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Nationals harvest policy ideas at meeting

The Nationals will meet in Canberra to thrash out policy ideas when the party’s federal council kicks off on Friday.

AAP Newswire

Tungamah Netball

A Grade Cobram 52 defeated Tungamah 45 Knowing that the Bears could make a mark by giving the Tigers a run for their money Tungamah came out firing. For three quarters the Bears were with Cobram however the end result showed the result of some tired...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

23 hours ago

Destocking goat farm never part of the plan

HIGH water and feed prices have forced Cohuna’s Sarah and Shayne Mostyn into the heartbreaking decision to sell two thirds of their milking goat herd.

Riverine Herald

47 minutes ago

Community engagement success

Yarrawonga’s Sacred Heart Primary School is leading the charge in Community Engagement with over 30 people attending the community forum held at the school on Tuesday, July 24 facilitated by Dr George Otero. For many years Dr. Otero has been...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Community engagement success

Yarrawonga Chronicle

US man accused of killing wife, 2 children

Police in the US state of Denver say the arrest of a man over the alleged killing of his wife and two daughters is “the worst possible outcome.“

AAP Newswire

19 minutes ago

RSPCA cupcake day fundraiser

The Yarrawonga Veterinary Clinic will be hosting cupcake week from Monday August 20 as part of the RSPCA cupcake day fundraiser. Cupcakes for yourself and pupcakes for your furry friends will be available for $2 each with all donations welcome. All...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

6 hours ago

Equine

Pony club notches 60 years

Kyabram Pony Club held its 60th anniversary celebrations on August 4.

Country News

21 hours ago

Finance

Premium push paying off for Treasury

Treasury Wine Estates has posted a 34 per cent jump in full-year net profit, thanks to rising demand in Asia and premium brand development.

AAP Newswire

20 hours ago

US man accused of killing wife, 2 children

Police in the US state of Denver say the arrest of a man over the alleged killing of his wife and two daughters is “the worst possible outcome.“

AAP Newswire

19 minutes ago

RSPCA cupcake day fundraiser

Yarrawonga Chronicle

6 hours ago

Equine

Pony club notches 60 years

Kyabram Pony Club held its 60th anniversary celebrations on August 4.

Country News

21 hours ago

Finance

Premium push paying off for Treasury

Treasury Wine Estates has posted a 34 per cent jump in full-year net profit, thanks to rising demand in Asia and premium brand development.

AAP Newswire

20 hours ago

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Cobram Courier

Shepparton an asthma hot spot

Asthma is more prevalent and more serious in Shepparton compared with Melbourne according to a local respiratory specialist.

Tara Whitsed

Camping changes confirmed

The proposed introduction of fees and various restrictions on several local camping spots along the Murray River will now be rolled out. The new changes have been confirmed as part of Parks Victoria’s ‘River Red Gum Parks Management Plan’...

Jarryd Barca

Shepparton Foodshare moving to new site

Shepparton Foodshare is moving warehouses after six years at its Toolamba Rd location.

Ashlea Witoslawski

14 Aug 2018

Helping hand all part of service

The next time you book your car in for a service, you’ll be doing a whole lot of good for our farmers.

Cobram Courier

Group working towards Zero Waste in Shepparton

Waste Warriors of the Zero Waste Shepparton group came together at Fryers Street Food Store yesterday for their first in-person meeting.

Ashlea Witoslawski

Hall community consultation

A meeting between Moira Shire council staff and stakeholders was held at the Yarrawonga Town Hall last week as part of a much-needed community and council consultation in relation to the library and town hall precinct redevelopment. Members of...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

7 hours ago

I’ll fight for my reputation: ex-soldier

One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, is taking legal action against Fairfax Media with more than $1.2 million potentially at stake.

AAP Newswire

52 minutes ago

Galleries

Tatura PS visited by Meerkat Productions

Tatura Primary School students have journeyed to a faraway kingdom for an afternoon.

Laura Briggs

03 Aug 2018

Bus in deadly Ecuador crash had drug cargo

Cocaine was hidden under the floor of a bus that crashed earlier this week in Ecuador, killing 24 people.

AAP Newswire

Dairy

Giant jigsaw takes shape

Fonterra’s Stanhope cheese plant reached another key milestone in its expansion this month, with the arrival of new cheesemaking equipment.

