagambie has been there and done that all before.

Lauren Bordin

Rural

Green light for Cohuna solar farm

Construction on a solar farm at Cohuna will begin next year as part of the Victorian Government’s renewable energy target.

Country News

Water

Weir all clear for users

Lock 26 at Torrumbarry Weir was officially reopened on Friday following successful refurbishment works.

Country News

Animal Health

Is off-label drug use off limits?

THE OFF-LABEL use of veterinary medicines on dairy farms is surprisingly common. This article discusses the safe use of veterinary medicines and scenarios where these medicines are unintentionally used off-label. There are many definitions...

Simone Dunne

28 Aug 2018

Index does not go far enough

Dairy News

Livestock

Rams up for auction

The first on-farm sale of the Longwood-based Hynam Poll Merino stud will be held later this week.

Country News

1 hour ago

Markets

World wheat crop, fodder supplies declining

WE ARE now more than halfway through winter, and more than halfway through a year that has so far been unseasonably warm and dry. Rainfall for the year to date has been well below average in most of southern and eastern Australia and across the...

Sofia Omstedt

21 Aug 2018

Young auctioneer wins bid

Elders Euroa auctioneer Joe Allen is the winner of the 2018 Australian Livestock & Property Agents Association Victorian Young Auctioneers Competition, after finishing runner-up in last year’s event.

Country News

Horticulture

Showcasing opportunities

A Greater Shepparton delegation to China and Indonesia has met with AusTrade Commissioners, advocating for apple and pear protocols to be developed.

Country News

23 hours ago

Dairy

Giant posts loss

New Zealand’s biggest company, dairy giant Fonterra, has posted a loss of $NZ196million ($A179million) — the first annual loss in its 17-year history.

Country News

22 hours ago

New power farms announced

New solar and wind farms will pump more than 900 megawatts of energy into Victoria’s power grid following the Victorian Government’s reverse auction.

Country News

Machinery & Products

Jaylor specialists talk nutrition with farmers

JAYLOR SPECIALISTS have been visiting Australian farms to further their knowledge of the local dairy and beef industries, and discuss feed techniques with farmers. International Business Development Manager for Jaylor mixer wagons, Marty Philippi...

Dairy News

28 Aug 2018

Management

Subsurface drainage keeps farm on top

FARMING SUCCESS all starts underground for Cooriemungle’s Andy Powell. His farm, just 15 km inland from the iconic Port Campbell National Park, receives about 750 mm of rain every year but, with subsurface drainage covering 98 per cent of the...

Rick Bayne

21 Aug 2018

Water

Water group seeks neutral impact answer

Water leaders in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District met this week to determine what socio-economic neutrality means for the region under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Country News

Cropping

Winter crop yield tipped to decline

Total winter crop production is expected to drop by 12percent nationally to 33.2million tonnes, with production declines forecast in all eastern states, according to the latest Australian crop report.

Country News

21 Aug 2018

From the Experts

Bringing new pastures on line

GETTING YOUR grazing rotation right is critical to maximise your pasture production. A well-managed rotation will help not only to boost pasture intake per cow but enable a more effective use of supplements. Establishing a rotation with newly sown...

Dairy News

22 Apr 2018

Dogs to be put through paces

The people of northern Victoria will get a chance to see owners and their dogs working as a team in the annual Rochester Working Sheep Dog Trials, starting on Friday, September 21.

Country News

National & World

Drought summit not just quick fixes: PM

Scott Morrison has announced ahead of a summit that large trucks will no longer have to stop at state borders when carrying hay to drought-stricken farmers.

AAP Newswire

2 minutes ago

Finance

Impairments cut Lew’s Premier profit 20%

Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments posted a 20 per cent drop in full-year net profit, to $83.64 million, though revenue climbed on Smiggle’s global growth.

AAP Newswire

Malaysia ex-PM set to face more charges

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is set to face a total of 21 money laundering charges in relation to the 1MDB scandal, police have said.

AAP Newswire

24 minutes ago

US ready to resume North Korea talks

The US is ready to restart talks with North Korea and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has invited North Korea’s foreign minister to meet in New York next week.

AAP Newswire

Horse Racing

Quinton stars set for G2 Pendant showdown

Dixie Blossoms will bid to push her prize money past $1 million when she takes on stablemate Daysee Doom in the Group Two Golden Pendant.

AAP Newswire

1 hour ago

AFL

AFL Eagles not fazed by Victorian snubs

West Coast are being written off by many AFL pundits in Victoria but Eagles captain Shannon Hurn says it doesn’t bother him one bit.

AAP Newswire

2 minutes ago

Vic opposition plan to rein in population

Limits on housing approvals in areas experiencing booming population have been proposed by Victoria’s Liberal-National opposition.

AAP Newswire

13 minutes ago

Entertainment

Elvis Presley’s private jet up for sale

Hound Dog, a private jet once owned by music legend Elvis Presley, may no longer look high class but is still attracting attention in a disused corner of an airfield in New Mexico where it is up for sale. The Lockheed Jetstar, once a favourite among...

AAP Newswire

26 Jun 2018