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Labour shortages hit North East farmers
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Labour shortages hit North East farmers

Local farmers have raised concerns over ongoing labour shortages in agriculture

Brodie Everist  >  
28 Jun 2023
Cattle market to improve
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Cattle market to improve

CATTLE prices have continued to slide due to a range of factors but there are positive signs coming into the winter season, according to Paul and Scollard livestock specialist Dan Ivone. “There were a range of factors that were happening at the same...

Leah Anderson-Byrne  >  
22 Mar 2023
Beef bonanza
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Beef bonanza

CATTLE producers could have been excused for enjoying an extra–merry Christmas, following a boon year which saw turnover at the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange exceed $90m. In what has become an increasingly positive market for local sellers, 2022...

Ryan Malcolm  >  
04 Jan 2023
Beef bonanza
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Beef bonanza

CATTLE producers could have been excused for enjoying an extra–merry Christmas, following a boon year which saw turnover at the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange exceed $90m. In what has become an increasingly positive market for local sellers, 2022...

Ryan Malcolm  >  
04 Jan 2023
New president takes the reins of the Mountain Cattlemen's Association
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New president takes the reins of the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association

SIXTH generation Mountain Cattlemen Cass McCormack was elected as president of the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria (MCAV) last week. Cass has hit the floor running, already coming out in support of the native timber industry – who have...

Shane Douthie  >  
14 Dec 2022
Show society winds up a bumper year
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Show society winds up a bumper year

WANGARATTA Agricultural Society celebrated a successful year with a wind–up dinner at The Vine Hotel on Thursday night last week. Society president Fiona Evans said the year had been a huge sucess.“It exceeding all our expectatiuons,“ Ms Evans...

North East Media   >  
12 Dec 2022
Managing stress during harvest
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Managing stress during harvest

THE ups and downs of harvest (and running a property every other day of the year) can be extremely taxing. Managing stress is crucial to avoiding burning out mentally and physically or creating long term health issues. The National Centre for Farmer...

North East Media   >  
12 Dec 2022
Wineries prepare for a wet summer
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Wineries prepare for a wet summer

By ANDY WILSONTHE Alpine Valley boasts some of the nation’s best cooler climate wines and this season will be one closely watched by local growers, if last season is anything to go by. Continued rain due to La Niña has vineyards at the ready to...

North East Media   >  
07 Dec 2022
Beef bonanza
 Wangaratta Chronicle   Rural

Beef bonanza

A MASSIVE week at the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange has seen a record of more than $10.4 million worth of local cattle get sold. Day two of the Blue Ribbon Weaner sale on Friday saw approximately $4.2M worth of stock sold, adding to the $6,215, 975...

Nathan De Vries  >  
08 Feb 2021
Wineries prepare for a wet summer
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Wineries prepare for a wet summer

By ANDY WILSONTHE Alpine Valley boasts some of the nation’s best cooler climate wines and this season will be one closely watched by local growers, if last season is anything to go by. Continued rain due to La Niña has vineyards at the ready to...

North East Media   >  
07 Dec 2022
Beef bonanza
 Wangaratta Chronicle   Rural

Beef bonanza

A MASSIVE week at the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange has seen a record of more than $10.4 million worth of local cattle get sold. Day two of the Blue Ribbon Weaner sale on Friday saw approximately $4.2M worth of stock sold, adding to the $6,215, 975...

Nathan De Vries  >  
08 Feb 2021