Country News

Local

Community engagement success

Yarrawonga Chronicle

RSPCA cupcake day fundraiser

Yarrawonga Chronicle

6 hours ago

Tungamah Netball

Yarrawonga Chronicle

23 hours ago

Hall community consultation

Yarrawonga Chronicle

7 hours ago

Camping changes coming

Tighter restrictions on camping areas along the Murray River will soon apply following the final release of Parks Victoria’s River Red Gum Parks Management Plan. Some popular campsites along the Murray River will have a booking system introduced...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Local skiers take on World’s best

The Mulwala Water Ski Club Show Ski Team will make up more than half of the Australian team for the 2019 World Show Ski Championships held in the Canada next month. Twenty four members of the Mulwala Water Ski Club team and two judges will jet off...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

When was the last time you checked your lungs?

Yarrawonga Health has partnered with other Moira health services and the Murray Primary Health Network in a roll-out of the Moira Respiratory project, aimed at increasing the ability of local health providers to diagnose and treat patients in the...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Rennie Netball

A Grade Rennie 25 def by Deni Rovers 73 A grade had a big challenge this week with multiple players out and some struggling with sickness and injury, the team rallied together and put in the best effort. The attacking end of Lexie Nolen, Brylee...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Photos taken at Chinaman’s Island Reserve

Shepparton photographer Rene Martens captured some beautiful photos of the local nature and wildlife, at Chinaman’s Island on a recent day trip to Yarrawong

Yarrawonga Chronicle

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EVENTS

Benalla Lakeside Craft & Famers 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

25-

Aug

Ruth Jellif

25 Aug

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...

26-27

Aug

Country News

26 Aug

Australian National Piano Award

Recitals at the Eastbank Centre, Shepparton – 3 to 8 September, 2018 When: Monday 3 Sept 1pm – 3.30pm & 7.30pm – 10.30pm Tuesday 4 Sept 1pm – 3.30pm & 7.30pm – 10.30pm Wednesday 5 Sept 1pm – 3.30pm &...

03-09

Sep

Shepparton News

3 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...

08-09

Sep

Country News

8 Sep

Business Awards Noms open

Nominations for the 2019 Moira Business Excellence Awards have opened. The 2019 Moira Business Excellence Awards will be held on Friday, March 29 at the Cobram Civic Centre and will include a number of new and revised categories. The event...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Yarrawonga Netball

A Grade Yarrawonga 51 def Corowa Rutherglen 44 Before the game a presentation was made to Lauren Mulquiney on her amazing achievement of 250 A Grade games for YFNC. Congratulations Lauren on this wonderful milestone. This game was close all day...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Real Estate

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Regional

Group working towards Zero Waste in Shepparton

Waste Warriors of the Zero Waste Shepparton group came together at Fryers Street Food Store yesterday for their first in-person meeting.

Ashlea Witoslawski

Volunteer cash now available

MEMBER for Murray Damian Drum is urging all of Kyabram’s hard-working volunteer groups to apply for the 2018 Federal Government volunteer grants.

Kyabram Free Press

4 hours ago

More places to help with drought relief

The Ensign reported last week on several local businesses that are supporting drought relief via initiatives such as buy-a-bale.

Benalla Ensign

Destocking goat farm never part of the plan

HIGH water and feed prices have forced Cohuna’s Sarah and Shayne Mostyn into the heartbreaking decision to sell two thirds of their milking goat herd.

Riverine Herald

47 minutes ago

We’re in a drought crunch

Jerilderie farmer Louis Kelly has sold his entire stock of 7000 large bales of hay since May and he isn’t the only one if the huge number of trucks heading north from the Riverina and Murray are any indication.

Southern Riverina News

Vote for a favourite local project

Regional Victorians across the state now have the opportunity to pick local projects and ideas that will transform their local community.

Cobram Courier

Nagambie parking warning

Drivers and pedestrians are urged to be aware of the changing roadside parking conditions in Nagambie’s main street, with angle and parallel parking now along High St.

Seymour Telegraph

Students find form in saddle

ROCHESTER was well represented at the recent Elmore Equestrian Club EA Interschool Qualifier.

Campaspe News

Art Trail is poetry in motion

DIFFERENT people see different things in a work of art, and that’s exactly what Mari-B LiDonni wanted to explore when the Write Unto Art – Art Trail came to Heathcote last week.

Gus McCubbing

Smiles for miles

There were smiles for miles last Tuesday as children from Tatura Children’s Centre learned about oral hygiene.

Liz Mellino

4 hours ago

Deni students deliver delicious rice dishes

Deniliquin High School hosted its seventh inaugural Cook Off last week as part of its annual Variety Night.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

47 minutes ago

Seeing is believing

A breakthrough piece of technology has been providing a Corowa family with hope recently. A two-year-old Corowa boy named Knox Henderson has been living with Nemaline Rod Myopathy and Hypotonia since birth, severely limiting normal daily functions...

