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Country News

Geoff Adams is editor of Country News, the biggest circulating rural paper in northern Victoria. Geoff has always lived in the country and started his career at the Kyabram Free Press. He enjoys his Country News role, which allows him to get out and meet farmers regularly and also to help shape the coverage for the region. Geoff dabbles in photography (he works on the principle that if you take enough photos you are bound to get a good one) and enjoys bushwalking. Geoff has held a number of other positions with the Country News sister paper, The Shepparton News, and is currently the assistant editor.

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Funding boost for farm safety

For more information about Farmsafe Australia, visit: farmsafe. org. au

Country News

13 Dec 2019
13 Dec 2019

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Drought impacts agricultural production

The effects of drought are becoming more apparent as agricultural production continues to fall, according to the December commodity report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. “The impact of drought continues to...

Country News

13 Dec 2019
13 Dec 2019

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Farnham sings for farmers

It’s time to get festive at the Hay Mate Christmas concert, where a number of well-known performers will sing to raise money for Australian farmers. Aussie legend John Farnham will be headlining, with performances by All Our Exes Live in Texas...

Country News

12 Dec 2019
12 Dec 2019

Water

Inspector-general to review water policy

Federal Water Minister David Littleproud has called for the Murray-Darling Basin interim inspector-general position to be made a permanent role, following a rally against the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Canberra last week. Former Australian Federal...

Country News

11 Dec 2019
11 Dec 2019

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Vegetable production healthy

The gross value of vegetable production increased by five per cent in the 2017-18 financial year reaching $4.1 billion, according to a new report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences and funded by Hort...

Country News

11 Dec 2019
11 Dec 2019

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Greens Lake closes for New Year’s Eve

Greens Lake at Corop will be closed for 48 hours during the New Year’s Eve period to ensure public safety. Goulburn-Murray Water’s water delivery services general manager Warren Blyth said the lake would be closed for the sixth consecutive year and...

Country News

11 Dec 2019
11 Dec 2019

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Pig identification crucial for biosecurity

Agriculture Victoria has urged people who own a pet pig or small herd to get a Property Identification Code as soon as possible to protect the state’s biosecurity. Victoria’s acting chief veterinary officer Cameron Bell said everyone with...

Country News

10 Dec 2019
10 Dec 2019

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a2 chief executive officer resigns

The a2 Milk Company Chief executive officer Jayne Hrdlicka has resigned from her position after one year in the role. Ms Hrdlicka said the future growth of the company would be “too difficult to manage” despite the company being an “extraordinary...

Country News

10 Dec 2019
10 Dec 2019

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Women in agriculture share their stories

Rural women recently spent an evening connecting with one another and sharing their career and personal journeys. Women clinked their champagne glasses together under the Mexican-themed decorations at Cactus Country in Strathmerton, where the Border...

Country News

10 Dec 2019
10 Dec 2019

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Hundreds rally for Victoria’s wildlife

Hundreds of people from almost 45 conservation groups gathered on the steps of State Parliament in Melbourne for the Nature For Life Rally, to call for action in protecting Victoria’s wildlife and natural environment. The rally, on November 28...

Country News

05 Dec 2019
05 Dec 2019

Horticulture

Automation the future of packhouses

A report written by 2018 Nuffield scholar Olabisi Oladele from Orrvale examined the business decision-making around automation in packhouses. Dr Oladele is a technical manager at Geoffrey Thompson Holdings in Shepparton, an apple and pear...

Country News

04 Dec 2019
04 Dec 2019

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Australian Women in Agriculture receives Qantas grant

Australian Women in Agriculture has received a share of $1 million from the Qantas Regional Grants Program. The organisation will share $1 million with 20 other community groups, after seeing the Qantas grant advertised on social...

Country News

04 Dec 2019
04 Dec 2019

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Donkey Day in Tongala

The Tongala Donkey Shelter held its open day on Sunday, December 1 where visitors could get up close with the animals, taking pictures and giving pats. The shelter opened in 1997 and all started with founder and honorary administrator May Dodd’s pet...

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03 Dec 2019
03 Dec 2019

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Facebook is the new frontier bringing business to the bush

Facebook is helping small businesses in the Goulburn Valley achieve spectacular results as part of a growing social media trend urging consumers to buy from the bush. It’s a simple concept but one that has incredible power — buying...

Country News

03 Dec 2019
03 Dec 2019

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VIDEO: Protesters make their voices heard at Can the Plan rally

Protesters from across the region are making their voice heard at Parliament House in Canberra. Hundreds have made their way to the capital city to demand politicians end the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. More about the Can the Plan rally Canberr...

Country News

02 Dec 2019
02 Dec 2019

Horticulture

Cobram trials to stop Queensland fruit fly

Two million sterile Queensland fruit flies will be released near Cobram in an attempt to manage pest populations. Goulburn Murray Valley Regional Fruit Fly co-ordinator Ross Abberfield said the release of sterile flies over Cobram was an innovative...

Country News

30 Nov 2019
30 Nov 2019

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Timber workers rally to save industry

About 200 timber industry workers rallied outside State Parliament in Melbourne on Tuesday, to protest the new government policy that will ban timber harvesting in Victorian forests by 2030. Arbuthnot Sawmills managing director Paul Madden travelled...

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29 Nov 2019
29 Nov 2019

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New biocontrol for damaging weed

A bug from Texas and a mite from Argentina could help tackle one of Australia’s worst agricultural weeds — silverleaf nightshade. The two species have damaged silverleaf nightshade in their native countries without harming other plants, and...

Country News

26 Nov 2019
26 Nov 2019

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