Rural News

With love from Italy: Mario and Madeleine Marson pour soul into every drop

Had the cards fallen differently, Mario Marson could have an Argentinian passport.

Vanessa Wiltshire

The quiet rise of Heathcote’s new reds and whites

Viticulturalist Hugh Jones is a fan of reds — in more ways than one.

Vanessa Wiltshire

The quiet rise of Heathcote’s new reds and whites

Viticulturalist Hugh Jones is a fan of reds — in more ways than one.

Vanessa Wiltshire

Agent Tony Pianto’s funeral

The death of life-long livestock agent Tony Pianto was marked at the Shepparton Regional Saleyards on Tuesday.

Geoff Adams

Plan ahead for spring silage

When planning your spring silage, the choice of silage method will depend on machinery and contractors available and relative cost.

Geoff Adams

Horticulture

Unlocking new horticulture markets

A Nuffield research report has revealed numerous currently available methods for Australian horticulture producers to boost the efficiency and productivity of low-tech greenhouse systems and unlock new market opportunities.

Sophie Baldwin

Ten steps to better silage

Geoff Adams

Abattoir shock for family

A young couple thought they had found the ideal, quiet, rural location between Shepparton and Kyabram to raise their five children, but got a surprise when a neighbour told them what was planned for the area.

Geoff Adams

How a Melbourne architect is building transition into pomegranates

As Melbourne and provincial cities such as Bendigo expand, would-be tree changers and aspiring farmers are casting their eyes to smaller, hidden communities.

Vanessa Wiltshire

Water

Irrigator’s costs just keep climbing

It has been more than two-and-a-half years since beef producer and hay grower John Dickson has run a drop of irrigation water over his 70ha Cohuna property, Cullen Park.

Sophie Baldwin

No surprises for Kerang contractor

The crop may not have been his, but there was no surprising Kerang hay contractor Colin Radcliffe that the Victorian Best Canola Hay Visual Appearance award went to a crop he harvested.

Rodney Woods

Kyabram hay maker takes out national award

Frank Fanning has put the town of Kyabram on the map after winning the Best Lucerne Hay Feed Test Analysis and the Best Lucerne Visual Appearance in Victoria and across Australia at the 2018-19 Feed Central National Hay Quality awards.

Rodney Woods

Hands-on fencing experience

GOTAFE’s Agriculture Department held a fencing demonstration day at the William Orr Campus on August 14.

Sophie Baldwin

Netting better than all the rest

The best just got better, according to the team at Tama Australia, who have been extensively trialling and working through field validations on the TamaNet+ for Australian conditions.

Rodney Woods

How good is this Howlong farmer’s hay?

Howlong’s Richard Baker took advantage of the difficult conditions to dominate the 2018-19 Feed Central National Hay Quality Awards.

Rodney Woods

Reliable machinery is the key to feed operation

With 900 hungry cows in the herd and seven employees to manage in the business, machinery reliability is an important factor in Andrew Newnham’s dairy operation.

Geoff Adams

Healthy start to hay season

Crops are currently looking healthy in the Goulburn Valley, south-west Victoria, on the north coast of NSW, south-east South Australia, central South Australia, south-west Western Australia and north-west Tasmania, according to Dairy Australia.

Geoff Adams

Working Dogs

Barking up the wrong tree

Kaarimba’s Col Grinter runs his cropping and sheep farm with the help of two kelpies named Jack and John. Seven-year-old Jack is the leader of the duo but unfortunately is all bite and no bark, making room for 10-month-old John who, Mr Grinter says, barks his head off. Both dogs enjoy a trip in the ute or riding shotgun in the Chamberlain tractor.

Madeleine Caccianiga