Jarryd Barca

4 hours ago

Sport

Sulky shorts: Ky trots farewells stalwart

Ian and Julie Purdey are off to the richest thoroughbred race in the world after the man known as ‘‘Purd’’ was recognised for his long and faithful service to Kyabram Trotting Club last Sunday morning.

Shepparton News

Rural

Equine

Pony club notches 60 years

Kyabram Pony Club held its 60th anniversary celebrations on August 4.

Country News

21 hours ago

Water

New report says stop farm water transfers

A new government report has failed to identify any easy ways of finding water savings out of agriculture for the Commonwealth’s environmental purposes.

Country News

Animal Health

Do you have the facts on mycoplasma?

MYCOPLASMA IN dairy herds is a topical issue. Much of the media coverage has related to farm biosecurity, management options and the decision to eradicate. This article discusses mycoplasma in relation to animal health: how does Mycoplasma cause...

Gemma Chuck

Dairy

Giant jigsaw takes shape

Fonterra’s Stanhope cheese plant reached another key milestone in its expansion this month, with the arrival of new cheesemaking equipment.

Country News

Livestock

Health check

During winter, ill-thrift and scouring is a common occurrence and one where multiple causes should be considered.

Country News

Markets

Tide turns but more needed to lift confidence

THE NEW dairy season has just commenced, and there is already plenty to keep track of. We have seen some of the highest opening prices ever announced coincide with farmer confidence hitting a multi-year low, more farmers than ever changing processor...

John Droppert

Last banks ‘stump up’ to help

The banks, who have long taken from farmers, have finally ‘‘stumped up’’ to help them in the drought, Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud says.

Country News

Horticulture

Free pest info offered

Australian apple and pear growers are invited to attend free training in integrated pest and disease management to help preserve orchard health and viability.

Country News

14 Aug 2018

Dairy

ADF ready for code of conduct consultations

A stronger dairy industry code of conduct would include a formal dispute resolution mechanism and penalties procedure to solve conflicts between farmers and processors, according to Australia’s peak dairy farmer group.

Country News

11 Aug 2018

Drought stress hurts farmers

Farmers who are under 35 years old, living and working on a farm in outer regional, remote or very remote NSW, are experiencing greater financial hardship, and more frequently report personal drought-related stress (PDS), according to research published by the Medical Journal of Australia.

Country News

Machinery & Products

What to look for in a feed mixer

UNIFORMLY MIXED feed components provide better nutrition, improved feed efficiency and cost, and the opportunity to reduce wastage. In dry times, when much of the feed can be purchased off farm with higher costs, efficiency is even more critical...

Dairy News

Management

Water loss causes change in thinking

USING WATER in the right place at the right time is the key to future success for a young Western Australian dairy farming family. From Benger, two hours south of Perth, Mick and Sophia Giumelli are transforming their farm to reduce costs and the...

Rick Bayne

Water

Drought water price modelled

A new report speculates that if a new drought were to develop similar to the millennial drought, allocation water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin would rise no higher than the peak experienced in 2002-03.

Country News

Cropping

Performance boost for balers

Precision and consistency are the hallmarks of Case IH’s round baler range, with recent improvements further enhancing its performance in the paddock and the bottom-line for producers.

Country News

22 hours ago

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

Working Dogs

Lazy days best

What are their names and how old are they?

Country News

National & World

Nationals harvest policy ideas at meeting

The Nationals will meet in Canberra to thrash out policy ideas when the party’s federal council kicks off on Friday.

AAP Newswire

Finance

Premium push paying off for Treasury

Treasury Wine Estates has posted a 34 per cent jump in full-year net profit, thanks to rising demand in Asia and premium brand development.

AAP Newswire

20 hours ago

US man accused of killing wife, 2 children

Police in the US state of Denver say the arrest of a man over the alleged killing of his wife and two daughters is “the worst possible outcome.“

AAP Newswire

19 minutes ago

Bus in deadly Ecuador crash had drug cargo

Cocaine was hidden under the floor of a bus that crashed earlier this week in Ecuador, killing 24 people.

AAP Newswire

Horse Racing

Anderson chases money for Dato Tan

Trainer Chris Anderson is keen to win a Saturday metropolitan race with Colour of Money for the gelding’s owner Dato Tan Chin Nam.

AAP Newswire

AFL

Port boss uncomfortable at crunch AFL game

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is a tad uncomfortable as he prepares to meet Collingwood in a game with huge implications for the Power’s AFL finals chances.

AAP Newswire

I’ll fight for my reputation: ex-soldier

One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, is taking legal action against Fairfax Media with more than $1.2 million potentially at stake.

AAP Newswire

52 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